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Banking
Nayax Aims to Transition From Payments Platform to Bank
August 06, 2026

Payments solutions platform Nayax is the latest FinTech seeking an American banking charter. 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...

Investments
Spotify Vets’ eCommerce-Focused AI Startup Raises $10 Million
August 06, 2026

Behavior intelligence company Malachyte has closed a $10 million seed funding round. 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
Square and Google Let Restaurants Offer Conversational AI Ordering
August 06, 2026

Square has launched a new conversational AI restaurant offering in tandem with Google. 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
AI Connects B2B Firms’ 3 Biggest Challenges: Goods, Contracts and Cash
August 06, 2026

There are as many different business workflows as there are businesses. So why have most businesses been viewing AI as something monolithic? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Payments Innovation
Maverick Payments: Better Partner Tech Drives Merchant Growth
August 06, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know With Maverick Payments’ Jonathan Aguilar 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...

Delivery
DoorDash Says Agentic Traffic Is Low, but AI Gains Are Not
August 05, 2026

Artificial intelligence is showing up for DoorDash. It’s just not agentic … yet. 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
Meta Releases Coding Agent in Beta Amid Pressure to Monetize AI
August 05, 2026

Meta has released a terminal coding agent called Muse Code in beta. 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
White House Tests AI Hackers, Skips Open Models
August 05, 2026

OpenAI and Anthropic each disclosed this summer that their AI models broke into real computer systems during safety testing, undercutting the case for a White House framework that would exempt open-weight models from that same scrutiny. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Artificial Intelligence
Sapiom Secures $35 Million to Help Companies Control AI Agent Costs
August 05, 2026

Sapiom raised $35 million in a Series A round to continue growing its platform that helps builders ship, run and scale artificial intelligence agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...