Earnings
Adyen Ties Loyalty to Payments as In-Person Volume Climbs 28%
August 13, 2026

Adyen’s first-half results were driven heavily by merchants already on its platform sending it more payment volume, with in-person transactions growing faster than the company’s overall volume. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Retail
AI Just Made Retail’s Long Tail Pay Off
August 13, 2026

For two decades, retail discovery has rewarded whatever already sold. A product with more buyers gets more visibility, more visibility brings more buyers, and the cycle repeats. Popular items get more popular while everything else stays buried. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Artificial Intelligence
DeepSeek Introduces Peak-Hour Pricing That Quadruples Current Levels
August 13, 2026

DeepSeek is adding peak-hour pricing for its flagship V4 models that will quadruple the current levels, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 13). 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...

BNPL
Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers
August 13, 2026

Airwallex is adding Affirm’s installment payment options to its checkout platform, giving merchants in 35 countries a way to offer pay-over-time financing to eligible customers in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Artificial Intelligence
CodeRabbit Raises $143 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Govern AI-Generated Code
August 13, 2026

Inside engineering organizations, the sequence of software development is changing. Developers, product managers, background agents and connected systems can now generate code or open pull requests continuously, meaning code can exist before a team has established alignment or determined whether the work should ship. That...

Fraud Prevention
DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
August 13, 2026

The Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which was created earlier this year, will have about 500 attorneys by Aug. 24 and will continue growing after that, according to a memo released Thursday (Aug. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Technology
What IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for the $100 Million CFO
August 13, 2026

CFOs with a soft spot for science fiction have traditionally viewed quantum computing as something both intriguing conceptually and consequential enough to monitor. No matter how many Star Trek posters they had hanging on their childhood bedrooms, however, most finance teams have viewed quantum computing...

Cryptocurrency
SEC Tees Up New Crypto Regulations as CLARITY Act Continues to Languish
August 13, 2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will consider a potentially significant overhaul of crypto regulation Friday (Aug. 14), moving to establish formal exemptions that could allow digital asset projects to raise capital without registering securities and eventually move outside the agency’s jurisdiction. Get the Full...

Legal & Regulation
S&P 500 Companies Claim First Payouts From $100 Billion Tariff Refund Wave
August 13, 2026

More than 40 S&P 500 companies reported $9.6 billion in tariff refunds in the past quarter or so, with about $2.1 billion in cash already received, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Aug. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...