Affirm and Esusu to Launch Flexible Payment Option for Renters

Affirm and Esusu to Launch Flexible Payment Option for Renters
Affirm and Esusu to Launch Flexible Payment Option for Renters
January 22, 2026  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm has partnered with FinTech company Esusu to enable some people to pay their rent in two installments, CNBC...

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Judge Orders Google to Face Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search
Judge Orders Google to Face Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search
January 22, 2026  |  Google

A federal judge in California has allowed a consumer antitrust lawsuit against Google to move forward, keeping legal pressure on the default-search payments that steer...

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Citi Analysts Say Ethereum Transaction Trends Suggest ‘Address Poisoning’ Scams
Citi Analysts Say Ethereum Transaction Trends Suggest ‘Address Poisoning’ Scams
January 22, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

A recent pattern of transactions on the decentralized blockchain network ethereum suggests that scammers have launched an “address poisoning” campaign, CoinDesk reported Thursday (Jan. 22),...

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Capital One Targets $2T in Business Payments With Brex Buy
Capital One Targets $2T in Business Payments With Brex Buy
January 22, 2026  |  Earnings

Capital One paired its fourth-quarter earnings report Thursday (Jan. 22) with the announcement of its acquisition of Brex, positioning the deal as a structural move...

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Anthropic Says Most Gen AI Use Still Involves Human Oversight
Anthropic Says Most Gen AI Use Still Involves Human Oversight
January 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Predictions about generative artificial intelligence (AI) often focus on extremes, from mass job displacement to sweeping productivity gains. New usage-level data from Anthropic offers a...

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Google Expands Personal Intelligence Feature to AI Mode in Search
Google Expands Personal Intelligence Feature to AI Mode in Search
January 22, 2026  |  Google

A week after adding a new Personal Intelligence feature to its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Gemini, Google has expanded the feature to AI Mode in Google Search. Get...

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Bank of America and Citi Consider Offering Credit Cards With 10% Interest Rate
Bank of America and Citi Consider Offering Credit Cards With 10% Interest Rate
January 22, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Bank of America and Citigroup are reportedly considering offering credit cards with a 10% interest rate in response to President Donald Trump’s demand for a cap on rates. Get...

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Capital One Plans to Acquire Expense Management Platform Brex for $5.15 Billion 
Capital One Plans to Acquire Expense Management Platform Brex for $5.15 Billion 
January 22, 2026  |  Acquisitions

Capital One plans to acquire expense management platform Brex for $5.15 billion.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Microsoft Brings Agentic AI to Retail Robotics
Microsoft Brings Agentic AI to Retail Robotics
January 22, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Microsoft outlined this week how agentic artificial intelligence (AI) robots and vision-enabled agents are already changing in-store operations, customer service and workforce workflows. The shift...

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