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OpenAI Seeks AI Safety-Focused ‘Head of Preparedness’
December 28, 2025

OpenAI is hiring an executive focused on AI-related risks to mental health and computer security. 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,...

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Lloyds Shelves Invoice Financing as Small Businesses Shift Away
December 28, 2025

British bank Lloyds is reportedly ending its small-business-focused invoice financing program. 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 completing...

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Activist Investor TCIM Makes ‘Significant’ Investment in Target
December 26, 2025

Toms Capital Investment Management (TCIM), a U.S. hedge fund known to be an activist investor, reportedly made a “significant” investment in Target. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Agentic AI Takes the Wheel in Travel Planning and Booking
December 26, 2025

Travel commerce is shifting from discovery to decision-making as artificial intelligence (AI) agents take control of itineraries and transactions. 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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Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Launches Agentic AI Startup
December 26, 2025

Dazzle AI, a new startup founded by former Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer, raised $8 million in a seed round. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Nvidia Acquires Tech and Talent From Inference Chip Maker Groq
December 26, 2025

An Nvidia spokesperson confirmed Friday (Dec. 26) that the company acquired talent and tech from Groq, a maker of custom-built inference chips. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Payments Innovation
Inside the Technology Shifts That Reshaped Payments and Risk in 2025
December 26, 2025

In 2025, payments, banking and commerce crossed a quiet but consequential threshold. Technologies that once promised efficiency or differentiation became nonnegotiable foundations, reshaping how money moves, how risk is managed and how trust is built at scale. Across dozens of Trackers published this year, a...

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Regulators Question How Big Tech Uses AI to Shape Markets
December 24, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly embedding itself into the core decision-making systems of modern businesses, from pricing and marketing to supply chain management and customer targeting. As AI tools move from experimental add-ons to operational infrastructure, regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are focusing...

Payments Innovation
Payments Leaders Get Candid: The Boundaries That Defined 2025
December 24, 2025

If 2025 felt like the year the future stopped “arriving” and started showing up in production, you are not imagining it. In payments and commerce, the most important shifts rarely announce themselves with a single product launch. They surface in how executives describe their constraints,...