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Priority Commerce Moves Into Public Sector With IntelliPay Acquisition 
August 26, 2026

Priority Technology Holdings is preparing to acquire government/utility payment processing company IntelliPay. 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...

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Splitit CEO Says Payments Firms Must Build for AI, Not Just Use It
August 26, 2026

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Oumi Want Every Enterprise to Build Its Own AI Brain
August 26, 2026

Oumi launched its Compounding AI Factory this month, a platform built to automate the development of specialized enterprise artificial intelligence models. Instead of assembling a team of machine learning engineers to build, evaluate and improve a model by hand, the company argues AI itself can...

Cross-border Payments
Banks and FinTechs Are Unbundling the Cross-Border Stack to Win Over CFOs
August 25, 2026

Corporate treasurers looking out across global commerce would be forgiven for thinking they see the signs of a new cross-border financial stack taking shape. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Artificial Intelligence
SaaS Cashes In on Its Own Apocalypse
August 25, 2026

Artificial intelligence was supposed to shrink the software industry from both directions at once: fewer employees needed to run a SaaS company, and fewer customers willing to pay for one when they could build the tool themselves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Banking
Canada’s BMO and Scotiabank Beat Earnings Targets as Trade War Escalates
August 25, 2026

Canadian banks are not being harmed by the effects of new U.S. tariffs that impact some of their customers, and the banks may even find new opportunities, Reuters reported Tuesday (Aug. 25). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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3M Uses AI to Tame Its 60,000-Product Portfolio
August 25, 2026

3M sells more than 60,000 products, spanning adhesives, abrasives, films, automotive materials, electronics and safety gear, so many that finding the right product has become its own obstacle to a sale. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Retail
Amazon Clothing Share Doubles as Walmart Loses Ground
August 25, 2026

Amazon’s share of U.S. clothing spending has doubled since 2019 while Walmart’s has edged lower, a six-year divergence that was still widening during the first half of 2026. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity Firms Weigh Controlled Internet Access for Frontier AI During Testing
August 25, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) labs and cybersecurity firms are considering ways to give advanced AI models controlled access to the internet during testing, rather than trying to keep the models confined to a sandbox, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Aug. 25). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...