Every major technological shift creates a new category of business data. The internet created clickstream data, smartphones created location data and cloud software generated operational data at unprecedented scale. Fast forward to today, and artificial intelligence (AI) is turning everything into data. AI systems enable...
Adyen has unveiled a suite of tools to help companies sell via conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Adyen Agentic, announced by the payments FinTech Tuesday (June 16), includes a trio of layers designed to address the various stages of the customer journey in agentic commerce....
HSBC debuted a tool designed to help customers get faster access to working capital. The banking giant’s HSBC TradeCash is a trade finance solution that allows customers to share sales invoice data online and borrow against it, according to a Monday (June 15) press release...
One of the biggest hiccups impacting corporate payments today is bad bank account data. Incorrect account numbers, outdated supplier records, mismatched account ownership information, closed accounts and onboarding errors have plagued payment operations for decades. The challenge facing finance departments is neither new nor glamorous,...
Getnet, Santander’s global merchant payments platform, now enables merchants to accept payments initiated by artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The company’s new infrastructure can handle payments initiated by merchants’ own AI agents or by those operating through conversational platforms, Getnet said in a Tuesday (June 9) press release. Getnet’s solution is...
The chief financial officer’s advantage in 2026 is not access to cheaper capital. It’s the ability to extract more value from capital already sitting inside the business. The companies doing that most effectively are converting cash nearly 20 days faster than their peers, according to...
Operational stability is a business goal. It is not a business strategy; merely the outcome of a successful one. And the latest PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Ready and Willing: B2B Payments Are Headed for Real-Time Rails. Here’s How They’re Getting There,” a collaboration with The Clearing House,...
Government tech procurement has mostly come down to price, performance and who could land the contract fastest. The EU just signaled that era is ending. With its new Tech Sovereignty Package unveiled on Tuesday (June 2), the European Commission is repositioning procurement as an instrument...
Two years ago, ERP modernization was still easy to postpone. Many companies even delayed them repeatedly, wary of cost overruns, operational disruption, and the sheer complexity of replacing deeply embedded systems. Today, ERP systems sit at the center of how companies manage navigational poles, such...