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Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Deploys Claude to Automate Financial Adviser Prep Work
September 14, 2026

Anthropic released a suite of connectors and workflow skills designed to enable financial advisers to save time on prep and paperwork so they can spend more time with clients, the company said in a Monday (Sept. 14) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Artificial Intelligence
Pinterest Boosts AI-Powered Search Speed Sevenfold With Nvidia Tech
September 14, 2026

Pinterest has built a new multimodal artificial intelligence infrastructure that will support the next generation of visual and conversational experiences across the company’s platform, the company said in a Monday (Sept. 14) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Wearables
Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Smart Glasses Facial Recognition
September 14, 2026

Meta’s still-unreleased smart glasses are reportedly the subject of a class action lawsuit. 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
TD Bank Commits $108 Billion to Canadian Infrastructure
September 14, 2026

TD Bank has announced a five-year, $108 billion (150 billion Canadian dollars) commitment to Canada’s “investment supercycle.” 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...

Payments Innovation
Fiserv CEO Says Divided Structure Left Products Underused
September 14, 2026

Fiserv aims to tap several growth opportunities by bringing together the capabilities of its Financial Solutions (FS) and Merchant Solutions (MS) segments, which have operated separately, and operating as one company, Fiserv CEO Takis Georgakopoulos said Thursday (Sept. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the...

Retail
Walmart+ Expands Gas Savings Program as Fuel Prices Surge
September 14, 2026

Walmart+ is expanding its Gas Savings benefit with a new partnership with Citgo. 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
Anthropic Makes $13.7 Compute Deal With Trump-Linked Rum Group
September 14, 2026

Anthropic has reportedly signed a $13.7 billion deal with Rum Group, a social media/AI infrastructure company. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Standards Push Can Borrow From the Payments Playbook
September 14, 2026

Anthropic, Google and OpenAI may agree that powerful artificial intelligence models need common safety standards. Getting to that commonality will mean they must also set standards governing who writes the tests, who administers them, and what a model must do to fail. Get the Full...

Artificial Intelligence
Ninth Circuit Rules AI Agents Act on Behalf of Users, Not Developers
September 14, 2026

When an autonomous AI agent accesses a password-protected website, who actually does the accessing? According to the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the person who directed the agent to access the site is the one responsible, not the company that developed the agent and...