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Artificial Intelligence
How MCP Turns Passive AI Assistants Into Active Enterprise Agents
November 13, 2025

The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is an open standard introduced by Anthropic in late 2024 to make artificial intelligence (AI) systems more useful in real-world business settings. At its core, MCP allows AI models such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini to securely connect to...

Payment Methods
Zilch Raises $175 Million to Expand Consumer Payment Platform
November 13, 2025

U.K.-based consumer payments platform Zilch has raised $175 million in debt and equity. 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....

Banking
Cash App’s Next Act: From P2P App to Everyday Bank
November 13, 2025

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Cross-border Payments
Citi Wants the World’s Payment Systems to Finally Learn to Talk to Each Other
November 13, 2025

The past decade has transformed cross-border payments from a slow, opaque process into one that is faster, cheaper and increasingly transparent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Retail
Compliance Becomes the New Competitive Edge in Embedded Finance
November 13, 2025

“Retailers Expand Embedded Finance to Unlock Control and Customization,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Marqeta, explores how retailers are transforming payments from a back-end function into a front-line growth strategy. The study finds that embedded finance has become a core competitive lever for modern...

Payments Innovation
Top Issuers See Flex Credentials as Strategy to Stop Churn
November 13, 2025

Even the most successful card issuers cannot rest on their laurels. 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. By completing...

Retail
Beauty Industry Gets Its AI Makeover
November 12, 2025

From foundation matching and real-time consultations to generative marketing and supply chain forecasting, artificial intelligence (AI) is getting integrated into nearly every part of the beauty business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
Target Turns to AI to Spruce Up Holiday Shopping
November 12, 2025

Target is introducing new technology features to help customers shop for the holidays. 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
Alipay+ Adds Biometric Payment Authentication to Smartglasses
November 12, 2025

Ant International’s Alipay+ has added iris authentication features to its smartglasses-embedded payment solution. 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....