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The construction industry builds skylines, bridges and critical infrastructure, yet its own critical financial infrastructure often runs on outdated payment practices.
Findings in the February 2026 edition of the B2B and Digital Payments Tracker® Series from PYMNTS Intelligence reveal that roughly 70% of contractors and subcontractors report experiencing payment delays on a regular...
Credit unions once treated FinTech partnerships as selective experiments. They now regard them as a primary channel for advancing innovation.
Why Partnerships Have Moved to the Center
The latest Credit Union Innovation Readiness Index, done in collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Velera, makes clear that partnerships are no longer peripheral arrangements. More than half of...
Unauthorized-party fraud has reclaimed center stage, reversing last year’s pattern and reshaping how banks think about risk.
That is the core shift in the “2025 State of Fraud and Financial Crime in the United States” report, produced by PYMNTS Intelligence in collaboration with Block. Based on a survey of 200 executives at U.S. financial institutions, the report finds that fraud is...
Anthropic and OpenAI are accelerating a two-front race in artificial intelligence, expanding from chatbots into enterprise workflows while competing for paid subscribers as consumer habits harden.
New data reported by The Information shows that daily signups to Anthropic’s Claude chatbot have tripled since November, while paid subscribers have more than doubled since October and free...
The U.S. government must begin refunding the $130 billion it collected in tariffs that were later determined by the Supreme Court to be illegal, a federal trade court judge ruled Wednesday (March 4), according to multiple media reports.
Judge Richard Eaton at the Court of International Trade ordered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to begin the process of refunding...
Capital One has started originating some of its credit card accounts on the Discover Network, about 10 months after finalizing its acquisition of the network.
A guide to card benefits issued by the company mentions Venture, VentureOne, Savor, SavorOne, Quicksilver and QuicksilverOne cards on the Discover Network, with benefits in effect as of Feb. 1, TheStreet reported Monday (March 2...
The latest Federal Reserve Beige Book, released on Wednesday (March 4), describes a U.S. economy advancing at a restrained pace, a finding that corresponds with PYMNTS Intelligence data showing that millions of workers remain employed yet financially unsettled, while still opening their wallets to underpin economic growth.
Across the country, economic activity advanced modestly in...
Apple unveiled a new laptop Wednesday (March 4) that it said offers the Mac experience at a “breakthrough price” that starts at $599 for consumers and $499 for students.
The MacBook Neo features an aluminum enclosure, a 13-inch display, a 1080p camera and up to 16 hours of battery life, the company said in a Wednesday press release.
The laptop is now available for pre-order and is set...
The Justice Department announced the seizure of what it called one of the world’s largest hacker forums.
In a Wednesday (March 4) news release, the department said LeakBase, “one of the world’s largest online forums” trading in stolen data and cybercrime tools, had been dismantled in a global operation.
“On March 3 and 4, law enforcement agents and officers in 14 countries including...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday (March 4) that the company’s opportunity to invest $100 billion in OpenAI is “probably not in the cards” because OpenAI is going to go public.
Instead, Nvidia has finalized an agreement to invest $30 billion in OpenAI, Huang said during a discussion at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media...