February 21, 2026
AI: The Best Supporting Actor You’ll Never See
Every Oscars season, Hollywood celebrates “human artistry” while quietly adopting whatever tech makes the deadline less terrifying. This year, artificial intelligence (AI) is the newest crew member: it doesn’t need...
February 20, 2026
Google Introduces WebMCP to Give Browser Access for AI Agents
Google is taking a step toward formalizing how artificial intelligence (AI) agents interact with the web, introducing WebMCP as an early preview feature inside Chrome. Get the Full Story Complete...
February 19, 2026
ZaiNar Raises $100 Million for AI-Powered GPS Alternative
California-based startup ZaiNar has raised $100 million to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered GPS alternative. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
February 19, 2026
Etsy Looks to Agentic AI and Mobile to Restart Growth
Etsy is joining the Prompt Economy in a big way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
February 18, 2026
Ambient AI Redefines Clinical Productivity at Scale
Ambient AI might be healthcare’s first measurable wave of artificial intelligence productivity. Rather than replacing clinicians, ambient AI systems passively listen to patient encounters and automatically generate structured notes inside...
February 18, 2026
World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial AI
World Labs, the frontier artificial intelligence research and product company founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
February 18, 2026
What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
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February 17, 2026
Apple Bets on AI Wearables to Lock in iPhone Users
Apple is accelerating its development of three artificial intelligence (AI)-powered wearable devices: smart glasses, a pendant and AirPods, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 17), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story...
February 17, 2026
Quantum Can’t Do Much Yet, but Banks Can’t Afford to...
Here is the strange math confronting every bank, payment network and FinTech on the planet: Quantum computing is simultaneously overhyped and underestimated. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
With more than two-thirds of CFOs citing payment delays as a problem for their firms in the last six months, nine in 10 companies wish to expand their investment in AR automation to accelerate order processing, reduce invoicing errors and expedite payments. In the “Working Capital Tracker®,” a collaboration with Billtrust, PYMNTS Intelligence explains why the demand for AR automation is growing and what’s at stake for companies that opt out of this trend.
Although authorized party fraud accounts for only 37% of FIs’ fraud losses in dollars, these types of attacks are the most likely to impact customer satisfaction and retention — something FIs cannot overlook. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 29-page report, “Leveraging AI and ML to Thwart Scammers,” a collaboration with Hawk, contains 8 charts of proprietary data examining the role of ML and AI to help keep fraudsters from getting the upper hand