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Merchant Innovation
David’s Bridal Makes Its SaaS Play for Wedding Vendors With Pearl Connect
September 16, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Eyes $1.2 Trillion Valuation in Pre-IPO Funding Round
September 16, 2026

OpenAI is reportedly weighing a funding round at a $1.2 trillion valuation before going public. 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,...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Moves Into Brazil’s Everyday Shopping Journey
September 16, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
AI Has a Frankenstein Dilemma
September 16, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
AI Picks the Shortlist Before Retailers Get the Click
September 16, 2026

Before a shopper ever reaches a retailer, an artificial intelligence assistant may have already narrowed the field to three options. Making that shortlist is becoming its own competition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Artificial Intelligence
Google Launches New Gemini Models to Upgrade Enterprise Voice Agents
September 15, 2026

Google has begun rolling out two new artificial intelligence models designed to power voice agents, the company said in a Tuesday (Sept. 15) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Artificial Intelligence
Agentic Commerce Needs eCommerce-Level Trust to Scale, Mastercard-PYMNTS Panelists Say
September 15, 2026

Agentic commerce needs to build trust among both consumers and merchants to scale, Mastercard said in a Tuesday (Sept. 15) press release highlighting some takeaways from a recent executive roundtable convened by Mastercard and PYMNTS. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Retail
Nike’s S&P Exit Is a Warning for Every Consumer Brand
September 15, 2026

Nike’s upcoming removal from the S&P 100 is easy to read as a corporate fall-from-grace story. It may be more useful to read it as a retail one. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia and Palantir Restrict Anthropic’s Fable Over Data Retention
September 15, 2026

Nvidia, Palantir, Booz Allen Hamilton and Novo Nordisk are drawing hard boundaries around where Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence models may operate, as first reported by The Information. Nvidia and Booz Allen tied their restrictions directly to Anthropic’s data-retention terms. Novo Nordisk and Northrop Grumman...