Artificial Intelligence

PYMNTS covers artificial intelligence as it transforms payments, commerce and financial services, from generative AI and agentic commerce to fraud detection, underwriting and customer engagement. Our reporting pairs breaking news with proprietary data and expert analysis to examine how AI is reshaping business models, operational efficiency and competitive dynamics across the connected economy.
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AI Data Centers Starve Budget Smartphones of Memory Chips
March 02, 2026

The artificial intelligence industry is causing a shortage of memory chips needed by the smartphone industry even as AI features become part of the latest mobile devices, Bloomberg News reported Monday (March 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Investors Ramp up Bets on the Agent Economy
March 02, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are moving beyond simple automation to ease the human bottleneck across finance and enterprise workflows. Led by Sphinx Labs’ $7.1 million seed round and Basis’ new $1.15 billion valuation, startups are deploying autonomous systems that operate like digital employees. Get the...

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Mastercard and Santander Complete EU’s First Agentic Payment
March 02, 2026

Mastercard and Santander completed Europe’s first live end-to-end payment using an artificial intelligence agent, according to a Monday (March 2) news release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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AT&T Slashes AI Costs 90% by Swapping Large Models for Small Ones
February 27, 2026

AT&T boosted the efficiency of its internal Ask AT&T personal assistant by reworking the orchestration layer and shifting more of the work from large language models (LLMs) to small language models (SLMs), VentureBeat reported Thursday (Feb. 26). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI
February 27, 2026

Project Prometheus, an artificial intelligence lab co-founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Google executive Vikram Bajaj, is raising “tens of billions of dollars” to buy businesses disrupted by AI and then use the technology to improve their margins, the Financial Times reported Thursday...

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AI Agents Start Shopping and Payments Firms Adapt
February 26, 2026

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Deutsche Bank and Google Build AI Agents to Patrol Trading
February 25, 2026

Several banks are testing the use of agentic artificial intelligence to boost the efficiency of their systems for monitoring trading and spotting potential misconduct, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Feb. 25). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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White House Economist Rejects AI Doomsday Fears
February 24, 2026

A White House economist said a report that warned of potential risks to the economy posed by artificial intelligence (AI) “violates some of the basic accounting in economics,” Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Contracting for Agentic AI Is Starting to Look Like Outsourcing
February 24, 2026

Enterprise software contracts were built for tools. Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing lawyers and procurement teams to rethink them for AI systems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...