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Grab Says AI Helps Company Move Items 30% Faster
August 04, 2026

Singapore-based ride-hailing/delivery platform Grab is touting its artificial intelligence (AI) use amid increasing revenues. 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...

Banking
Bretton AI CEO Wants Banks to Kick the AI Tool Habit
August 04, 2026

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Banking
FinTech Fees Let Sponsor Banks Look Beyond Deposit Growth
August 03, 2026

Banking-as-a-service has traditionally had sponsor banks for doing everything themselves: issuing accounts, holding deposits, processing payments and financing lending. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Voice Agents Take Over the Retail Sales Floor
August 03, 2026

Retail spent two years bolting chatbots onto websites that could field a shopper’s specific questions but never close a sale. Voice agents built on models like OpenAI’s GPT-Realtime are changing that, holding real sales conversations, asking the same probing questions a floor associate would and...

Banking
Earnings Show Banks Chasing Mid-Market With Payments Platforms
August 03, 2026

Payments and treasury technologies have traditionally been positioned by the banks powering them as purely infrastructure. The same way baseball players need a field to play ball, the thinking went, financial services needed the indispensable machinery powering payments that helps clients move money, manage liquidity...

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AI Turns Entertainment Into a Product of One
August 03, 2026

For years, personalization in entertainment meant pointing viewers to the best existing option. 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....

Investments
Horizon3 Secures $250 Million to Lead AI-Versus-AI Cyber Defense
August 03, 2026

Horizon3 raised $250 million in a Series E funding round to continue growing its NodeZero platform that uses artificial intelligence to defend against AI-driven cyberattacks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Actualyze AI Raises $7 Million for Platform For Governing AI
August 03, 2026

Actualyze AI has raised $7 million for its self-named platform designed for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) usage. 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...

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OpenAI Offers ChatGPT Go to Revolut Retail Customers
August 03, 2026

U.K.-based FinTech Revolut has teamed with OpenAI to offer ChatGPT Go to its retail customers. 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...