Artificial Intelligence

PYMNTS covers artificial intelligence as it transforms payments, commerce and financial services, from generative AI and agentic commerce to fraud detection, underwriting and customer engagement. Our reporting pairs breaking news with proprietary data and expert analysis to examine how AI is reshaping business models, operational efficiency and competitive dynamics across the connected economy.
Artificial Intelligence
Your Bank’s AI Agent May Need a Permission Slip
August 12, 2026

Financial regulators and banks have spent years catching artificial intelligence agent mistakes after the fact, tracing errors and assigning blame once the money has already moved. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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AI Recordkeeping Raises Compliance Questions for Financial Services Firms
August 12, 2026

Financial services firms are moving rapidly to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) in compliance, communications and other business functions, but their use of the technology is raising a deceptively familiar regulatory problem: What records must they keep to prove they complied with rules written before AI...

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Cognition AI Eyes $40 Billion Valuation From New Funding
August 12, 2026

Cognition AI is reportedly planning a funding round that could more than double its valuation. 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...

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Freight Brokers Want AI That Shows Up Already Working
August 12, 2026

Freight brokers have spent years investing in automation, transportation management systems and, more recently, artificial intelligence. 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...

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Tech’s Big Push to Make AI Content Traceable
August 11, 2026

The internet’s response to AI slop has mostly worked backward. Platforms scan content after it is already uploaded, then try to guess whether a machine wrote it, an inherently probabilistic bet that it is losing ground as synthetic content gets cheaper to produce. Anthropic, Apple,...

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Anthropic Adds Watermarks to Denote AI-Generated Content 
August 11, 2026

Anthropic has begun labeling its models’ content as AI-generated to comply with new European Union regulations. 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...

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When AI Makes the Math Cheap, Finance Has to Find a New Advantage
August 11, 2026

Sophisticated mathematical analysis takes time. Or at least it used to. 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. By completing...

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Anthropic Pitches Healthcare AI as Answer to Public Skepticism
August 11, 2026

Anthropic believes its growing use of artificial intelligence for healthcare and biology will improve public sentiment about the technology, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Aug. 11), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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OpenAI Courts Business Users With Premium ChatGPT
August 11, 2026

OpenAI says it will begin offering “Premium” seats for ChatGPT business customers. 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. By...