Banking
Customers Bank Taps OpenAI to Reengineer Commercial Banking Operations
April 27, 2026

Pennsylvania-headquartered Customers Bank plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) across its commercial banking operations in a new multiyear strategic collaboration with OpenAI. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Ran a Marketplace and Bots Closed Every Deal
April 27, 2026

Anthropic ran a test that took the human out of the transaction entirely. The artificial intelligence company built a private marketplace for select employees and deployed software agents on both sides of every deal, letting them search listings, make offers and close deals without human...

Fraud Prevention
FTC Records 8-Fold Jump in Losses From Social Media Scams
April 27, 2026

New government data shows a significant increase in losses from social media scams. 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....

Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Agrees to End Revenue-Sharing With OpenAI
April 27, 2026

OpenAI has forged a new revenue and technology agreement with partner/artificial intelligence (AI) competitor Microsoft. 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,...

Real-Time Payments
Nacha Boosts Per Payment Limit for Same Day ACH to $10 Million
April 27, 2026

Nacha is increasing its Same Day ACH per payment limit to $10 million. 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....

Walmart
Walmart Simplifies Streaming Ads for Mid-Sized Business
April 27, 2026

Walmart Connect has added two new resources for connected TV (CTV) advertisers: a curated marketplace within Walmart DSP called Connect Select and an expanded number of integrations with technology partners. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Partnerships
FinTech Land Grab Intensifies as Deal-Making Rewires Platforms
April 27, 2026

Recent FinTech dealmaking has been marked by firms pursuing acquisitions that extend control across payments, data, incentives and settlement. The strategies are arcing toward determining how transactions are created and how they are completed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Blockchain
Banking Circle Unveils Stablecoin Settlement After Landing Crypto License
April 27, 2026

Luxembourg-based financial services company Banking Circle said it has launched stablecoin settlement services. 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....

Artificial Intelligence
CFOs Suffer From Consumption as Tech Teams AI Tokenmaxx
April 27, 2026

Enterprise software helped redefine corporate billing and make it CFO-friendly. Annual licenses, multi-year agreements and seat-based pricing models created a stable cost structure that finance teams could forecast with reasonable accuracy. Even cloud computing, for all its variability, eventually settled into patterns that procurement and...