A shopper in Shanghai opens one app to message a friend, find a product and pay for it. The same app books a restaurant and hails a ride. When Alibaba inserted an artificial intelligence (AI) agent into that flow in early 2026, it did not...
For years, aggregators such as Plaid, MX and Finicity have occupied a central position in digital finance by connecting banks, FinTechs and consumer applications to financial account data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Consumer artificial intelligence adoption is broadening into daily routines, but the tools getting credit for being the most helpful are not the ones built into apps and websites. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Banks have spent years building the data pipes. This week, the industry confronted what happens when artificial intelligence (AI) agents start running through them: who builds the infrastructure, who sets the rules and who captures the value. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Experian has launched an agentic artificial intelligence partnership with software provider ServiceNow. 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...
Stripe Co-Founder and President John Collison believes that agentic commerce will completely transform online shopping. 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,...
New research shows artificial intelligence-related job cuts could begin to favor older workers. 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....
OpenAI has reportedly purchased Weights.gg, a startup offering artificial intelligence tools to clone people’s voices. 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,...
When Anthropic released Claude Design in April, one assumption spread quickly through design and tech circles: a prompt-to-interface tool would make interface design platform Figma redundant. Product teams would describe what they wanted and skip the canvas entirely. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
