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Nigerian FinTech OPay Eyes $4 Billion Valuation for US IPO
May 01, 2026

OPay Digital Services, a payments platform focused on Nigeria and backed by SoftBank Vision Fund and Sequoia Capital, is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 1), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Artificial Intelligence
ERP Data Can Fuel Enterprise AI. So Why Won’t Vendors Let It?
May 01, 2026

The tech stack powering the office of the CFO is evolving from a monolith to an ecosystem. And it’s resulting in some growing pains, as corporate customer pushback on new rules around API access from one of the world’s largest enterprise software providers, SAP, reveal. Get...

Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon Links With 7 AI Giants After Anthropic Dispute
May 01, 2026

The Defense Department has signed agreements with seven frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies, saying these deals will provide it with flexibility and prevent “AI vendor lock.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Payments Innovation
Frontline Workers Shift From Getting Ahead to Getting By
May 01, 2026

Historically, payments have been an activity-based business. Revenues are tied to transaction volume, interchange fees and, to some extent, the float generated by holding funds in transit. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
Chargebacks911 Prevents False Declines as Agentic Commerce Scales
April 30, 2026

Chargebacks911 offers tools that solve a growing challenge for merchants: legitimate artificial intelligence shopping agents getting turned away by fraud detection systems, resulting in merchants losing potential revenue, the company said in a Thursday (April 30) press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the Full Story...

Artificial Intelligence
Cancer Never Saw the Algorithm Coming
April 30, 2026

Pancreatic cancer kills most of its patients because there is nothing to find by the time they feel sick. Colorectal cancer kills roughly 53,000 Americans a year for the same reason. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Outage Shows AI Is Straining the Digital Stack
April 30, 2026

The five nines gold standard of digital reliability is cracking in 2026. 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...

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ElevenLabs Opened a Music Store While Taylor Swift Lawyered Up 
April 30, 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) changed the economics of music fast. The harder questions about authorship, ownership, what a song is worth and who it belongs to are still unanswered. ElevenLabs built a platform anyway. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Artificial Intelligence
Netomi Raises $110 Million to Power Agentic Customer Experience
April 30, 2026

Agentic artificial intelligence platform Netomi says it has secured $110 million in new financing. 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...