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PYMNTS covers artificial intelligence as it transforms payments, commerce and financial services, from generative AI and agentic commerce to fraud detection, underwriting and customer engagement. Our reporting pairs breaking news with proprietary data and expert analysis to examine how AI is reshaping business models, operational efficiency and competitive dynamics across the connected economy.
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Anthropic Pushes Claude Beyond Chat Into Enterprise Workflows
February 24, 2026

Anthropic is expanding how enterprises can deploy Claude inside day-to-day work, rolling out new Cowork updates and a broader set of plugins and connectors designed to turn the model into role-specific agents that sit alongside existing software rather than replace it. Get the Full Story...

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White House Economist Rejects AI Doomsday Fears
February 24, 2026

A White House economist said a report that warned of potential risks to the economy posed by artificial intelligence (AI) “violates some of the basic accounting in economics,” Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Contracting for Agentic AI Is Starting to Look Like Outsourcing
February 24, 2026

Enterprise software contracts were built for tools. Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing lawyers and procurement teams to rethink them for AI systems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Federal Reserve Powers Internal Operations With New General-Purpose AI
February 24, 2026

The Federal Reserve is building artificial intelligence into its daily work to achieve operational efficiencies in payments, financial management, human resources and the financial services it provides to the U.S. Treasury, Fed Governor Christopher J. Waller said Tuesday (Feb. 24). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Anthropic’s COBOL Bet Shakes Mainframe Economics
February 24, 2026

Most people who deposited a paycheck this week, withdrew cash from an ATM, or filed a government form probably had no idea their transaction ran through COBOL. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Fed’s Cook Says AI Productivity Boom May Call for Broader Policy Toolkit
February 24, 2026

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said in a Tuesday (Feb. 24) speech that rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could pose new challenges for the central bank’s traditional tools as it fundamentally reshapes the U.S. economy. In remarks delivered at the National Association for Business...

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Anthropic Expands Claude to Cover Investment Banking
February 24, 2026

Anthropic’s Claude is moving into the human resources, design and investment banking fields, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Feb. 24). 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...

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Thomson Reuters CoCounsel Reaches 1 Million Users as Professionals Embrace Agentic AI
February 24, 2026

Thomson Reuters’ professional-grade artificial intelligence technology CoCounsel has been adopted by 1 million professionals across 107 countries, the company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 24) press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Gen AI Becomes the CFO’s Most Reliable Analyst
February 24, 2026

Big Tech spent millions on flashy Super Bowl commercials to hype generative artificial intelligence as a creative tool for the masses, but the holy grail is locking down lucrative enterprise subscriptions for armies of corporate employees. Multinational giants like Alphabet don’t just sell 8 million...