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Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Escalates Cloud Spending With $45 Billion Nscale Agreement
August 26, 2026

Anthropic has agreed to pay $45 billion to rent cloud computing power from neocloud company Nscale’s West Virginia data center, which is set to start operating in late 2027, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Aug. 26), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Banking
Open Finance Exposes the Limits of the Primary Account
August 26, 2026

A primary financial relationship loses some of its value when the provider can see only a fraction of the customer’s money. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Artificial Intelligence
This AI Agent Ends Subscriptions Without a Phone Call
August 26, 2026

Most personal finance apps have worked the same way for years: a dashboard showing what a consumer spent. The actual decision, whether to cancel a subscription or call to negotiate a bill, is left up to the person. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Artificial Intelligence
SeatGeek Lets Ticket Buyers Find Events With Conversational AI
August 26, 2026

Ticketing platform SeatGeek has added a conversational AI search feature to its marketplace. 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...

Acquiring
Vanguard Acquires Altruist to Expand Advisor Reach With Tech
August 26, 2026

Investment management company Vanguard plans to acquire wealth technology and custody platform Altruist, the companies said in a Wednesday (Aug. 26) press release. 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...

Loyalty & Rewards
Amex and Bread Kick Off NFL-Themed Card Rewards Program
August 26, 2026

American Express and Bread Financial have launched an NFL-related cards rewards program. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Robot Delivery Is Booming and Cities Want Their Cut
August 26, 2026

Delivery robots are moving past a simple question. Can they use sidewalks? Cities are now asking sharper ones: how many robots, how fast, and what a company should pay to operate them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Artificial Intelligence
DeepSeek Looks to Raise $7 Billion as Revenues Jump Tenfold
August 26, 2026

Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek has seen its revenues jump by around tenfold since 2025, The Information reported Tuesday (Aug. 25), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
CFOs Shrink Their Bank Dashboards With Self-Reconciling B2B Payments
August 26, 2026

The real problem in modern receivables isn’t whether cash moves electronically but that payment and remittance information increasingly arrive separately, through portals, email, enterprise resource planning systems, electronic data interchange and spreadsheets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...