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Cross-border Payments
QIB and Visa Partner to Expand B2B Cross-Border Payments
June 05, 2025

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has partnered with Visa to enhance cross-border business-to-business (B2B) payments through Visa B2B Connect. The platform supports direct, account-to-account international transfers and will allow QIB’s corporate clients to send payments to 120 countries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
This Week in B2B: AI Agents, Stablecoins, and Back-Office Frontiers
June 05, 2025

Business is evolving, and legacy processes can hamstring operations. But many forward-thinking firms are sitting attractively in the middle of a metamorphosis. Businesses, government agencies and FinTechs are pushing the boundaries of innovation, motivated by the dual imperatives of efficiency and resilience. Get the Full Story...

Investments
KeyBank Invests in Qolo After Launching Virtual Account Management Solution
June 05, 2025

Cleveland-headquartered KeyBank made an equity investment in Qolo, expanding the companies’ existing partnership focused on banking innovation. 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
Oro Labs Adds AI Agent Builder to Procurement Orchestration Platform
June 05, 2025

Oro Labs added new agentic artificial intelligence capabilities to its intake management and procurement orchestration platform. 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...

Investments
Thread AI Raises $20 Million for Composable AI Platform
June 05, 2025

Thread AI raised $20 million in a Series A funding round to increase the adoption of its composable artificial intelligence platform that helps enterprises design, deploy and scale AI-powered workflows. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Artificial Intelligence
Meta Tests 3D Instagram Photos, Virtual Desktop for AR/VR Headsets
June 05, 2025

Meta is stepping up its spatial computing ambitions, even as interest in Apple’s Vision Pro continues to be lackluster. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Alphabet to Keep Adding Engineers Despite Investments in AI
June 05, 2025

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s investments in artificial intelligence will not stop it from adding engineers over the next year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Artificial Intelligence
The Future of Bank Compliance? There’s an AI Agent for That
June 05, 2025

Against a backdrop of rising financial complexity, ballooning regulatory risk and exploding customer expectations, trimming compliance bloat has become a new battleground for innovation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Retail
High-Income Americans Go Bargain Hunting and Shake Up Retail’s Royalty
June 05, 2025

The big trade down is on. Dollar General, long synonymous with serving America’s most budget-conscious consumers, is seeing a marked shift in its customer base. On its first-quarter 2025 earnings call, CEO Todd Vasos disclosed that the retailer is attracting more high-income shoppers than at...