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Artificial Intelligence
St. Luke’s Turns 400,000 Patient Interactions Into an Agentic AI Use Case
September 17, 2026

For St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, the case for agentic artificial intelligence started with a simple operational challenge: hundreds of thousands of patient interactions required thousands of hours of human labor every month. The solution put AI agents in the middle of those...

Retail
Department Stores Move Upmarket as Luxury Struggles
September 17, 2026

The upmarket push is showing up at department stores, where the objective is to get customers to spend more without making the jump into luxury. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

B2B Payments
The Fed Rate Hike Is Making Corporate Cash Too Expensive to Ignore
September 17, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
Plaud Plans to File IPO for AI Note-Taking Startup in 2028
September 17, 2026

AI startup Plaud is reportedly planning to file for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2028. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
FDA Keeps Radiology AI Revenue Tied to Premarket Clearance
September 17, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration is keeping a firm regulatory gate between a new radiology algorithm and its ability to generate revenue in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Artificial Intelligence
Mastercard and Alchemy Partner to Enable Everyday Agentic Payments
September 17, 2026

Mastercard and Alchemy, a provider of blockchain infrastructure for apps and artificial intelligence agents, partnered on an agentic payment option that Mastercard will roll out this week, Alchemy said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) post on social platform X. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Banking
Banks Use AI Agents to Catch Compliance Drift Earlier
September 17, 2026

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Mobile Payments
European Companies Shift Treasury to Mobile With Bank of America CashPro
September 17, 2026

Bank of America’s digital platform for treasury tasks, CashPro App, was used by European companies to approve more than 100 billion euros (about $115 billion) in payments in the first seven months of the year, the bank said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release....

Cross-border Payments
Cross-Border Payments Bundle Local Rails to Tackle Market Fragmentation
September 17, 2026

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