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Fintech Investments
Middle East FinTech Funding Shifts Toward Local Infrastructure
April 06, 2026

The Middle East has, in recent years, stood out among the more productive settings for payments innovation, where digital adoption and infrastructure development have advanced in tandem and given rise to a new generation of FinTech platforms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Urges New Economic Rules for the AI Era
April 06, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) advances toward superintelligence, there will be a need for an industrial policy to manage the challenges it will pose, OpenAI said in a report issued Monday (April 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Banking
Robinhood and BNY Tapped for President Trump’s Kid-Focused Savings Accounts
April 06, 2026

The White House has picked Robinhood and BNY to operate its new child-centric savings accounts. 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 this...

Artificial Intelligence
Proprietary Data Gives Payments Firms a New AI Moat
April 06, 2026

The companies that process the world’s payments have spent decades building a record of how money moves across merchants, geographies and account types. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Investments
Goldman Private Credit Fund Bucks Industry Trend
April 06, 2026

Goldman Sachs’ new private credit fund is reportedly going against an industry trend. 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
MIT Expert Finds Limits in AI’s Ability to Offer Financial Advice
April 06, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon be capable of providing users with financial advice. 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
Regulators Propose Audit-Ready Controls to Govern AI
April 06, 2026

Banks and payments companies have spent the past few years embedding artificial intelligence into their core operations. They’ve been running fraud detection, credit underwriting, customer service and anti-money laundering programs through systems that in many cases were built faster than the governance structures around them....

Banking
JPMorgan CEO Says Private Credit Likely Isn’t a Systemic Risk
April 06, 2026

JPMorgan Chase’s CEO sees potential risks from private credit and sweeping changes resulting from AI. 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,...

IPO
OpenAI Leaders At Odds Over IPO Plans
April 06, 2026

OpenAI’s top leaders are reportedly at odds over the timing of a possible initial public offering. 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...