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retail
Health and Beauty Products Draw Retail Shoppers Into Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Merchants selling on multiple channels is now the norm. However, PYMNTS...

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Transportation
Vehicle Transport Startup Targets Industry's Service Reliability Problem

Getting from point A to point B is the name of...

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Consumer Insights
Zillennials Choose Access Over Car, Home Ownership

While their millennial peers may have been the first to embrace...

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Authentication
To Stamp Out Authentication-Based Fraud, Banks Want Metal Cards

Fraud is escalating, with 87% of banks reporting a rise in...

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artificial intelligence
82% of US Workforce Believes GenAI Boosts Productivity

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is changing the way we work, and a...

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SMBs
Sales Prospects Brighten as Small Businesses Find Life in Loyalty...

Thus far into 2025, the year has been an eventful one...

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artificial intelligence
AI Summit: EU, France to Invest $320 Billion in AI...

This week’s AI Action Summit in Paris — the artificial intelligence...

6 hours ago
Ridesharing
Lyft's 2024 Success Driven by Customer Focus, Price Lock Service

One of the key factors behind Lyft’s success in 2024 was...

6 hours ago
Delivery
DoorDash: ‘Great Digital Experiences’ Drive More Orders of Retail Goods

DoorDash is seeing a growing share of consumers order from not...

7 hours ago
Blockchain
Witnesses Fault ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ of Digital Assets at Congressional...

At a subcommittee hearing on the current state and future potential...

8 hours ago
Partnerships
Confluent Forms AI-Focused Partnerships With Databricks and Jio Platforms

Data streaming platform Confluent announced new partnerships with Databricks and Jio Platforms Ltd. Both...

9 hours ago
IPO
Report: Crypto Custodian Services Provider BitGo Considers IPO

Cryptocurrency custodian services provider BitGo is reportedly considering an initial public...

11 hours ago
Healthcare
Healthcare Delivery Models Have Changed, Why Haven’t Payment Processes?

Change happens slowly at first, and then all at once. Just...

11 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Workday Unveils Tool for Managing AI Agent Fleets

Workday has launched a tool to help companies manage their artificial...

12 hours ago
B2B Payments
Veryfi Adopts JustPaid’s AI-Powered Revenue Automation Platform for B2B

Optical character reader (OCR) platform Veryfi adopted JustPaid’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered...

12 hours ago
artificial intelligence
DeepSeek Security Testers Uncover ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Cyberthreats

A cybersecurity company says its research has unearthed serious threats from...

12 hours ago
eCommerce
Mytheresa Credits 'High-Spending' Shoppers for 13% Sales Growth

Online luxury fashion retailer Mytheresa says “high-spending, wardrobe-building” consumers helped drive...

12 hours ago
artificial intelligence
AI Agents’ Rise Promises IT Revolution, But Readiness Questions Remain

The race to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) engineering agents that can...

12 hours ago
Bitcoin
Visa and Fold to Launch Credit Card Offering Bitcoin Rewards

Visa and Fold partnered to launch a credit card that offers...

13 hours ago
Acquisitions
nCino Acquires Sandbox Banking to Fuel Banks’ Digital Transformation

Banking solutions provider nCino has acquired Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) company Sandbox Banking. The deal, announced Tuesday (Feb....

13 hours ago
eCommerce
Temu Switches Supply Chain Management Style Following Trump Tariffs

eCommerce giant Temu is reportedly overhauling its Chinese supply chain following...

13 hours ago
Earnings
Shopify CEO Bullish on Future as Shop Pay Accounts for...

Shopify President Harley Finkelstein highlighted the company’s fiscal performance in the fourth...

14 hours ago
artificial intelligence
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna: AI Adoption Will ‘Explode’ As Costs...

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna reportedly said Tuesday (Feb. 11) that the lower costs...

14 hours ago
Google
Google Files Patent for AI Chatbot That Answers Phone Calls

Google has filed a patent for a personalized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered...

15 hours ago
Investments
Tines’ AI-Powered Automation Offering Valued at $1.1 Billion After $125...

Tines Security Service reportedly reached a $1.13 valuation after raising $125...

15 hours ago
Legal
SEC Pauses Binance Prosecution Amid New Crypto Landscape

The SEC reportedly wants to put its case against the world’s...

15 hours ago
B2B Payments
Spryker’s Composable Commerce Platform to Power Daimler Truck’s B2B Marketplace

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck partnered with composable commerce platform provider...

15 hours ago
Investments
Google-Backed QuEra Raises $230 Million to Accelerate Development of Quantum...

QuEra Computing raised $230 million in a funding round to accelerate...

16 hours ago
Earnings
FIS Targets ‘Money in Motion’ Growth and Announces Affirm Debit...

Shares of FIS slid at the start of intraday trading Tuesday...

16 hours ago
Business
Report: Stripe Plots $85 Billion Employee Share Sale

Stripe is reportedly in talks about an employee stock sale at an...

16 hours ago
BNPL
J.P. Morgan Payments Forms BNPL Deal With Klarna

J.P. Morgan Payments is expanding its buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

16 hours ago
Artificial Intelligence
Apple Reportedly Links With Alibaba for Chinese AI Rollout

Apple reportedly found a partner to help it bring its artificial...

17 hours ago
Cybersecurity
Why CFOs and CISOs Should Care About B2B Cyber Audits

Today’s digital landscape is breaking down traditional silos — especially those...

17 hours ago
Investments
Sardine Raises $70 Million to Expand AI Risk Platform

Sardine raised $70 million in a Series C funding round to...

17 hours ago
Acquisitions
Kort Payments to Acquire Paysafe’s Direct Marketing Payment Processing Business

Payments platform Paysafe Limited agreed to sell its direct marketing payment...

18 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Sam Altman Rejects $97 Billion OpenAI Bid and Blasts Musk’s...

OpenAI’s CEO has once again refused Elon Musk’s offer to take...

18 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Vance: ‘Authoritarian Censorship’ in EU Could Smother AI

Vice President JD Vance has reportedly warned Europeans against overregulation of...

19 hours ago
Money Mobility
Healthcare's Payment Frictions Find Instant Digital Solution, Study Shows

Despite rapid advancements in digital payments, healthcare transactions remain frustratingly slow...

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