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Cross River Bank Raises $50 Million to Expand Embedded Finance Capabilities
March 31, 2026

Cross River Bank parent company CRB Group raised $50 million to continue expanding its embedded finance capabilities. 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
AI-Native Credit Platform 9fin Scores $170 Million Funding Round
March 31, 2026

9fin raised $170 million in a Series C funding round to scale its artificial intelligence-native platform for global debt markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Banking
JPMorgan’s ‘American Dream’ Aims for 10 Million Small Business Clients
March 31, 2026

JPMorgan Chase has launched a program aimed at boosting economic opportunity around the U.S. 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....

Artificial Intelligence
BofA and U.S. Bank Turn AI Loose on Internal Bottlenecks
March 31, 2026

Two of the largest U.S. banks rolled out artificial intelligence tools, each aimed at cutting friction from a different part of daily operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Payments Innovation
Outdated Payments Are Breaking the Life Insurance Experience
March 31, 2026

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Delivery
FedEx Exec Says Control Beats Speed in the New Delivery Race
March 31, 2026

Consumer expectations have a pesky way of hardening into demands. And those demands have habit of shaping entire sectors. 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
The Internet’s Worst Visitors Are Getting Better at Their Jobs
March 31, 2026

Bad bots used to be a nuisance. They had weird names like YissouSpider and Yandex. They were something for cybersecurity teams to tune out with filters and rate limits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payments Innovation
What It Takes to Be Merchant-Ready for Agentic Commerce
March 31, 2026

The framing of agentic commerce as a future-only capability is increasingly an outdated one. At least, that’s becoming the case within the payments industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Aims to Improve Developer Experience Around Third-Party ChatGPT Apps
March 30, 2026

Six months after OpenAI announced that it would let companies launch mini apps within ChatGPT, the experience is getting mixed reviews from participating companies, Bloomberg reported Monday (March 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...