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OpenAI Says New Model Meets Its ‘Critical’ Cybersecurity Threshold
September 02, 2026

OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model is the first to meet its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold. 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,...

Artificial Intelligence
How 23% of Merchants Captured Retail’s Next Agentic Commerce Advantage
September 02, 2026

Artificial intelligence agents are poised to influence discovery, payment choice and transactions. But only 23% of merchants can clearly identify both AI-driven traffic and purchases today, according to findings in the  PYMNTS Intelligence report “Global Digital Shopping Index: Merchant Edition,” commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions. Another 21%...

Artificial Intelligence
Incore Bank’s AI Hits 99% Accuracy on KYC Checks
September 01, 2026

Know-your-customer (KYC) checks are expensive partly because a bank isn’t simply verifying an identity. Compliance teams have to collect information from documents, reconcile it across systems, investigate potential risk factors and build an auditable record explaining how they reached a decision. Incore Bank, a Swiss...

Investments
AI Agent Security Startup AIR Raises $50 Million to Guard Enterprise Supply Chains
September 01, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) security startup AIR publicly debuted Tuesday (Sept. 1) with $50 million in seed financing to help businesses monitor and secure the software supply chain developing around autonomous AI agents, according to a report by TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

B2B Payments
When Supply Chain Risk Hits, CFOs With Receipts Move First
September 01, 2026

The three words “supply chain compliance” have typically been more likely to inspire yawns than cross-border growth strategies when brought up by enterprise chief financial officers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Revises Enterprise Data Retention Policy After Customer Pushback
September 01, 2026

Anthropic is changing a data retention policy for business customers following concerns from enterprise users about how their information would be stored and reviewed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Brings Epic Health Records to ChatGPT for Clinicians
September 01, 2026

OpenAI is connecting ChatGPT directly to Epic electronic health records, pushing the artificial intelligence bot deeper into the clinical workflow and giving healthcare workers a way to query patient information without manually assembling the medical history themselves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Payments Innovation
Jackson Hole and G20 Map a Future of 24/7 Payments and AI
September 01, 2026

A financial market that trades around the clock can’t wait until the next banking day to settle. A business selling digital services overseas has a different problem: the product can cross the border more easily than the payment. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Retail
IKEA Cuts Prices in Europe as Cost-of-Living Pressures Persist
September 01, 2026

IKEA is reducing prices on 1,500-plus products in Europe amid ongoing cost-of-living pressures. 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....