Cryptocurrency
White House Convenes Meeting With Crypto and Prediction Market CEOs
August 16, 2026

Cryptocurrency and prediction market executives are reportedly meeting with Trump administration officials this week. 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...

Banking
Italy’s Cheese Bank Finds Climate Risk Has a Rind
August 15, 2026

On Wall Street, “cheese” is slang for money. In Italy, they decided the metaphor needed collateral. 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...

Mastercard
Mastercard Seeks Deal Over Card Losses Left by Brazilian Bank Collapse
August 14, 2026

Mastercard is proposing to pay half the amount demanded by Brazilian merchant acquirers that were impacted by the collapse of Will Financeira, also known as Will Bank, a FinTech tied to the failed Banco Master, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 14), citing unnamed sources. Get the...

Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia Uses $500 Billion Financing Initiative to Dispel AI Bubble Fears
August 14, 2026

Nvidia’s $500 billion artificial intelligence financing initiative that was announced Monday (Aug. 10) aims to assure the company’s investors that there is plenty of financing available to the AI startups and other companies that buy or use the firm’s chips, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 14)....

Acquiring
PayPal Reopens Sale Talks With Stripe After Rejecting First Offer
August 14, 2026

PayPal Holdings is in talks with a group that includes Stripe and Advent International, negotiating to sell itself at a price potentially higher than the one the companies offered in July, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Aug. 14), citing unnamed sources. Get the...

Working Capital
Block and PayPal Find More Revenue in Merchant Loans
August 14, 2026

A merchant that once represented a stream of transaction fees can now represent a lending relationship, and second-quarter earnings results show payments platforms putting more money behind that proposition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Artificial Intelligence
Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI
August 14, 2026

OpenAI and Google both released faster artificial intelligence models this week. Both put speed at the center of the pitch, and both are starting to treat response time as something businesses will pay for on its own. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Personnel
OpenAI Appoints Former Wiz Executive Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer
August 14, 2026

OpenAI appointed former Wiz executive Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, according to a Thursday (Aug. 13) blog post. 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...

Cybersecurity
Banks Turn Fewer AML Alerts Into Bigger Financial Crime Leads
August 14, 2026

Financial institutions have spent years trying to see more suspicious activity. New data from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) suggests the more valuable question may be whether they can see enough of the activity together. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...