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Microsoft is planning to rank artificial intelligence (AI) models based on safety. Get the...

Private equity firms are reportedly rethinking exit strategies as initial public offerings (IPOs) remain...

Apple is reportedly floundering in its attempt to upgrade its artificial intelligence (AI) voice...

A string of kidnappings involving cryptocurrency executives has prompted some unique new security measures....

Walmart is reportedly focusing on new and younger shoppers to offset the impact of...

American consumers likely saw somewhat faster inflation last month, especially for merchandise. Get the...

Meta is reportedly weighing a multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Scale AI. ...

If you thought the future of eCommerce delivery was all about electric vans and...

Cryptocurrency platform Gemini said Friday (June 6) that it confidentially submitted a draft registration statement...

The paydowns earlier this year were temporary. And as the latest consumer credit data...

Deutsche Bank is reportedly considering expanding its efforts in the digital asset industry as...

Not long ago, the term stablecoin lived mostly in crypto chatrooms and blockchain white...

OpenAI has unveiled two new business features for ChatGPT in its latest push to...

Two days after being confirmed to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision,...

OpenAI has appealed a court order that requires it to retain consumer ChatGPT and...

Kargo raised $18.4 million to develop new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products that connect supply...

This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, Intuit in introducing AI agents for its...

HSBC became a strategic investor in Token.io to help accelerate the growth of Token.io’s...

The most visible sign this week of enthusiasm for FinTechs — call it a...

As Apple heads into its annual developers conference this coming week, it is facing...

Cross-border payments don’t have a small bank problem; small banks have a cross-border problem....

The rising adoption of stablecoins could reportedly increase the volatility of U.S. Treasury Securities...

The share of venture capital (VC) investors who expect VC funding to rise over...

When Alex Schlesinger, founder and CEO of insurance firm Active Mutual, faced the tough...

Fiserv has agreed to acquire the remaining 49.9% stake in AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS)...

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has become an increasingly integrated part of the U.S....

A video call with a doctor probably won’t cut it for a broken ankle....

Forget your plastic cards for a moment. A quiet revolution is happening in how...

The first few trading days of the last month of the quarter marked a...

Retailers like Amazon and Walmart don’t just battle for consumer spend in brick-and-mortar or...

Despite the widespread adoption of digital technologies, merchants are finding that cross-border payment complexities...

Perplexity expects to keep growing at its current pace, with gains driven by its...

Uber Technologies is reportedly considering using stablecoins to transfer money among different countries. Get...

Business executives don’t feel they can pass the full cost of tariffs along to...

Google said Thursday (June 5) that it has released a preview of an upgraded...

Stablecoins have gone public in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

A growing number of former OpenAI employees are reportedly launching startups of their own. Get...

Keeta and SOLO have launched a blockchain-native credit bureau. Get the Full Story Complete the...

OneSpan announced Thursday (June 5) its acquisition of Nok Nok Labs, a provider of...

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has partnered with Visa to enhance cross-border business-to-business (B2B) payments...

Business is evolving, and legacy processes can hamstring operations. But many forward-thinking firms are sitting...

Cleveland-headquartered KeyBank made an equity investment in Qolo, expanding the companies’ existing partnership focused on banking...

From fast food chains and eCommerce companies to banks and law firms, AI assistants...

Oro Labs added new agentic artificial intelligence capabilities to its intake management and procurement...

As tariffs loomed this spring, PYMNTS Intelligence found that obtaining financing was (and is)...

Thread AI raised $20 million in a Series A funding round to increase the...

Perplexity has launched Perplexity Labs, a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can turn...

Meta is stepping up its spatial computing ambitions, even as interest in Apple’s Vision...

The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday (June 3) that its sponsor said will...

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s investments in artificial intelligence will not stop...

A month and a half since the Federal Reserve’s last Beige Book, which takes...

The cryptocurrency landscape can be tribal, full of vibrant archetypes that each hold distinct...

United Kingdom FinTech Wise intends to move its primary listing from the London Stock Exchange...

Experian and Plaid have partnered to provide proven risk insights and real-time cash flow...

