{"id":3627938,"date":"2026-04-13T04:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3627938"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:33:27","slug":"how-ai-is-rewriting-credit-decisioning-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/how-ai-is-rewriting-credit-decisioning-in-real-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI Is Rewriting Credit Decisioning in Real Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, credit and payment decisions have relied on static scorecards and rigid \u201cif-then\u201d rules built for a slower payments environment. That model is now under strain. 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