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IPO
Shares of Crypto Exchange Bullish Leap 83% in Market Debut
August 13, 2025

Shares of cryptocurrency exchange Bullish reportedly ended the day of their initial public offering (IPO) 83% higher than the company’s target price. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Unveils 5X Expansion for Claude’s Prompt Window
August 13, 2025

Anthropic has expanded the size its prompt window for Claude Sonnet 4 to accommodate one million tokens, or roughly 750,000 words. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Artificial Intelligence
Q2 Earnings Calls Show AI Driving Credit, Commerce and Customers
August 13, 2025

Beyond consumer spending trends and tariffs, earnings season also has shed light on how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the financial services landscape, with both established banks and FinTech platforms leveraging advanced algorithms to fine-tune and fortify their operation. The companies featured below are by...

Artificial Intelligence
Is ‘Shortcut’ the New Excel? MIT Startup Behind Viral AI Tool Thinks So
August 13, 2025

The lowly spreadsheet is getting an agentic AI upgrade. 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 this form,...

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Software Shares Slide Amid Investor Concerns About AI Coding Tools
August 13, 2025

Investors’ concerns that artificial intelligence tools could enable faster and cheaper software development have reportedly driven a selloff that has impacted the world’s largest software businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
Visa and Bluechain Partner on Card-Based B2B Payments in UK
August 13, 2025

B2B payment orchestration platform Bluechain and Visa have partnered to enable digital transformation of B2B payments  in verticals in the United Kingdom in which card acceptance has historically been limited or nonexistent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
Dynamic Interchange Reshapes $213 Trillion B2B Payments Market
August 13, 2025

The B2B payments landscape presents a massive opportunity for digital transformation. 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...

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Judge Lets OpenAI’s Harassment Claims Against Musk Proceed
August 13, 2025

A U.S. federal judge rejected Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk’s attempt to throw out OpenAI’s claims that he waged a “years-long harassment campaign” against the company he helped start in 2015 and later left. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Refold Raises $6.5 Million for AI Agents That Perform API Integrations
August 13, 2025

Refold AI has emerged from stealth and announced it raised $6.5 million in seed funding for its platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI)-native infrastructure to facilitate the integration of application programming interfaces (APIs). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...