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Artificial Intelligence
Klarna Reports Internal AI Assistant Answers 2,000 Employee Questions Daily

Klarna reported that over 87% of its employees across the company are now using...

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Acquisitions
Uber Pays $950 Million for Delivery Hero’s Taiwan Foodpanda Business

Uber is acquiring Delivery Hero’s foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for $950 million. The deal, announced Tuesday...

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Economy
Bank of America Head: Consumers Show Spending ‘Resilience’

Bank of America’s CEO says consumer spending is still healthy despite steep...

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Personnel
Mistral AI Names Marjorie Janiewicz as US General Manager

French artificial intelligence firm Mistral AI has named a new general manager for...

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Walmart
Walmart Reportedly Slashing Jobs and Ending Remote Work

Walmart is reportedly eliminating hundreds of corporate jobs and ending most...

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Loans
APAC Middle-Market Leaders Embrace External Financing for Growth

We are in the midst of a working capital revolution — one that is...

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Connected Economy
Open-Loop Payments Help Advance Smart City Innovation

The concept of the connected commuter is gaining momentum, driven by...

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Retail
Tanger Outlet Malls Court the Digital, Aspirational Shopper

May 2020. The COVID-19 lockdown was starting to ease, but it...

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Artificial Intelligence
High Impact, Big Reward: Meet the GenAI-Focused CFO

One of generative artificial intelligence’s most appealing aspects is its seemingly...

7 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Anthropic Launches AI Assistant Claude in Europe

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic has launched its AI assistant Claude in Europe. The web-based...

13 hours ago
Earnings
Intellicheck Posts Record Quarter as Identity Fraud Continues to Run...

As identity fraud continues to plague business verticals from banking to...

14 hours ago
Consumer Insights
Fed Says Consumers See Higher-for-Longer Inflation

Consumers are girding for inflation to settle in over the long...

15 hours ago
Acquisitions
Access Group to Acquire AP Automation Provider Lightyear

Business management software provider the Access Group agreed to acquire accounts payable (AP)...

17 hours ago
artificial intelligence
OpenAI Delivers Subscription Model Upgrade for GPT-4o

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the widely popular ChatGPT, announced...

17 hours ago
Retail
59% of UK Consumers Still Prefer to Buy Groceries In-Store

Adopting Click-and-Mortar™ shopping allows consumers to leverage the best of both...

17 hours ago
Retail
Small Retailers Struggle to Bounce Back From the Pandemic

As many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have spent the last...

17 hours ago
Economy
Sticky Prices Continue to Pressure Consumers  

This week, the latest spate of data from the government on...

17 hours ago
Payment Methods
Mexico-Based Aplazo Raises $70 Million for Omnichannel Payment Platform

Aplazo has raised $70 million in equity funding, including a $45...

18 hours ago
Subscriptions
CPG Subscriptions Eat Into Walmart’s Grocery Share

Increasingly, when consumers go to the grocery store, it is just to buy...

18 hours ago
Credit Cards
38% of Consumers Earning Over $100K Carry Co-Branded Credit Cards

PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 2.5 times as many consumers possess a...

18 hours ago
Retail
Online Marketplaces Grab Auto Parts Share From Specialty Merchants

As shoppers increasingly purchase auto parts from third-party online marketplaces such...

19 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Technology Innovation Institute Launches AI Model With Vision-to-Language Capabilities

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has announced a new...

20 hours ago
Apple
Apple Looks to Sell Vision Pro to Overseas Consumers

Will Apple’s mixed-reality headset be more popular overseas than it was...

20 hours ago
artificial intelligence
How Deep Learning Lets AI Tackle Complex Tasks

Scientists and engineers are teaching machines to think like humans, using...

20 hours ago
B2B Payments
Expensify Adds Unlimited Virtual Cards to Spend Management Platform

Expensify has added unlimited virtual cards to its spend management platform....

21 hours ago
Travel Payments
Citi Upgrades Premier Card As Travel Spending Takes Off

Citi is enhancing its Premier credit card to offer new benefits and...

21 hours ago
Retail
Shein Reportedly Rebuffed by National Retail Federation Ahead of IPO

Shein reportedly has some work to do if it wants to court...

22 hours ago
Legal
Airlines Sue DOT Over New Fee Disclosure Rules

Airlines are reportedly suing the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) over new fee rules....

23 hours ago
eCommerce
Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9 Billion Deal

Squarespace is going private in a $6.9 billion deal with private equity firm Permira. Subject...

23 hours ago
Retail
Slowing Shopify Growth Spells Challenges for BNPL Partner Affirm

As Shopify’s growth slows down, its buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

23 hours ago
Retail
Temu Tepid About US Thanks to TikTok Turmoil

Chinese eCommerce company Temu is reportedly looking beyond the United States for business...

24 hours ago
Credit Cards
34% of Consumers Haven’t Heard of Card-Linked Offers

Card-linked offers — promotions intended to entice consumers to use their...

24 hours ago
Cybersecurity
Report: Cyber Threats Growing at 90% of Companies

For American businesses, the threat of cyberattacks continues to grow. Ninety...

1 day ago
Gig Economy
Uber, Lyft Head to Court as Massachusetts Challenges Driver Classification

Uber and Lyft are facing a trial in Massachusetts over allegations...

1 day ago
Technology
Microsoft Earmarks $4.3 Billion for AI/Cloud Projects in France

Microsoft says it is investing $4.3 billion toward tech projects in France....

1 day ago
Travel Payments
AAA: Memorial Day Road Trips Will Hit Record Numbers 

Americans are projected to take a record number of road trips...

1 day ago
VISA
Digital Stagnation Pressures UAE Merchant Growth

In the United Arab Emirates, 71% of consumers actively use digital...

1 day ago
ResTech
New Technology Puts Financial Improvements on the Menu for Restaurants

Even as Main Street businesses outperform the rest of the economy,...

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