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Regulation
CFPB Draws Line Between Earned Wage Access and Credit
January 07, 2026

Earned wage access is moving to solidify status as a core feature of modern work, reshaping how millions of workers manage cash flow between paydays. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Artificial Intelligence
Mercedes and Nvidia Redesign Cars Around Machine Judgment
January 07, 2026

At CES 2026 this week, automakers and suppliers showed vehicles designed with the assumption that humans will not always be driving, shifting attention from driver-assist features toward software that increasingly manages control inside the car. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Aims to Nearly Double Valuation in New Funding Round
January 07, 2026

Anthropic reportedly aims to raise $10 billion in a funding round that is separate from a partnership in which Nvidia and Microsoft have pledged to invest a combined total of $15 billion in the artificial intelligence (AI) startup. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Artificial Intelligence
Edge AI Is Gaining on the Cloud
January 07, 2026

The announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week showed artificial intelligence inference beginning to move off centralized cloud infrastructure and onto devices themselves, a shift that could change how AI is deployed, priced and scaled. Get the Full Story Complete...

Investments
Payhawk’s Valuation Could Soar to $2 Billion With New Funding
January 07, 2026

Payhawk is reportedly seeking new funding that could double its valuation to roughly $2 billion. 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,...

Biometrics
Clover Adds Face and Palm Payments With Wink Partnership
January 07, 2026

Fiserv-owned commerce solution Clover has launched a partnership with biometric identity/payments platform Wink. 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
Albertsons Says AI Shopping Assistant Increased Customers’ Basket Size by 10%
January 07, 2026

Albertsons Companies is seeing early results of its deeper integration of data and artificial intelligence, and the firm expects these resources to serve as the core of its transformation efforts, executives said Wednesday (Jan. 7) during an earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Artificial Intelligence
JPMorgan’s Proxy Shift Signals AI’s Expanding Beachhead
January 07, 2026

Artificial intelligence’s most visible applications might arguably be chatbots and customer service experiments. 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....

Banking
Lloyds Looks to Tokenization to Improve Home-Buying Process
January 07, 2026

The CEO of U.K. bank Lloyds thinks tokenization can help improve the home-buying process. 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...