- Monday 6th May - 11:45 am
Accenture and Oracle expanded their partnership to help clients accelerate their adoption of generative artificial intelligence in the finance organization.
The new solutions offered through this collaboration aim to help chief financial officers reinvent financial planning ...
- Monday 6th May - 11:05 am
The rise of open banking and FinTechs is changing the fabric of financial services.
Data sharing and pacts between traditional financial institutions and digital-only innovators promise to bring innovation to the ...
- Monday 6th May - 4:02 am
The amount of data now being generated by consumers is testing the constraints of the dictionary.
Only 10 years ago it was measured in terabytes, which is a trillion bytes. But now those 329 million terabytes of data ...
- Monday 6th May - 4:00 am
Data integrity and technology that provides flexibility are key for businesses in a dynamic market, Boost Payment Solutions CFO Mariana Lamson writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of ...
- Saturday 4th May - 4:00 am
With the proliferation of betting apps bringing gambling into more parts of consumers’ lives, now even Skee-Ball is getting the Las Vegas treatment.
Restaurant and entertainment center chain Dave & Buster’s ...
- Friday 3rd May - 6:04 pm
In the wake of Peloton’s restructuring efforts that come amid a decline in user engagement and a shrinking user base, the connected fitness industry finds itself at a critical juncture.
While Peloton’s actions shed light on sectoral challenges ...
- Friday 3rd May - 5:38 pm
J.P. Morgan Chase reportedly unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered tool designed to facilitate thematic investing.
The tool, called IndexGPT, delivers thematic investment baskets created with the assistance of OpenAI’s GPT-4 model, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 3).
IndexGPT creates these thematic indexes ...
- Friday 3rd May - 5:22 pm
Microsoft’s decision to ban police departments from using its Azure OpenAI Service for facial recognition reflects the technology industry’s struggle to balance the promises and perils of artificial intelligence (AI).
The ...
- Friday 3rd May - 4:44 pm
This week in artificial intelligence, Anthropic is launching its first smartphone app. In computer programming, AI is rapidly reshaping practices from Silicon Valley to major tech firms. Despite Europe’s tech ...
- Friday 3rd May - 3:48 pm
The online education sector continues to experience exponential growth, driven by technological advancements and the increasing demand for flexible learning options.
However, the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping the ...
- Friday 3rd May - 3:22 pm
As tech giants like Google, Microsoft and OpenAI accelerate their artificial intelligence (AI) efforts, Apple is charting a more deliberate course and expressing optimism about the technology’s future. The iPhone ...
- Friday 3rd May - 4:02 am
Open banking is empowering consumers and the businesses they work with to adapt amid uncertainties, Trustly founder and CEO Alex Gonthier writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of ...
- Friday 3rd May - 4:01 am
To be successful, you must have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.
As today’s chief financial officers know best, the role of a leader is to define a ...
- Friday 3rd May - 4:00 am
A 3% gain in the FinTech IPO Index this past week was led by the platforms.
And in many cases, those firms have yet to report earnings — so, perhaps, let’s ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 6:08 pm
Cybercriminals exploit various avenues to target consumers, with one particularly vulnerable point being bad default passwords.
The United Kingdom has taken a step toward closing this security gap by introducing a consumer protection ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 2:02 pm
Microsoft will inject $2.2 billion into Malaysia’s burgeoning cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure over the next four years, CEO Satya Nadella announced on Thursday (May 2).
The tech giant’s move ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 11:45 am
This National Small Business Week, merchants are increasingly moving beyond Main Street — and into eCommerce.
And with the news that the post-pandemic growth for most Main Street small and medium-sized ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 10:51 am
In the north of England, the Manchester area has a booming FinTech startup community.
But as Bloomberg News reported Thursday, these companies are having trouble attracting the attention of the country’s funding and ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 9:07 am
Despite Europe’s reputation as a tech laggard, a cadre of companies is making big bets on artificial intelligence (AI).
While the region has been slow to embrace AI in critical sectors like ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 6:49 am
Mastercard has welcomed six startups to its Start Path program focused on improving payment acceptance.
“The ability to accept electronic payments has been critical to shaping the future of commerce and ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 4:02 am
Most crimes, as the saying goes, are crimes of opportunity.
And that’s bad news for small businesses, whose lack of resources and challenges when accessing financing often leaves them ill-prepared for ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 4:00 am
In the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty,” Thredd Chief Administrative Officer Oliver Dean explores how data analytics and AI have transformed the card payments industry.
Continued uncertainty in the ...
- Thursday 2nd May - 4:00 am
While artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, its rise hasn’t come cheap.
