Fraud Prevention
More Than Half of Banks Plan to Outsource Fraud Detection 
February 13, 2026

The cost of fraud at U.S. financial institutions is rising, but the deeper threat may be what it does to customer relationships and brand reputation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Travel Payments
Expedia Embraces Agentic Commerce to Fight Platform Disruption
February 12, 2026

Expedia Group is responding to the rise of artificial intelligence assistants and agentic commerce both by embracing them and by providing services that draw travelers directly to its own platforms, executives said Thursday (Feb. 12) during the company’s quarter earnings call. Get the Full Story...

Aggregators
Instacart Delivers Strong Q4 as AI Speeds Platform Expansion
February 12, 2026

Instacart’s Q4 may have looked like a straightforward beat-and-raise, but the more consequential storyline for retailers, brands and the payments stack is how the company is using partnerships and AI to push beyond “grocery delivery” into an embedded commerce and retail-tech platform. Get the Full...

Earnings
Airbnb’s Q4 Reacceleration Marks Strongest Growth in Two Years
February 12, 2026

Airbnb used the quarter to reinforce a shift toward continuous product shipping rather than large feature launches. CEO Brian Chesky in the earnings call described a multiyear rebuild of the platform’s technical foundation, positioning Airbnb to move faster across pricing, supply quality and artificial intelligence....

Consumer Payments
FanDuel Ditches Credit Cards as Sen. Warren Targets Junk Fees
February 12, 2026

Sports betting firm FanDuel will stop accepting credit card deposits on March 2. 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....

Cryptocurrency
Coinbase’s $667 Million Loss Snaps Eight-Quarter Profitability Streak
February 12, 2026

The digital asset economy’s early growth was driven primarily by speculative trading. It still is today. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Valuation Hits $380 Billion as Enterprise AI Demand Explodes
February 12, 2026

Anthropic raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round that valued the company at $380 billion. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 Builds Buzz in Expanding Video Generation Market
February 12, 2026

The latest artificial intelligence breakthrough from Chinese tech giant ByteDance has ignited fresh excitement in China’s AI sector, with its newly unveiled Seedance 2.0 video-generation model going viral on social media and prompting comparisons to last year’s DeepSeek moment, according to Reuters. Get the Full...

Cryptocurrency
SEC Chairman Urges Senate to Future-Proof Crypto Market Rules
February 12, 2026

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul S. Atkins told a Senate committee Thursday (Feb. 12) that legislation like the CLARITY Act is the best way to provide long-term certainty for crypto markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...