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Beauty Industry Gets Its AI Makeover
November 12, 2025

From foundation matching and real-time consultations to generative marketing and supply chain forecasting, artificial intelligence (AI) is getting integrated into nearly every part of the beauty business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
Target Turns to AI to Spruce Up Holiday Shopping
November 12, 2025

Target is introducing new technology features to help customers shop for the holidays. 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....

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Alipay+ Adds Biometric Payment Authentication to Smartglasses
November 12, 2025

Ant International’s Alipay+ has added iris authentication features to its smartglasses-embedded payment solution. 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....

B2B Payments
Earnings Season Signals CFO Shift Toward Time to Cash and Embedded Payments
November 12, 2025

Third-quarter earnings season offered an unexpected storyline of the ascent of platforms that don’t just move money but build ecosystems around it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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AI Needs Spatial Intelligence for Next Leap, Experts Say
November 12, 2025

Fei-Fei Li, known as the “godmother of AI,” argues that the current era of artificial intelligence (AI), dominated by large language models and image classifiers, has reached its limits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payments Innovation
Maverick Bets on Humans and Machines to Share the Rails
November 12, 2025

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Cross-border Payments
Visa Bets on Stablecoins and AI to Transform Global Commerce for Creators
November 12, 2025

Traditional cross-border payment systems weren’t built for today’s global workforce. Millions of creators, freelancers and on-demand workers now expect to be paid instantly. And in many countries with volatile fiat currencies, they want that payment in digital dollars. These micropreneurs don’t want to wait days...

Artificial Intelligence
Beyond Models and Compute: Big Tech’s AI Moves
November 11, 2025

Models, compute and infrastructure dominate AI headlines, but the deeper transformation is unfolding quietly behind them. This week’s tech roundup surfaces the incremental systems work, platform upgrades and engineering shifts that show how AI is weaving itself into the core of global production, communication and...

Retail
Tariffs Force Brands to Hedge on Black Friday Deals
November 11, 2025

Retailers are preparing for a more restrained Black Friday this year, as tariffs and inflation drive up costs and force brands to scale back promotions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...