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SoFi Launches ETF Chasing Agentic AI Boom
September 03, 2025

Digital finance app SoFi has introduced its SoFi Agentic AI exchange-traded fund (ETF). 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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HappyRobot Raises $44 Million for AI Supply Chain Workers
September 03, 2025

HappyRobot, an artificial intelligence startup focused on supply chain operations, raised $44 million. 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....

Artificial Intelligence
PayPal Uses Access to Perplexity’s Comet Browser to Boost Subscriptions
September 03, 2025

PayPal is offering customers early access to Perplexity’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered browser Comet. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
UN Creates Two Mechanisms for Global Governance of AI
September 03, 2025

The United Nations has created two new global mechanisms for artificial intelligence (AI) governance, a move described by the Office of the Secretary-General as a “pathbreaking milestone” in international cooperation on emerging technologies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Artificial Intelligence
How Leading Enterprises Really Measure Gen AI ROI
September 03, 2025

Everything you always wanted to know about how to measure the return on investment of generative AI (and agentic AI) comes down to one anecdote: The Soviet Nail Factory. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI to Acquire Statsig to Accelerate Experimentation and Application Development
September 02, 2025

OpenAI plans to acquire Statsig, the experimentation platform that powers A/B testing, feature flagging and real-time decisioning for OpenAI and other companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Fintech Investments
Latin America-Focused FinTech Kapital Valued at $1.3 Billion
September 02, 2025

Mexico City-based FinTech company Kapital said Tuesday (Sept. 2) that it doubled its valuation to $1.3 billion and became “Latin America’s first AI unicorn.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Unveils VibeVoice for Longer Conversational AI Audio
September 02, 2025

Microsoft has released VibeVoice, a new open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model that lets users create podcasts and other audio — a counter to Google’s popular NotebookLM. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Banking
FDIC Shrinks Bank Watch List, Flags Card Risk
September 02, 2025

Data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) latest report on the state of the banking industry is signaling both optimism and caution. While the number of “problem banks” on its watch list has declined for the third straight quarter, the regulator also highlighted rising...