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Artificial Intelligence
800 AI Agents Now Run GE Appliances’ Factory Floor
September 03, 2026

GE Appliances has deployed more than 800 artificial intelligence agents across its manufacturing, logistics and supply chain operations, using Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise, the company said in its announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payment Methods
ACI Worldwide to Add Microservices Card Switching Through Cranium Acquisition
September 03, 2026

ACI Worldwide has agreed to acquire Cranium Ventures, a privately held developer of cloud-native card payment switching technology, as it seeks to expand its card-processing capabilities. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Artificial Intelligence
Thinking Machines Lab Seeks $1 Billion at $40 Billion Valuation
September 03, 2026

Thinking Machines Lab, the artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is in talks to raise at least $1 billion at a valuation of at least $40 billion, The Information reported Thursday (Sept. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the...

Retail
Tariffs Are Making Retailers Rethink How Much Choice They Give Shoppers
September 03, 2026

Retailers are discovering that in a world of tariffs, supply chain uncertainty and cautious consumers, more choice can come with a surprisingly high price. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Banking
Banks Rewrite Their BaaS Strategies Around Deposits and Fees
September 03, 2026

Embedded finance can bring banks deposits, fee income and assets generated through somebody else’s distribution. Earnings results showed banks don’t all want the same mix. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Debuts Commerce Agent Blueprint With Visa and Mastercard
September 03, 2026

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind Claude, launched a blueprint Wednesday (Sept. 2) that hands retailers prebuilt code for two commerce agent, the company said in its announcement. A shopping agent searches a catalog, compares products and builds a cart for the customer. A merchant...

Investments
Diameter Pay Raises $10 Million to Expand Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure
September 03, 2026

Diameter Pay has reportedly raised $10 million in a Series A funding round as the stablecoin payments infrastructure provider looks to expand its banking, payments and digital asset capabilities. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Artificial Intelligence
Google Brings Conversational AI Search to Gmail
September 03, 2026

Google is giving Gmail users a way to avoid manually searching their inbox, according to a Thursday (Sept. 3) company blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Artificial Intelligence
Nscale Inks $3.5 Billion Deal With Robotics Firm Figure
September 03, 2026

Artificial intelligence cloud company Nscale has signed a major, multi-year agreement with humanoid robotics developer Figure. 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....