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Artificial Intelligence
How CFOs and CIOs Are Facing the Hidden Costs of AI
October 08, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) entered the business world with a promise of speed and savings. It’s now showing up as a line item on the balance sheet and a backlog in IT. The World Economic Forum reports that CFOs are uncovering hidden costs beneath the promise...

Banking
East West Bank to Offer Commercial Clients Worldpay Solutions
October 08, 2025

Southern California-based East West Bank can now refer its business and commercial banking clients who are seeking in-store and online payment solutions to Worldpay. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Artificial Intelligence
How Time Became the Next Great Asset Class
October 08, 2025

In 1915, a Wall Street analyst named Benjamin Graham saw an opportunity. Guggenheim Exploration was trading as a single stock, but it held shares in multiple copper mining companies worth far more than the parent company’s price. Graham bought the undervalued parent, shorted the overvalued...

Artificial Intelligence
Spara Raises $15M to Build ‘Superhero’ AI Agent for Inbound Sales
October 08, 2025

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CFOs Embrace AI’s ROI as Finance Outgrows ‘Cost Center’ Label
October 08, 2025

For decades, finance teams have been branded as the “cost center” of the enterprise, a department primarily responsible for controlling budgets, approving expenses and delivering reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Payment Methods
63% of Americans Now Use Digital Wallets for Cross-Border Payments
October 08, 2025

The digital divide that once separated who paid how across borders is narrowing fast. In the United States, digital wallets have become the great equalizer. They’re used almost as readily by retirees as by recent college graduates, and by middle-income consumers as by the wealthy....

IPO
Fundamentals Beat Frenzy for FinTech IPOs in 2025
October 08, 2025

The FinTech initial public offering (IPO) market has roared back to life in 2025 after several quiet years. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Aims to Standardize How to Build AI Agents
October 07, 2025

OpenAI introduced AgentKit, a platform that enables companies to build and manage AI agents capable of performing defined business tasks, according to a Monday (Oct. 6) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Payments Innovation
Stax Marks Switchover to ‘Full-Stack’ Payments Processor
October 07, 2025

Payment technology provider Stax Payments said in a Tuesday (Oct. 7) news release that it is now a “full-stack, end-to-end payments processor.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...