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Staring down an operating landscape defined by supply chain disruptions, inflation volatility and geopolitical uncertainty, finance leaders have grown accustomed to managing liquidity as if it were an external constraint. But a new challenge is emerging from within the enterprise balance sheet itself: the growing weight of...
For decades, the credit card industry competed to become top of wallet.
The strategy was simple. If a card was used most often, it would generate the most transaction volume and deepen the relationship between the cardholder and issuer.
However, that dynamic is beginning to shift. Consumers now move fluidly between credit cards, buy now, pay later plans, debit cards, and digital...
As digital commerce becomes increasingly automated, enterprises face a new identity challenge: distinguishing legitimate AI agents acting on behalf of customers from malicious bots designed to exploit digital systems.
“How Enterprises Can Build a ‘Know Your Agent’ Defense: Digital Identity Verification in the Age of Bots” explores how the rise of agentic commerce is exposing weaknesses...
A growing number of B2B platforms are discovering that financial services built directly into their software are becoming a powerful engine for growth.
The finding comes from “B2B Platforms Expand Embedded Finance to Enhance Customer Experience, Drive Revenue,” a December data brief from PYMNTS Intelligence produced in collaboration with Marqeta.
The research examines how U.S. B2B...
Middle-market firms have been navigating uneven demand, higher borrowing costs and persistent supply-side volatility. According to Visa’s Growth Corporates Working Capital Index 2025 to 2026, done in collaboration with PYMNTS Intelligence, which surveyed 1,457 CFOs and treasurers worldwide, working capital has become a central operating concern rather than a back-office metric, as finance leaders...
Petco plans to expand the range of consumables, supplies and services it offers for pets as it moves into the next phase of its operational plan, shifting its focus from cost savings to growth, Petco CEO Joel Anderson said Wednesday (March 11) during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call.
The company completed the first two phases of its operational plan in 2025 by strengthening...
Amazon won an early legal victory this week when a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity from using the Comet browser’s artificial intelligence shopping agent to access password-protected parts of Amazon’s site and make purchases on behalf of users.
The order, handed down Monday by U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney in Northern California, gives Amazon a...
Flipkart, one of India’s biggest eCommerce platforms, is preparing for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in Mumbai that could take place this year or early next year, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (March 11), citing unnamed sources.
The Walmart-backed firm could start the formal process of inviting banks to pitch for work on the IPO as soon as next month, according to the report...
Stitch Fix used its fiscal second-quarter earnings call to highlight how artificial intelligence and data-driven personalization are reshaping the way consumers discover and purchase apparel on its platform.
The company described a retail model powered by algorithms, data signals and stylist collaboration. Rather than relying on a single product launch, the company pointed to multiple...
Perplexity has added deeper capabilities for financial research to its cloud-based agent product, Perplexity Computer.
The company added these capabilities to Perplexity Finance, the data and analysis layer underneath Computer, it said in a Wednesday (March 11) blog post.
With these additions, Computer now has access to more than 40 live finance tools that pull data from authoritative...