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Cross Border Commerce
Almost All Cross-Border Shoppers Want to Pay With Local Currency
July 17, 2025

Global expansion for eCommerce merchants, while offering vast opportunity, remains a complex arena where payment failures and consumer preferences can quickly derail international sales, according to a new report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payment Methods
Visa and ICBA Payments to Facilitate Real-Time Money Movement for Community Banks
July 16, 2025

Visa and ICBA Payments, a subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), have renewed their 40-year partnership and plan to expand it by providing community banks with streamlined access to the Visa Direct real-time money movement platform. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Google Adds Agentic AI Capabilities to Timesketch Cybersecurity Platform
July 16, 2025

Google is adding agentic artificial intelligence capabilities to Timesketch, its open-source collaborative digital forensics platform used for cybersecurity. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Google Adds AI-Powered Local Business Calling to Search
July 16, 2025

Google is expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities in Search by rolling out a new, free feature that lets it call local businesses on the user’s behalf to do things like check pricing and make reservations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Banking
Bank of America Says ‘Resilient’ Consumers Help Boost Revenue
July 16, 2025

Healthy consumer spending helped buoy Bank of America’s revenues in the second quarter. 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....

Banking
PNC Says Growth Markets and ‘Tariff-Related Considerations’ Drive Surge in Commercial Loans
July 16, 2025

PNC Financial Services Group generated its highest level of new commercial loan production in 10 quarters during the second quarter, PNC Chairman and CEO William S. Demchak said Wednesday (July 16) during the bank’s quarterly earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Banking
Lloyds Bank Rolls Out Generative AI Tool Athena
July 16, 2025

Lloyds Banking Group reportedly has rolled out a new generative AI-powered knowledge hub to reduce the time it takes employees to find information and respond to customer queries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Retail
Estée Lauder Targets Younger Consumers in New Digital Push
July 16, 2025

Estée Lauder is reportedly embarking on a new online retail push to reinvigorate slumping sales. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
Google, Meta and Others Pledge Billions of Dollars to Build AI Data Centers
July 15, 2025

Google, Meta, Blackstone and CoreWeave are planning to collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build data centers for artificial intelligence, as the arms race heats up to build the computing power needed by this advanced technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form...