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Mobile Commerce
RevenueCat Raises $50 Million to Expand Platform for Monetizing Consumer Software
May 22, 2025

RevenueCat has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round to expand its platform that powers subscriptions, in-app purchases and virtual currencies for consumer software. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Artificial Intelligence
AI’s Defining Week: The Most Revealing Executive Quotes From OpenAI, Google and Amazon
May 22, 2025

This week marked a captivating point in time for the future of artificial intelligence (AI), with technology leaders such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sharing his vision for the next generation of AI devices, Google CEO Sundar Pichai taking passive-aggressive potshots at AI rivals and...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Says New AI Models Maintain Context and Sustain Focus
May 22, 2025

Anthropic has introduced the next generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) models, Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. 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...

B2B Payments
This Week in B2B: Automation, AI, Embedded Finance Reinvent Corporate Backbones
May 22, 2025

In the not-so-distant past, the B2B world ran on manual processes, spreadsheets and trust built over handshakes. Supply chains were static, finance departments reactive, and technological disruption was mostly a consumer-facing affair. Today, that world is almost unrecognizable. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Retail
Ralph Lauren: Demand From High-End Consumers Will Support Price Increases
May 22, 2025

Luxury lifestyle products firm Ralph Lauren plans to raise prices to cover the cost of tariffs, saying the demand it is seeing from its high-end customers will support the move. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Payment Methods
Citi Introduces Account-to-Account Payment Tool PayTo
May 22, 2025

Citi has debuted its PayTo initiator, a payment solution for its institutional clients. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft’s Radical Bet Turns Windows Into an AI Playground
May 22, 2025

Microsoft is transforming Windows into an agentic AI platform, marking one of the biggest shifts in the operating system’s history as the software giant starts building the underpinnings of the new open, agentic web. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Banking
Moneta Money Bank Taps Real-Time Tech to Serve Customers Faster
May 22, 2025

Moneta Money Bank, one of the largest retail banks in the Czech Republic, is using the latest technologies to reshape how it connects with customers amid competition for consumer wallets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Cross-border Payments
OpenFX Raises $23 Million for Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Platform
May 22, 2025

OpenFX has emerged from stealth and announced that it raised $23 million in initial funding for its real-time cross-border payments platform and settlement network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...