Earnings
Visa Credentials Soar as Payments Hyperscaler Eyes Agentic Commerce
January 29, 2026

Visa entered fiscal 2026 with ample evidence that credentials, and not just cards, now anchor its global payments architecture. 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...

Earnings
Apple Signals AI Will Power Payments Security and Growth
January 29, 2026

Apple just turned in what CEO Tim Cook called “a quarter for the record books” Thursday (Jan. 29) and the headline numbers back him up. But for the banking, payments and digital commerce crowd, the more interesting thread running through Apple’s fiscal 2026 first-quarter earnings...

Retail
Saks Global to Shutter Majority of off-Price Stores in Shift to Luxury Focus
January 29, 2026

Saks Global will wind down the majority of its off-price operations, including most Saks OFF 5TH locations and all Neiman Marcus Last Call stores, Reuters reported Thursday (Jan. 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Google
Google DeepMind Introduces Project Genie for Interactive AI World Building
January 29, 2026

Google DeepMind has introduced Project Genie, an experimental research prototype that uses its latest world-model artificial intelligence (AI) to generate and explore interactive virtual environments, according to a Thursday (Jan. 29) blog post on Google’s Innovation and AI site. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Cryptocurrency
Senate Crypto Bill Finds Common Ground on Data Standards
January 29, 2026

U.S. federal regulators are no longer circling the crypto question. They are building the machinery to answer it. 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...

Bank Regulation
Nu Wins Conditional Approval for US National Bank Charter
January 29, 2026

Digital financial services giant Nu received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a new national bank in the United States, according to a Thursday (Jan. 29) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Digital Payments
ECB’s Cipollone: Digital Euro to Anchor Europe’s Retail Payment Infrastructure
January 29, 2026

European payments sovereignty moved back to the top of the policy agenda Thursday (Jan. 29) as European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone said the digital euro would provide the retail payments infrastructure the euro zone currently lacks, per Reuters. Get the Full...

Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Eyes $50 Billion OpenAI Stake
January 29, 2026

Amazon is discussing investing as much as $50 billion in OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Jan. 29), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Earnings
Caterpillar Reports Growth From Data Center Demand
January 29, 2026

Caterpillar is reshaping how customers use its equipment as demand shifts toward data centers, autonomous operations and energy reliability. On its latest earnings call, held on Thursday (Jan. 29) the company described customers deploying machines, engines and services as long-lived infrastructure rather than short-cycle construction...