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OpenAI Defies Antitrust Concerns to Join Rivals on AI Safety
September 15, 2026

OpenAI Global Policy Chief Chris Lehane said Tuesday (Sept. 15) that OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind have been working together for several weeks to address artificial intelligence safety issues, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Ryanair’s AI Resolves 80% of Customer Chats Without Humans
September 15, 2026

Ryanair’s artificial intelligence now handles 120,000 customer chats a day across seven languages and resolves 80% of these conversations without a human agent, according to a case study published by Amazon Web Services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Banking
Ex-Synapse Partner Lineage Bank Rebrands as Harpeth in Community Banking Pivot
September 15, 2026

Lineage Bank, a Tennessee-based bank that was a partner bank for Synapse, the banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider that went bankrupt in 2024, has rebranded as Harpeth Bank & Trust. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Investments
Tabby Raises $230 Million to Expand BNPL Offering
September 15, 2026

Saudi Arabia-based buy now, pay later FinTech Tabby has raised $230 million in new funding. 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....

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Enova Scraps Grasshopper Bank Acquisition After Pressure From State AGs
September 15, 2026

Online financial services company Enova has withdrawn its bank regulatory applications related to the proposed acquisition of Grasshopper Bancorp, saying in a Monday (Sept. 14) press release that the process is “susceptible to political pressure and outside advocacy.” Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Physical AI’s Biggest Market Is 280,000 Aging US Factories
September 15, 2026

The physical AI boom is easy to picture as a new factory filled with humanoid robots and autonomous machines. The bigger opportunity may be much less futuristic. It’s making factories built decades ago smarter without replacing the equipment already inside them. Get the Full Story...

Banking
Vista Explores Finastra Sale at Valuation Up to $12 Billion
September 15, 2026

Financial software provider Finastra could reportedly soon be up for sale by its private equity firm owner. 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,...

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Agentic Payments Are Growing, but Most x402 Payments Aren’t From AI Agents
September 15, 2026

The emerging infrastructure for autonomous artificial intelligence agents to spend money online may be developing faster than the agents themselves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Visa and Circle Back Stablecoin Payments Platform Velocity
September 15, 2026

Stablecoin payments and treasury platform Velocity has raised $10 million in new funding. 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. By completing...