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Microsoft’s Greatest Hits and Epic Fails: A 50-Year Wild Ride
Microsoft’s Greatest Hits and Epic Fails: A 50-Year Wild Ride
April 12, 2025  |  Technology

It’s hard to believe Microsoft hit the big 5-0 this month. It’s also equally astounding that we have been fighting Windows bugs and frozen screens...

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Cheer Up America, You Get Some of the Most Happy Awards, Too
Cheer Up America, You Get Some of the Most Happy Awards, Too
April 11, 2025  |  Opinion

The World Happiness Report was released on March 20, which, in case you didn’t know, was the UN’s International Day of Happiness.  The big reveal...

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Study Finds Instant Payments Strengthen Vendor Relationships in 5 Key Industries
Study Finds Instant Payments Strengthen Vendor Relationships in 5 Key Industries
April 10, 2025  |  Money Mobility

With large U.S. enterprises facing demands from vendors, suppliers and contractors to make immediate payments, having ways to disburse funds instantly has become a strategic...

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What Pinball Tells Us About Spending in the Post-Tariff World
What Pinball Tells Us About Spending in the Post-Tariff World
April 07, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

It takes a lot to get most people to agree on anything. Even members of the same family have a hard time deciding what movie...

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Cold Cash: The World’s Most Remote ATMs — From Antarctica to Everest
Cold Cash: The World’s Most Remote ATMs — From Antarctica to Everest
April 05, 2025  |  Banking

We get a lot of press releases here at PYMNTS. We consider all of them, and some are more newsworthy than others. But this one...

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Why AI Fortune Favors the Brave
Why AI Fortune Favors the Brave
April 04, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

As payments innovation continues to develop, companies willing to take calculated risks and adopt an experimental mindset may be the ones leading the charge. Nowhere...

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Agentic AI Is Ready. Are Banks Prepared to Use It?
Agentic AI Is Ready. Are Banks Prepared to Use It?
April 03, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) has become more than a buzzword in a very short period of time. One reason for its progress into legitimacy is...

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The Instant Payments Digital Divide: Why Some Small Businesses Thrive and Others Struggle
The Instant Payments Digital Divide: Why Some Small Businesses Thrive and Others Struggle
April 02, 2025  |  Money Mobility

Small -to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) rely on instant payments to improve cash flow, yet their adoption remains far from universal. Industries with strong digital momentum,...

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Digital Wallets Poised to Become the SMS of Global Money Movement
Digital Wallets Poised to Become the SMS of Global Money Movement
April 01, 2025  |  Mobile Wallets

Mobile wallets are well-designed for instant gratification — as that ubiquitous instrument, the mobile phone, makes it easier than ever to pay merchants or to...

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