Meta is debuting new artificial intelligence capabilities and campaign tools designed to help advertisers and agencies discover new customers, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 6) announcement on its website. The offerings include an expansion of Meta’s Ads Creative Studio to more advertisers, per the announcement....
The corporate finance provider landscape has traditionally been defined by a simple truth. However sophisticated enterprise resource planning (ERP) became, eventually someone still had to go to the bank to move the money. But the news Tuesday (Oct. 6) that SAP has launched new embedded payments...
What are the odds that artificial intelligence leads to a disaster? New York City lawmakers asked four of the world’s biggest AI companies that question this week. Not one of them gave a number. The exchange came during a marathon City Council hearing on AI safety on...
Microsoft is ready to unveil a Nvidia-powered laptop as it works to make Windows a platform for artificial intelligence agents, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 7). Microsoft is trying to show that some of the work that happens in cloud computing centers can be moved to...
Apple’s new smart home hub will reportedly extend beyond the confines of the home. The tech giant is teaming with LG Electronics to develop products including outdoor security cameras, floodlight cameras, indoor security cameras, doorbells, thermostats and smart deadlock bolts, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Oct....
Agentic commerce is creating a new transaction type before the payments industry has fully created the rules for accepting it. While payment stacks have become fine-tuned for transaction authorization, agentic commerce inserts a new question. Not, “should this transaction be authorized,” but; “was this machine...
A shopper who reaches checkout has already selected what to buy. For tens of millions of consumers, however, the available ways to pay can still determine whether the purchase happens. PYMNTS Intelligence’s “The Hidden Cost of Checkout Gaps: What 56 Million Abandoned Carts Mean for...
Embedded finance is delivering measurable benefits for retailers, but the way they judge whether it works reaches beyond the revenue line. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Retailers Expand Embedded Finance to Unlock Control and Customization” found in November 2025 that just 11% of retailers gauged embedded...
An open standard that defines how personal agents interact with businesses is being developed by Sierra, Meta, Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart, Sierra Co-Founders Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) blog post. Set to be published by the...