Amazon
Amazon Wants to Relaunch Fire Phone With AI
March 20, 2026

Amazon is developing a smartphone that will integrate artificial intelligence capabilities and sync with the company’s voice assistant Alexa, Reuters reported Friday (March 20), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Reworks Product Strategy Around New Desktop Super App
March 20, 2026

OpenAI is preparing a new push to make ChatGPT more central to how people work on their computers. It plans to combine its ChatGPT app, Codex coding platform and browser into a desktop “super app.” According to The Wall Street Journal, the move is meant...

Fraud Prevention
Trulioo Says Always-On Identity Checks Needed to Stop Fraud
March 20, 2026

Know your customer (KYC) and know your business (KYB) remain the first formal barrier between legitimate commerce and organized fraud. Their durability, however, depends on how organizations put them into practice. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Blockchain
Tokenization Powers Invisible Checkout in Agentic Commerce
March 20, 2026

Tokenization is evolving into a structural layer that allows commerce to proceed without a visible checkout. 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...

BNPL
56% of Gen Z Struggle to Track When Installment Payments Are Due
March 20, 2026

For many consumers, pay later is shifting from a checkout convenience to a budgeting tool. 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,...

Consumer Insights
How 30 Million Workers Borrow From Tomorrow to Pay for Today
March 20, 2026

Every payday, millions of American workers face some version of the same problem: The bill is due today, the paycheck arrives Friday and they must somehow cover the distance between those two moments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Fraud Prevention
Fraud Gets Cheaper, Merchants Push Back
March 20, 2026

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Delivery
Amazon Buys Robot Maker RIVR to Win Last-Mile Delivery Race
March 19, 2026

Amazon has acquired RIVR, a company that uses physical artificial intelligence and wheeled-legged robots to automate doorstep delivery. 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...

Banking
Goldman Sachs Replaces Big Annual Layoff With Targeted Rolling Cuts
March 19, 2026

Goldman Sachs is set to begin a series of small layoffs that will continue through the summer and impact all of its business lines, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday, citing a paywalled article by Business Insider. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...