“The consequence of multimodal AI is that the amount of data and compute power being used to ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 5:01 pm
Block, owner of Cash App and Square, is reportedly facing a Department of Justice investigation.
Federal prosecutors are in discussions with an ex-employee about allegations of widespread compliance failures at Cash App and Square going back years, NBC News reported ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 4:52 pm
Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic is launching its first smartphone app and a new enterprise subscription plan to expand the reach of its Claude chatbot.
The San Francisco-based company, which focuses ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 4:06 pm
As scammers and fraudsters become more sophisticated, shoppers are demanding more effective prevention tools from their eCommerce merchants.
By the Numbers
The PYMNTS Intelligence study “Fraud Management, False Declines and Improved Profitability,” ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 2:32 pm
Anthropic launched an iOS app featuring its artificial intelligence chatbot, Claude.
The app makes the chatbot accessible “from anywhere, any time,” the company said in a Wednesday (May 1) press release.
The Claude iOS app syncs with web chats ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 1:03 pm
As luminaries from academia, government and business prepare to gather in South Korea May 21-22 for the second AI Safety Summit, Google’s attendance is drawing attention.
The advanced AI research group Google ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 10:35 am
Nine out of 10 industry sectors monitored by ADP posted job gains in April.
The sole exception was the information sector, which lost 4,000 jobs during the month, the human resources ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 9:43 am
British payments FinTech SumUp is reportedly looking to expand following a $1.6 billion loan.
The private credit package will allow SumUp “to refinance existing debt, as well as have firepower to take advantage of ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 4:02 am
The insurance industry, often perceived as lagging in innovation and adapting to consumer needs, is undergoing a notable transformation.
Traditionally reliant on agents for product sales, the industry is seeing a ...
- Wednesday 1st May - 4:01 am
Because business leaders rely on data to make critical decisions, they must be sure the data can be trusted, AI-ID CEO Shaunt Sarkissian writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 5:15 pm
Samsung overtook Apple to become the world’s highest-volume seller of smartphones in the first quarter.
To become the new holder of the No. 1 spot, Samsung shipped 60 million units during the quarter, independent ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 5:00 pm
In a bid to safeguard the nation’s vital infrastructure, the federal government is now offering a playbook to help companies navigate the treacherous landscape of cybersecurity, including the brewing dangers lurking ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 3:19 pm
No matter which side of the Atlantic they are on, grocery shoppers want loyalty programs with smarter, more relevant messaging, and merchants across the United Kingdom and the United States are ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 2:51 pm
From safeguarding online purchases to strengthening eCommerce ecosystems, strong customer authentication (SCA) helps confirm remote electronic transactions, reshaping the digital commerce landscape.
While its mandatory implementation in Europe has effectively curbed fraud stemming from the theft ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 11:55 am
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of its generative artificial intelligence-powered assistants for software development and business decision-making.
One assistant, Amazon Q Developer, generates code, tests, debugs and implements new code ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 9:22 am
Apple has reportedly hired away dozens of artificial intelligence experts from Google.
That’s according to a Tuesday (April 30) report by the Financial Times (FT), which analyzed hundreds of LinkedIn profiles, along with job postings ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 6:00 am
Sovos has launched a solution designed to modernize how companies meet global indirect tax obligations.
The new Indirect Tax Suite is part of the Sovos Compliance Cloud and helps enterprises manage all their indirect ...
- Tuesday 30th April - 4:00 am
To keep customers and attract new ones, businesses must leverage technology and data to guide strategy, Michael Budde, COO and CFO at Banyan, writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The ...
- Monday 29th April - 5:48 pm
As the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance at a rapid pace, the concept of artificial general intelligence (AGI) has captured the attention of researchers, tech enthusiasts and the media alike. AGI refers ...
- Monday 29th April - 5:06 pm
ECommerce solution provider PrestaShop has partnered with Mastercard to offer Click to Pay in Europe.
The Click to Pay functionality will be integrated into the PrestaShop platform for merchants based in ...
- Monday 29th April - 4:48 pm
Backflip raised $15 million in a Series A funding round to grow its platform for real estate investors.
The company’s real estate and FinTech platform is designed to provide funding and tools to the entrepreneurs who ...
- Monday 29th April - 3:23 pm
Tether, the company behind the stablecoin USDT, has announced a strategic investment in Blackrock Neurotech, a pioneer in brain-computer-interface (BCI) technology.
The $200 million investment grants Tether a majority stake in the ...
- Monday 29th April - 3:10 pm
Austria says the time has come to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) use in weapons systems.
Left unchecked, such technology could create “killer robots,” officials in the Alpine country said as they hosted a ...