Startups
The Weekender: Honey, I Shrunk the Unicorn
July 11, 2026

The startup org chart used to look like a wedding seating plan: founders, engineers, sales, marketing, finance, legal, HR, three advisors no one could identify and a “growth person” whose job was mostly interpretive dance with dashboards. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Personnel
Greg Brockman Takes Over OpenAI Product Business After Fidji Simo’s Departure
July 10, 2026

OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman will oversee the company’s ChatGPT product business following the departure of Fidji Simo that was announced Thursday (July 9), CNBC reported Friday (July 10), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

CBDC
Housing Bill’s Final Passage Confirms US CBDC Ban
July 10, 2026

A four-year ban on a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) is set to take effect if a housing bill becomes law Saturday (July 11), CoinDesk reported Friday (July 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Legal & Regulation
Apple Lawsuit Exposes High-Stakes AI Hardware Talent War
July 10, 2026

Apple has sued OpenAI and two of its employees, alleging that they stole trade secrets from Apple to support OpenAI’s development of devices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Artificial Intelligence
AI Cracked the Mortgage Verification System
July 10, 2026

Mortgage underwriting runs on documents. Payslips, bank statements and tax returns are the evidence that lenders verify before approving a loan. Generative artificial intelligence can now produce all three in formats that pass standard checks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

B2B Payments
Stablecoin Adoption Runs Into the Treasury Back Office
July 10, 2026

The race to bring stablecoins into mainstream business finance faces the challenge of whether treasury departments can process them without dismantling the systems that already manage billions of dollars in daily cash movements. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Banking
Nubank Unit Secures Authorization to Become Mexican Bank
July 10, 2026

Digital bank Nubank’s Mexican operation, Nu Mexico, has received authorization to begin operations as a bank and now has 30 calendar days to complete its transformation into a bank, the company said in a Friday (July 10) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Earnings
Delta AI Assistant Boosts Customer Satisfaction Scores 25 Points During Travel Disruptions
July 10, 2026

Delta Air Lines has seen its latest digital tools boost customer satisfaction while helping travelers get where they want to go. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Artificial Intelligence
Retail’s Best Customer Now Arrives From ChatGPT
July 10, 2026

Retailers have spent two decades optimizing for traffic. The metric that shaped every SEO budget, every paid search bid and every social media campaign was volume: how many visitors arrived at the site. Shopify reported in a May blog post that artificial intelligence-referred shoppers on...