Blockchain
Rain CEO Says Merchants Receive Stablecoin Payments Without Knowing It
August 19, 2026

With stablecoins increasingly moving through existing payment networks, many merchants don’t know they are receiving stablecoin payments, Rain CEO Farooq Malik told The Block, according to a report posted Wednesday (Aug. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Economy
Boston Fed Economists Say Tariffs Not Main Cause of 2025 Inflation
August 19, 2026

Tariffs alone cannot explain the persistence of 3% inflation in 2025, three Federal Reserve Bank of Boston economists wrote in an article posted Wednesday (Aug. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Business
FTC Warns Businesses Against Using Personalized Pricing
August 19, 2026

Federal regulators are warning that companies using consumers’ personal data to set prices could be violating the law. 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...

Partnerships
Cantor Fitzgerald Enters Prediction Markets Space With Kalshi
August 19, 2026

Investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald is moving into the prediction markets space, according to a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
White House AI Testing Plans Remain Murky
August 19, 2026

Earlier this month, the White House hosted artificial intelligence companies to discuss a new framework for testing their technology. 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...

B2B Payments
The Finance Stack’s Great Unbundling Has CFOs Asking What They Need to Own
August 19, 2026

The bigger the company, the more sprawling its back office tends to be. 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....

Blockchain
Robinhood CEO Calls on US Policymakers to Expand Tokenized Stock Access
August 19, 2026

Robinhood CEO and Co-Founder Vlad Tenev posted an article on X Tuesday (Aug. 18) calling on U.S. policymakers to update securities laws and regulations to facilitate the use of tokenized stocks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
World Labs CEO Says US Must Set Good Example on AI
August 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Fei-Fei Li is reportedly warning that backlash to the tech threatens global technological advancement. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
The Real Question Isn’t Whether AI Wrote It
August 19, 2026

For six hours in late July, Jerry Falade had one of the biggest debut deals in publishing. Fourteen publishers had bid on his crime novel, “Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body,” and Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan US, won the auction at a reported...