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Robinhood UK Begins Rolling Out Stocks and Shares Individual Savings Account
February 02, 2026

Robinhood UK will begin rolling out its stocks & shares ISA in the United Kingdom this week. 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
Klarna Joins Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol to Advance Agentic AI
February 02, 2026

Klarna announced its support for Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open source standard designed to synchronize artificial intelligence agents and retail systems across the digital shopping journey. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Banking
Fifth Third and Comerica Merger Scales Digital Competition Across Regional Banking
February 02, 2026

The merger between Fifth Third Bancorp and Comerica Incorporated closed Monday (Feb. 2), forging an institution with roughly $294 billion in assets and signaling a reshaping how regional banks compete across mobile banking, commercial payments and middle-market services. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Artificial Intelligence
Why CFOs Are Letting AI Agents Touch Their Cash — Carefully
February 02, 2026

Corporate treasury is a game of anticipation. Teams forecast inflows and outflows, monitor balances and decide when to move idle cash into short-term yield or pull it back for operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Artificial Intelligence
Alibaba Raises Stakes in China’s Chatbot War Ahead of Lunar New Year
February 02, 2026

China-based Alibaba plans to spend 3 billion yuan (about $432 million) during the Lunar New Year holiday to promote its Qwen artificial intelligence app, Reuters reported Monday (Feb. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Artificial Intelligence
Inside Healthcare’s AI Playbook for Claims Denials
February 02, 2026

Medical providers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address claims denials, one of the most persistent and costly problems in healthcare 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
Google Trains AI Agents for Hard Questions and Real Work
February 02, 2026

The Prompt Economy is all about promise and execution. The promise is easy to see in all the announcements from companies like Visa, Mastercard, Google and others that continue to dominate the news. The execution can be seen as CFOs move from experimentation to action....

Artificial Intelligence
Apple Loses More AI Researchers to Meta and Google
February 01, 2026

Apple has reportedly lost at least four AI researchers recently to its big tech rivals. 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,...

Artificial Intelligence
India Proposes 20-Year Tax Holiday for Cloud Companies
February 01, 2026

India is reportedly offering foreign cloud companies a 20-year tax amnesty for building data centers there. 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...