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artificial intelligence
Google Scrambles to Fix AI After 'Glue on Pizza' Glitch

In the mind of Google’s AI Overviews, glue is a pizza...

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Retail
Discount Chains Go Under as Consumers Keep Cutting Back

What happens when consumers grow too cash-strapped for discount stores? In...

32 mins ago
artificial intelligence
SoftBank Plans to Commit $9 Billion to AI Projects

Japan’s SoftBank is reportedly planning to invest nearly $9 billion in artificial...

1 hour ago
Connected Economy
Dating Apps Try to Woo Gen Z Women Amid Threats...

Dating apps have reportedly begun considering new features as younger women...

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Investments
Report: Private Equity Sits on $3 Trillion as Dealmaking Slows

Private equity firms are reportedly holding onto a record 28,000 companies...

2 hours ago
Retail
Retailers Heat Up Memorial Day With Holiday Deals and Pop-Ups

This Memorial Day, in addition to the usual round of holiday...

2 days ago
Google
European Retailers Say Google Search Changes Favor Online Aggregators

The European Union (EU) is currently facing concerns from lobbying groups representing airlines,...

2 days ago
Business
Business Spending Increases More Than Expected

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased by 0.7% in April....

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Loans
Report: MoneyGram Fails to Secure Lower Borrowing Costs on Leveraged...

MoneyGram International reportedly failed to secure lower borrowing costs on a $398...

2 days ago
Legal
Live Nation Faces Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit, Day After DOJ Suit

Live Nation and its Ticketmaster business are reportedly facing a consumer antitrust lawsuit that comes...

2 days ago
Regulation
Will FinCen’s Customer Identification Program Burden Banks and Consumers?

The fight between financial institutions and fraudsters is an eternal one, and a key battlefield...

2 days ago
artificial intelligence
AI in Commerce: 5 Essential Use Cases for B2B Operations

It’s getting harder and harder to spell innovation without AI (artificial...

2 days ago
Retail
Shoppers Dig Into Their Savings to Afford Essentials, Not Nice-to-Haves

Among consumers who expect to have to dip into their savings this year,...

2 days ago
Cryptocurrency
Ripio Expects Growing Adoption of Crypto Among Latin American Businesses

Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Ripio is reportedly making payment and tokenization products for...

2 days ago
Security & Fraud
FTC: Company Impersonation Scams Cost Consumers Millions of Dollars

The Federal Trade Commission said it has been flooded with reports from consumers who have been taken in by...

2 days ago
Investments
Abett Raises $11.6 Million for Health Plan Data Management Platform

Abett has raised $11.6 million to grow its software platform that...

2 days ago
Travel Payments
Rho and Navan Integrate Corporate Cards, Travel and Expense Platform

Rho and Navan have launched a unified finance suite that customers can use to manage corporate...

2 days ago
Loans
Cash Flow-Based Underwriting Broadens Credit Access for Consumers and Enterprises

The FICO score — what we might think of as the...

2 days ago
Technology
X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says Other Platforms Could Use Fact-Checking...

X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Friday (May 24) that the social media company could share...

2 days ago
B2B Payments
Flexibility and Choice Move B2B Payments From Monolithic to Modernized

Life is a matter of choices, and so, too, is business....

2 days ago
Retail
Wayfair Goes Click-and-Mortar™ as Furniture Shoppers Seek Physical Touchpoints

Wayfair is going all-in on brick-and-mortar as furniture shoppers prove hesitant...

2 days ago
CBDC
US House Passes Bill Requiring Congressional Authorization for CBDC

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday (May 23)...

2 days ago
News
Capital One and Walmart End Exclusive Credit Card Agreement

Capital One will no longer be the exclusive issuer of Walmart Consumer Credit Cards. The...

2 days ago
Investments
Google to Invest in Flipkart, Help Modernize Digital Infrastructure

Google plans to invest in Indian digital commerce company Flipkart. The move will...

2 days ago
Cybersecurity
Making Sense of Post-Quantum Opportunities for Payments and Commerce 

The thing about far-away technological innovations is that they get closer...

2 days ago
Regulation
European Data Protection Authorities to Investigate OpenAI’s ChatGPT

A task force of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released a report that will guide...

2 days ago
Cloud Banking
Financial Services Providers Highlight Opportunities in Cloud-Native Banking

The modernization of back-end systems represents an ongoing challenge for banks, especially...

2 days ago
Consumer Finance
Gen Z Consumers Save Nearly 10% of Their Monthly Income

Generation X consumers, baby boomers and seniors all allocate more than...

2 days ago
artificial intelligence
This Week in AI: News Corp Partners With OpenAI, Nvidia...

This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, OpenAI struck a news-sharing...

2 days ago
Digital Identity
Mastercard and African Development Bank Group to Provide Digital Identities

Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group formed an alliance to provide digital access...

2 days ago
Economy
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Says Many Americans Concerned About High...

The high cost of essentials like food, rent and mortgages are weighing on...

2 days ago
Real-Time Payments
P2P Payment Potential: Promoting Convenience While Protecting Consumers

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments — enabled by popular apps such as PayPal,...

3 days ago
Real-Time Payments
Real-Time Transactions and Regulations Continue to Shape Payments

When it comes to payments innovations, banks and payment companies have held...

3 days ago
Retail
Walmart Takes Amazon Battle Into New Virtual Spaces

As Walmart and Amazon compete to win younger shoppers’ retail spending,...

3 days ago
Authentication
Payments Authentication Success Leans on Consistent User Experiences

Today’s rapidly evolving payments and financial landscape brings with it both...

3 days ago
Fintech Investments
BNPL Regulation Grabs Headlines as FinTech IPO Index Loses 2.7%

The FinTech IPO Index lost 2.6% as earnings trickled in. The...

3 days ago
Consumer Finance
Vacation Multiplication: Americans Opt for Quantity Over Quality in Summer...

PYMNTS Intelligence recently surveyed more than 2,200 U.S. consumers to find...

3 days ago
Bank Regulation
TD Bank Overhauls Anti-Money Laundering Processes Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank) reportedly fired more than a dozen employees and...

3 days ago