72% of Consumers Pay for Instant Income Access
Published in PYMNTS
Instant payments are increasingly being judged less by how fast money moves and more by what faster access allows consumers to do.
That is the central takeaway from “From Faster to Smarter: Real-Time Payments as a Consumer Cash Flow Tool,” an April 2026 Real-Time Payments Tracker® Series report from PYMNTS Intelligence. The report finds that real-time payments are evolving from a convenience feature into part of consumers’ everyday approach to managing income, expenses and financial stability…
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Fintech Revenues Hit Record $504B in 2025
Gabrielle Saulsbery, Banking Dive
Revenue in the sector is growing four times as fast as in banks, according to a recent report by Boston Consulting Group and FT Partners.
Global fintech revenues hit a record high in 2025, totaling $504 billion and growing four times as fast as bank revenue, according to a new report. Fintech revenue “has not simply bounced back” from its 2022 tumbling but has “come out the other side as a fundamentally more mature…
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Separating Hype from Reality in Emerging Payment Trends
Published in PaymentsJournal
Despite near-constant industry buzz, the days when artificial intelligence agents dominate e-commerce—and consumers widely complete in-store purchases with a palm swipe—have not yet arrived.
This is not to say they will never arrive, but if the rollout of prior tech trends like biometric authentication and embedded finance is any indication, there is still substantial runway before this financial future becomes reality…
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