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Retail
Home Depot Recruits Ford Tech Leader to Scale Agentic AI
April 02, 2026

The Home Depot has named Ford Motor Company artificial intelligence leader Franziska Bell to head the home improvement retailer’s integration of agentic AI and machine learning. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Banking
Chime Launches Prime Membership Tier to Get Deposits
April 02, 2026

Chime has launched a premium membership tier that rewards members who make Chime their primary checking account. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
What People Actually Want From AI
April 02, 2026

The artificial intelligence industry spends considerable energy debating what models can do. Anthropic asked a different question: What do people actually want them to do? The answer, drawn from 80,508 interviews across 159 countries and 70 languages, is more personal than most industry projections suggest,...

Fintech Investments
Blue Owl Redemptions: Coal Mine Canary for FinTech Private Credit?
April 02, 2026

Private credit has expanded into one of the most influential funding channels in the financial realm. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Takes on Mission Control as Artemis II Heads for the Moon
April 02, 2026

When Apollo 17 left Earth in December 1972 for the moon, six men in a control room in Houston tracked every movement by hand, cross-checking calculations on paper and calling out numbers across the room. Fifty-three years later, four astronauts lifted off aboard Orion on...

Payment Methods
Cash App Brings Installment Plans to P2P Payments
April 02, 2026

Cash App users can now spread the cost of peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers over time. 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,...

Banking
SoFi Deepens Blockchain Efforts With Business Banking Offering
April 02, 2026

SoFi is expanding its blockchain efforts with the debut of its Big Business Banking tool. 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...

Loyalty & Rewards
Flex Credentials Give Retail Rewards a Second Act
April 02, 2026

A loyalty chief at a national retailer can spend an entire morning staring at the same questions. Do you put more money into points? Another discount? A richer store card offer? Or do you accept that the shopper you want is no longer building a...

Payments Innovation
86% of Companies Say Embedded Finance Boosts Financial Performance
April 02, 2026

A year ago, embedded finance was often framed as a feature. 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...