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Payments Innovation
Agentic Commerce Forces a Rethink of Card Infrastructure
April 27, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Move From Demo Day to Desk Work
April 27, 2026

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to move from conference-room promise to operating-room reality in financial services, where banks, insurers and asset managers are testing software agents on the manual work that slows down decisions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Artificial Intelligence
Alibaba Embeds Voice AI Into Chinese Vehicles
April 26, 2026

Chinese tech giant Alibaba plans to add its Qwen AI model into several vehicle brands. 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,...

Retail
P&G’s Tech Bet Starts Showing Up in Sales
April 26, 2026

Procter & Gamble has spent years building its technology infrastructure. Its Q1 earnings call shows it is now deploying it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Investments
Google Doubles Down on Anthropic With New $40 Billion Investment
April 24, 2026

Anthropic and Google confirmed Friday (April 24) that Google is investing $40 billion in the artificial intelligence startup to support its continued growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Artificial Intelligence
Insurance Quoting Enters the AI Conversation Layer
April 24, 2026

Getting a price on small business insurance has always meant answering a long list of questions across multiple touchpoints before reaching anyone who could give a number. On Thursday (April 23), Simply Business compressed that process into three data points inside a ChatGPT conversation. Get...

Retail
Walmart Touts People and AI in Annual Report
April 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence-powered tools are contributing to Walmart’s efforts to become its customers’ primary retail destination, the company said in its annual report released Thursday (April 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Turns Claude Into a Front Door for Daily Apps
April 24, 2026

Anthropic introduced consumer app connectors for Claude, letting users link the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant directly to services they use every day. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Artificial Intelligence
Banks, Retailers Turn Call Centers Into Revenue Engines With AI
April 24, 2026

Retailers and banks are reworking the mechanics of customer contact, as artificial intelligence (AI) moves call centers away from scripted menus and toward conversational problem-solving that can complete transactions in real time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...