Retail
Retailers Find Bigger Growth Selling Ads Around the Shopping Cart
August 21, 2026

Retail media is giving Walmart, Target and Amazon a faster-growing source of revenue than their core retail businesses, built on the same traffic, searches and transaction data generated by stores, websites and marketplaces. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Markets
CFTC Roundtable Exposes Regulatory Rift Over Prediction-Market Risks
August 21, 2026

Prediction-market executives clashed Thursday (Aug. 20) over how regulators should police manipulation and insider trading, exposing a widening divide between established derivatives exchanges and newer event-contract platforms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Real-Time Payments
Instant Payments Unlock Working Capital by Allowing Treasury to Pay Later
August 21, 2026

The unexpected advantage of instant transactions for B2B firms is not faster payment but removing settlement float from payment terms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Investments
Robotics AI Firm Dexmal Seeks $3 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
August 21, 2026

Dexmal, a Chinese firm developing embodied artificial intelligence to control robots, is seeking a valuation of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) in a funding round, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Payments Innovation
Banks Prepare Payments for AI Commerce
August 21, 2026

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SMBs
Credit Union Chatbot Adoption Jumps From 3% to 46%
August 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be climbing the strategic agenda at credit unions, but the most consequential gap is no longer one of awareness. It is the widening distance between what business members are asking for and what their financial institutions are prepared to deliver. Get...

Digital Identity
83% of Financial Firms Rate ID Systems Highly Despite Customer Friction
August 21, 2026

Financial firms have confidence to spare in digital identity systems, even when the results leave plenty of room for improvement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Retail
Ross Posts 13% Sales Jump as Inflation Drives Shoppers to Off-Price Retailers
August 20, 2026

Off-price retailer Ross Stores saw “robust” sales growth in the quarter ended Aug. 1 as both existing customers and new ones sought prices lower than those of mainstream retailers, CEO Jim Conroy said during a Thursday (Aug. 20) earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Aims for Largest-Ever IPO
August 20, 2026

Anthropic expects its initial public offering to reach a record high, equaling or surpassing the one set by SpaceX, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 20), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...