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Artificial Intelligence
Banks Replace Real Customers With AI Clones for Product Testing
June 22, 2026

Testing a new credit card or banking product once required months of regulatory vetting and customer recruitment. Now banks build the customer instead. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Artificial Intelligence
Samsung Rolls Out OpenAI Tools to Workforce in Major Enterprise Push
June 22, 2026

Samsung Electronics deployed OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to its entire South Korean workforce and select international divisions, Seeking Alpha reported Monday (June 22). The deployment marks one of the artificial intelligence developer’s largest corporate adoptions to date. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Retail
California Consumers Sue Gas Stations Over AI Price Fixing
June 22, 2026

A group of California consumers filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that gas station operators including Walmart, Marathon Petroleum, BP and 7-Eleven used an artificial intelligence pricing tool to illegally inflate pump prices in the state, according to a complaint filed in federal court in...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Are Coming for the Instruction Manual
June 22, 2026

When a SharkNinja customer scans a QR code on a product box, there is no confusing manual or phone tree waiting for them. There’s an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that knows exactly which product they have and walks them through setup, step by step, according...

Acquiring
MoonPay Acquires AI Accounting Agent Maker Entendre
June 22, 2026

Crypto payments company MoonPay has acquired Entendre, which makes artificial intelligence (AI) accounting agents for stablecoin firms. 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...

Loyalty & Rewards
Bilt Adds Preferred Hotels & Resorts as Transfer Partner for Members
June 22, 2026

Bilt added Preferred Hotels & Resorts and its I Prefer Hotel Rewards program as a transfer partner, giving members access to more than 700 hotels, resorts and residences worldwide, according to a Monday (Jun. 22) press release. The partnership begins immediately, with Bilt Points convertible...

Fintech Investments
Revolut’s South Africa Waitlist Nears 100K 2 Years Before Launch
June 22, 2026

Revolut’s expansion plans now reportedly include South Africa as interest there in the FinTech grows. 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,...

Banking
Happen Sheds LendingClub Name and Launches on Nasdaq
June 22, 2026

Happen, formerly known as LendingClub, has announced the official launch of its digital bank. 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
For $500, an AI Beat 2 Lawyers in UK Court
June 22, 2026

When Tamires Camal Taquidir took a hospitality company to court over 7,000 pounds (about $9,271) in unpaid fees, she brought artificial intelligence (AI) help. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...