Partnerships have always greased the gears of commerce, but in the payments business, where...

Against a backdrop of rising financial complexity, ballooning regulatory risk and exploding customer expectations,...

When Apple Pay launched in 2014, it promised a future free of plastic. Over...

A shift in public-sector disbursements is underway. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Credit unions face pressure to keep pace with national, regional and local banks that...

North American middle-market firms are demonstrating resilience, fueled in part by an increasing and...

Patients often visit the doctor with a headache and leave with a new one....

The big trade down is on. Dollar General, long synonymous with serving America’s most...

Amazon said Wednesday (June 4) that its latest artificial intelligence (AI) projects are related...

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski reportedly said Wednesday (June 4) that while Klarna continues to...

Google Threat Intelligence Group warned Wednesday (June 4) that an organization specializing in voice...

A revolution is underway in customer communication, and it’s being led not by keyboards...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered glasses from Google and eyewear retailer Warby Parker will not hit...

Brazil’s central bank is reportedly set to launch the long-awaited recurring payments feature for...

OpenAI reportedly added 1 million paying business subscribers since February. Get the Full Story...

The newly introduced CLARITY Act would help define and give shape to the digital...

JPMorgan Chase plans to offer financing to clients using spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...

Worldpay and Early Warning Services partnered to integrate the Paze online checkout solution into...

Social media platform Reddit reportedly sued artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic on Wednesday (June...

Stablecoins are tokenized assets on the blockchain designed to simplify crypto transactions. Get the...

FinTech Circle’s initial public offering (IPO) will likely price above its marketed range, Bloomberg...

A U.S. House bill takes aim at Apple and Google’s control over the mobile...

Peloton introduced its own peer-to-peer resale marketplace, Repowered. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Artificial intelligence startup Manus introduced a text-to-video generative AI tool that turns prompts into...

Just before tariffs took root in April, PYMNTS Intelligence found in its “Certainty Project”...

Square has launched a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that can answer sellers’ questions...

Private sector job growth slowed in May, declining to the lowest level seen in...

BVNK and LianLian Global partnered to enable merchants to use major stablecoins to fund...

Mastercard and PayPal have partnered to co-develop features using Mastercard’s One Credential, a solution that enables consumers...

For CFOs, the work never stops. And when it comes to mergers and acquisitions,...

Temasek, which is Singapore’s state-owned investment group and one of the world’s biggest investors,...

Millions of bank credentials have been exposed by the recent Coinbase hack, and they’re...

PYMNTS Intelligence’s research indicates that pay by bank is poised for a wider embrace...

For too long, disbursements have been treated as transactional endpoints — money out, job...

The global real-time payments landscape is advancing. Banks, platforms and retailers are launching new...

As digital expectations rise, banks are under pressure to provide seamless, instant and flexible...

Despite the clear potential of integrating credit directly into commerce platforms, many lenders appear...

At the core of any firm’s success is customer lifetime value (CLTV), defined for...

Dollar General’s same-store sales increased 2.4% and its financial results exceeded internal expectations in...

Perplexity AI, once a scrappy startup in the shadow of OpenAI and Google, is...

Auto sales reportedly returned to a normal level in May after spiking for two...

One Inc, a digital payments network for the insurance industry, announced Tuesday (June 3)...

When a shopper whips out their credit card to buy something online, they can...

CVS Health reportedly plans to invest $20 billion over the next 10 years to...

The “One Beautiful Bill” that’s made its way through the House and now is...

OpenAI reportedly plans to turn ChatGPT into a “super-assistant” that is personalized to each...

FIS and Episode Six launched a new cloud-native platform aimed at helping financial institutions...

Grocery giant Lidl France, in collaboration with creative agency Marcel Worldwide, turned to generative...

The U.S. economy remains solid, but tariff-driven uncertainty is complicating the Federal Reserve’s efforts...

Outside of perhaps AI, few technologies have generated as much curiosity and confusion as...

JPMorgan Chase has given Marianne Lake, the head of its consumer and community banking division, the...