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Payments Innovation
Maverick Bets on Humans and Machines to Share the Rails
November 12, 2025

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Cross-border Payments
Visa Bets on Stablecoins and AI to Transform Global Commerce for Creators
November 12, 2025

Traditional cross-border payment systems weren’t built for today’s global workforce. Millions of creators, freelancers and on-demand workers now expect to be paid instantly. And in many countries with volatile fiat currencies, they want that payment in digital dollars. These micropreneurs don’t want to wait days...

Artificial Intelligence
Beyond Models and Compute: Big Tech’s AI Moves
November 11, 2025

Models, compute and infrastructure dominate AI headlines, but the deeper transformation is unfolding quietly behind them. This week’s tech roundup surfaces the incremental systems work, platform upgrades and engineering shifts that show how AI is weaving itself into the core of global production, communication and...

Retail
Tariffs Force Brands to Hedge on Black Friday Deals
November 11, 2025

Retailers are preparing for a more restrained Black Friday this year, as tariffs and inflation drive up costs and force brands to scale back promotions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Artificial Intelligence
LeCun’s Exit Deals a Blow to Meta’s AI Ambitions Amid Cost Pressures
November 11, 2025

Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun is preparing to leave the company to launch a new venture focused on foundational artificial intelligence architectures, the Financial Times reported Tuesday (Nov. 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Artificial Intelligence
TikTok Turns to AI to Drive Away AI-Driven Scams
November 11, 2025

eCommerce platforms like TikTok Shop are reportedly flooded with an uptick in AI-fueled scams. 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
Anthropic Leads OpenAI in Race to Profitability
November 11, 2025

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is reportedly on track to become profitable before competitor OpenAI. 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...

Cross-border Payments
AWS: The Real Story of Payments’ Cloud Modernization Starts After the Move
November 11, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence
Agentic AI Is Reframing the Enterprise Buy-vs-Build Calculus
November 11, 2025

For decades, enterprise technology strategies have hinged on a deceptively simple question: should we build it, buy it, or partner for it? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...