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Artificial Intelligence
Edge AI Is Gaining on the Cloud
January 07, 2026

The announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week showed artificial intelligence inference beginning to move off centralized cloud infrastructure and onto devices themselves, a shift that could change how AI is deployed, priced and scaled. Get the Full Story Complete...

Investments
Payhawk’s Valuation Could Soar to $2 Billion With New Funding
January 07, 2026

Payhawk is reportedly seeking new funding that could double its valuation to roughly $2 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Biometrics
Clover Adds Face and Palm Payments With Wink Partnership
January 07, 2026

Fiserv-owned commerce solution Clover has launched a partnership with biometric identity/payments platform Wink. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Artificial Intelligence
Albertsons Says AI Shopping Assistant Increased Customers’ Basket Size by 10%
January 07, 2026

Albertsons Companies is seeing early results of its deeper integration of data and artificial intelligence, and the firm expects these resources to serve as the core of its transformation efforts, executives said Wednesday (Jan. 7) during an earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Artificial Intelligence
JPMorgan’s Proxy Shift Signals AI’s Expanding Beachhead
January 07, 2026

Artificial intelligence’s most visible applications might arguably be chatbots and customer service experiments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Banking
Lloyds Looks to Tokenization to Improve Home-Buying Process
January 07, 2026

The CEO of U.K. bank Lloyds thinks tokenization can help improve the home-buying process. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
Why Messy Merchant Data Could Make B2B Payments More Expensive
January 07, 2026

The mechanics of many merchants’ B2B payments have long been a source of frustration rather than transformation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Says AI Will Help Handle Household Chores
January 07, 2026

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will replace them at their jobs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

Digital Banking
European Neobank bunq Files for Banking License in US
January 07, 2026

Amsterdam-based neobank bunq has formally launched its campaign for an American banking license. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....