Artificial Intelligence
AI Spots Hard Hat Violations Before Supervisors Do
May 22, 2026

Construction employs roughly 8% of the private-sector workforce and accounts for about one in five of its fatalities. That ratio has persisted for decades. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

VISA
Visa Says Fraudsters Adapt as Payment Security Tightens
May 22, 2026

Scams have become the fastest-growing threat to payment security, Visa said in a new report. 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,...

Transportation
Mastercard, Ryd Eye European Fleet Payments Opportunity
May 22, 2026

Munich-based mobility technology company ryd has collaborated with Mastercard to launch a digital-first payment operating system for fleets across Europe. 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
Spotify Turns AI Fan Covers Into Artist Paychecks
May 22, 2026

Spotify and Universal Music Group have built a rights framework for something that has been happening without one: fans using artificial intelligence AI to cover and remix songs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Technology
US Government Invests $2 Billion in Quantum Computing Leaders
May 22, 2026

The Department of Commerce plans to provide $2.013 billion in federal incentives to nine companies to support and accelerate their development of quantum computing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Cybersecurity
Quantum and AI Are Breaking Trust Everywhere at Once
May 22, 2026

The Connected Economy has relied on a few supposedly stable assumptions as it scaled. One of the most crucial was that if systems could authenticate users, encrypt communications and validate transactions, trust would scale alongside connectivity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT Lands in Microsoft PowerPoint
May 22, 2026

OpenAI has reportedly integrated its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) assistant directly into Microsoft PowerPoint. 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...

CBDC
Big Banks Challenge ECB’s Digital Euro Over Cash Flight Fears
May 22, 2026

The European Central Bank’s effort to build a homegrown payments system using a digital euro is being slowed by European banks’ concerns that the solution would lead to customers transferring cash from banks to an ECB wallet, Reuters reported Thursday (May 21). Get the Full...

Artificial Intelligence
Mortgage Underwriters Get an AI Agent Assist
May 22, 2026

A mortgage application used to mean waiting. At TD Bank, pre-adjudication averaged roughly 15 hours before a human underwriter could open the file. That window is now under three minutes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...