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Retail
Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart
January 13, 2026

For decades, the retail industry was organized around a familiar axis: price versus experience, scale versus specialization, mass versus premium. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Banking
HSBC Establishes Asset Management Business in UAE
January 12, 2026

HSBC has launched a United Arab Emirates (UAE) asset management business that it said will play a key role in its Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) wealth franchise. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Artificial Intelligence
Wayfair Participates in Google’s New Standard for Agentic Commerce
January 12, 2026

Wayfair said Monday (Jan. 12) that it participated in the development of Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for agentic commerce and will soon enable shoppers to check out directly from Wayfair without leaving Google during their research. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Artificial Intelligence
Kroger, Papa Johns Test Gemini AI Agents for Retail
January 12, 2026

Google Cloud introduced Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience, a platform designed to help retailers deploy artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can support shopping, ordering and customer service across digital channels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
B2B Payments Make the Leap to Real Time in Latin America 
January 12, 2026

Digital payments in Latin America are transforming commercial transactions, as faster payment rails originally designed to broaden consumer access increasingly support business-to-business payments and deepen engagement with bank accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI and Anthropic Take Different Paths to Own Healthcare’s AI Stack
January 12, 2026

The artificial intelligence (AI) race has moved from the laboratory to the clinic, marking a pivotal shift in how the digital economy’s most valuable data — health information — is processed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

B2B Payments
The 3 Horsemen of B2B Progress: APIs, Data and AI
January 12, 2026

The B2B payments playbook has historically revolved around winning on cost. This made the landscape, in many ways, relatively transactional and adversarial. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Investments
Torq Raises $140 Million for Agentic AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platform
January 12, 2026

Torq raised $140 million in a Series D funding round to accelerate the adoption of its security operations center (SOC) platform for global enterprises and government agencies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Retail
Aldi Courts Private-Label Shoppers With 180-Store Expansion
January 12, 2026

Discount grocery chain Aldi plans to open 180-plus American stores before the year’s end. 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...