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WiseLayer Raises $7.2 Million for AI Agents for Accounting Teams
January 28, 2025

WiseLayer raised $7.2 million to continue developing its task-specific artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed for finance and accounting teams. 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...

Retail
Sephora, Retail Division Drive LVMH’s Q4 Performance Amid Luxury Market Headwinds
January 28, 2025

As the sector’s global sales have slipped in recent years, luxury retail giant LVMH Tuesday (Jan. 28) reported a 1% rise in its fourth-quarter sales and 1% organic growth for 2024. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Cross-border Payments
What Treasury Teams Can Learn From Central Banks’ Tokenization Projects
January 28, 2025

For decades, wholesale cross-border payments have meant snail-paced bank wires, money squirreled away across sprawling correspondent banking networks, and the accumulation of enough fees that Scrooge McDuck could swim in them.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Artificial Intelligence
Noda Launches AI-Powered Tool for Designing Personalized Payment Pages
January 28, 2025

Open banking provider Noda has launched a tool that enables gaming streamers and content creators to design personalized payment pages in minutes, with no need for technical expertise or website development. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Mobile Payments
Mollie Expands Tap to Pay on iPhone Availability in Europe
January 28, 2025

Mollie has expanded its Tap to Pay on iPhone capability to merchants in three more European countries: Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Artificial Intelligence
DeepSeek Day Two: Focus Turns to Enterprise AI Adoption
January 28, 2025

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s deeply discounted foundation models could herald lower prices for businesses seeking to adopt AI — by removing one of the biggest blockers to enterprise deployment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT for US Government Use
January 28, 2025

OpenAI on Wednesday (Jan. 28) unveiled a version of ChatGPT that it said has the security, reliability and privacy guardrails necessary for use by the U.S. government. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Payments Innovation
Bank of America: New Use Cases Take Unattended Payments Into the Future
January 28, 2025

Making things easier rarely goes out of style. Just take, for example, unattended payments. 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...

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How AI Agents Usher in Smarter Automation for Enterprises
January 27, 2025

Much of today’s business operations are already automated. Think of processing payroll, software updates and data backup and recovery, among many others. These fall under Robotic Process Automation, or RPA. It is software that automates repetitive tasks based on predefined if-this-then-that rules. RPA is like...