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Rising costs are no longer just squeezing household budgets. They are reshaping how different generations make financial decisions, from grocery shopping to healthcare use, according to new PYMNTS Intelligence research.
The December 2025 PYMNTS Data Book, “Rising Costs and Financial Pressures Push Consumers to Adapt,” draws on a survey of 2,368 U.S. adults conducted in September and...
The digital economy has a seasonal rhythm. Late December is when consumers “zero out” recurring payments — a thumb-scroll through bank apps and email receipts. If it auto-renews, it’s on trial.
In CNET’s annual subscription survey (with YouGov), Americans said they spend about $90 a month — roughly $1,080 a year — on subscriptions. About $17 a month (around $205 a year) goes to...
Digital wallets did not suddenly transform money movement in 2025. They did it quietly, one use case at a time.
At the start of the year, wallets were still widely framed as payment tools — a faster way to check out online or tap a phone in-store. By year’s end, PYMNTS reporting showed something more consequential taking shape: wallets becoming the interface through which money moves,...
Startup founder Charlie Javice was sentenced to prison in September for defrauding JPMorgan.
The legal battle around her trial, however, is still going on, as Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Dec. 31).
At issue are the legal fees the banking giant is required to pay under a 2023 court order. JPMorgan says Javice’s “unconscionable” $74 million in legal fees included more than $5...
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. is pushing deeper into digital assets, announcing plans to issue a new cryptocurrency that would be distributed directly to its shareholders — another signal of how closely the Trump business ecosystem is tying itself to the fast-moving crypto market as regulatory pressure eases in Washington.
According to Bloomberg, the company said Wednesday (...
Mergers and acquisitions (M...
A data breach at media company Condé Nast reportedly affects millions of its users.
That’s according to a report Tuesday (Dec. 30) by Ars Technica, itself a Condé Nast publication. It says that a hacker named Lovely claims to have breached a Condé Nast user database and released a list of more than 2.3 million user records.
The materials in question include things like names, email and...
Thousands of European banking sector workers could face AI-related job losses by 2030.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and branch closures will drive this trend over the next five years and lead to a 10% workforce reduction across the industry, the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (Dec. 31), citing a forecast from Morgan Stanley.
The report adds that the cuts are happening as banks...
American regulators collected 61% less in money laundering/sanction breach fines in 2025.
That’s according to a report Wednesday (Dec. 31) by the Financial Times (FT), which ties this decline to a more lenient approach to financial regulation under the Trump administration.
Total fines levied against companies for what the FT calls “dirty money” offenses came to a little less than $1.7...
Interest in prediction markets has reportedly fueled an increase in FinTech venture funding.
Financial technology companies worldwide raised $55.94 billion from venture groups during 2025, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Dec. 31), citing PitchBook data. That’s up 25% from the $44.75 billion the sector earned in 2024.
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket made up $3.71 billion of...