Partnerships
Personetics Partners With Plaid to Give Banks Deeper Customer Insights
August 18, 2026

Personetics has added open finance intelligence to its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalization platform for banks and credit unions by partnering with Plaid, Personetics said in a Tuesday (Aug. 18) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
Visa and Mastercard Join Rain’s Agentic Commerce Coalition
August 18, 2026

Stablecoin payments infrastructure company Rain has formed a group to promote agentic commerce development. 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. By...

Cryptocurrency
Crypto Trade Group Backs Custodia’s Supreme Court Bid
August 18, 2026

The Blockchain Association is urging the Supreme Court to take up Custodia Bank’s long-running fight for access to the Federal Reserve’s payment system, warning that a lower-court ruling could give federal regulators broad power to shut lawful digital asset businesses out of banking. Get the...

Legal & Regulation
Meta Faces Reckoning As Social Media Addiction Trial Begins
August 18, 2026

A trial to determine whether Meta purposely made its apps addictive to children is underway in California. 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...

ResTech
Square and OpenTable Team on Restaurant Transaction Data
August 18, 2026

Square and restaurant tech provider OpenTable expanded their partnership to enable restaurant operators to manage reservations, payments and guest data on Square software and hardware, giving operators a more complete understanding of their guests, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 18) press release. Get the Full...

Earnings
Klarna Card Users Hit 6.5 Million but Stock Plunges on Lower Outlook
August 18, 2026

Klarna is getting consumers to use it for more than pay-in-four, but the second quarter also showed what happens to transaction growth when discretionary spending slows in a major market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Walmart
Walmart Investors Hang Hopes on Retail Media as Sales Cool
August 18, 2026

Walmart’s investors are counting on the company’s ad business to drive profits as same-store sales growth has cooled and the company’s stock has fallen on a cautious annual outlook, Reuters reported Tuesday (Aug. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Legal & Regulation
Congress Considers Overhaul of Federal Financial Privacy Law, but There’s a Catch
August 18, 2026

Congress is considering a major rewrite of federal financial privacy law that could offer banks and other financial companies a consequential bargain: substantially stronger consumer rights over financial data in exchange for a single national privacy regime. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Cryptocurrency
The GENIUS Act Gives Stablecoins a Corporate Cash Audition
August 18, 2026

A Fortune 500 treasurer considering whether to leave $100 million in stablecoins overnight would probably ask a different set of questions than a payments executive deciding whether to use them to settle a transaction. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...