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Personnel
Fiserv Appoints PNC Veteran Michael Lyons as President and CEO-Elect

Fiserv has appointed Michael P. Lyons, former president of PNC Financial Services Group, as...

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artificial intelligence
AI Models and Tools: OpenAI to Launch AI Agent, Microsoft...

OpenAI has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered agent that can use...

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Economy
Number of Americans Receiving Unemployment Insurance Reaches 3-Year High

New unemployment insurance data reportedly suggests that the labor market remains...

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Cybersecurity
PayPal to Settle New York’s Allegations of Cybersecurity Failures

PayPal will pay a $2 million penalty to New York state...

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Data
CFOs and Treasurers Embrace Leading Role in Organizational Data Monetization

Today’s businesses are drowning in opportunity. More than 2.5 quintillion bytes...

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Artificial Intelligence
European CEOs Call for Investment in AI Infrastructure

President Donald Trump’s announcement of Stargate, a $500 billion investment in...

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Retail
Gray Is the New Gold: Luxury Brands Target Aging Wealth

In 2025, are luxury brands waking up to the untapped potential...

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ANTITRUST
Apple and Google Under Scrutiny for Potential Antitrust Violations in...

Apple and Google, the tech giants behind massive mobile ecosystems, are...

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artificial intelligence
Data ‘Connects the Dots’ to New Revenue Opportunities for Banks

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has been among the buzzwords that are...

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Checkout Conversion
Australian Merchants’ Checkout Tech Requests Focus on Security

PYMNTS Intelligence surveyed 300 middle-market eCommerce merchants across five countries —...

9 hours ago
artificial intelligence
GenAI Is Cleared for Takeoff in Travel Payments

The future of payments isn’t just about what’s possible — it’s...

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Opinion
CTO Interview: Mindset Shift Is ‘Vital’ to Future of Financial...

Data management makes for a unified ecosystem that fosters collaboration, Stax...

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SMBs
Why SMB Optimism Will Likely Carry Over Into 2025

The year 2024 began as a question mark for the smaller...

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SMBs
45% of CEOs Say Business Model Clarity Is Crucial to...

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often find themselves in a constant...

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Money Mobility
Check, Please? The Costly Hangover of Paper Payments

What keeps paper checks alive in the digital age? Despite their...

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artificial intelligence
Payment Processing Leads Charge in Modernizing B2B Financial Ecosystems

Game-changing innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) don’t discriminate. They reshape industries...

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Bank Regulation
UK’s FCA Charts Path From Open Banking to ‘Open Finance’

Open banking’s roots lie with the United Kingdom, where PSD2, a...

17 hours ago
BNPL
Dutch Government Wants to Halt BNPL Rollout in Brick-and-Mortar Stores

The Dutch government reportedly wants to stop the rollout of buy now,...

18 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
Coinbase Asks Court to ‘Clear Away Cloud’ Over Cryptocurrency Market

Coinbase reportedly asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to rule that...

18 hours ago
Social Commerce
LinkedIn: Proposed Class Action Lawsuit’s Claims Have ‘No Merit’

LinkedIn is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges that...

19 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Hitachi Vantara CTO for AI: What Many Enterprises Overlook That...

Companies investing in artificial intelligence will face increasing pressure to demonstrate...

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B2B Payments
Davos ‘Intelligent Age’ Blueprint Highlights B2B Innovation Trajectory

Intelligence abounds in the 2025 B2B landscape. But it still takes...

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Spend Management
Vertice Raises $50 Million to Expand Procurement Platform

Vertice has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round...

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Investments
Qomodo Raises $14.1 Million to Offer BNPL to Italian Brick-and-Mortar...

Milan-based Qomodo has raised 13.5 million euros (about $14.1 million) in...

22 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
This Week in Web3: Navigating Donald Trump’s Crypto Landscape

The current moment couldn’t be more archetypically “crypto” if it tried....

23 hours ago
Investments
Databricks Hopes to Build on AI Offerings With $15 Billion...

Data and artificial intelligence firm Databricks is now a $62 billion...

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B2B Payments
Ramp Adds Treasury Solution to Financial Operations Platform

Ramp has added a treasury solution to its financial operations platform....

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Partnerships
Tico Manufacturing Partners With TreviPay to Offer Credit Program

Terminal tractor manufacturer Tico Manufacturing has partnered with TreviPay to launch...

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Acquisitions
Smartsheet Work Management Platform Sells for $8.4 Billion

Artificial intelligence-enhanced work management platform Smartsheet was sold for $8.4 billion....

24 hours ago
artificial intelligence
AI Regulations: Trump Repeals Biden’s Order, French Minister Critiques EU...

As expected, President Donald Trump repealed his predecessor Joe Biden’s 2023...

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Regulation
UK’s FCA Proposes Removing Contactless Limit to Allow ‘Greater Flexibility’

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority may remove the 100-pound (about $123)...

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Consumer Insights
Household Spending Keeps Pace; Lower-Income Groups Feel the Heat

Among the messages conveyed so far in the continuing cavalcade of...

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Delivery
Home Depot Adds DoorDash to On-Demand Delivery Lineup

DoorDash has teamed with The Home Depot to offer on-demand delivery...

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Payment Methods
FSL Debuts Tool to Make Real-World Purchases With Web3 Income

Web3 development studio FSL has introduced its payment solution GMT Pay. Announced Wednesday (Jan....

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Earnings
Commerce Bancshares: ‘Full-Service Approach’ Drives Gains in Wealth Management Business

Commerce Bancshares grew its wealth management business in the fourth quarter...

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Earnings
P&G Meets Shifting Shopper Expectations With Household Staples, Digital Innovation

The way shoppers shop has changed over the past five years....

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Acquisitions
Ally Sells $2.3 Billion Credit Card Business to CardWorks

Ally Financial has sold its credit card business to consumer finance company Cardworks....

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SMBs
JPMorgan COO Pinto: Private Credit Small Business Lending Needs Monitoring

J.P. Morgan Chase President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto is...

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