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B2B Payments
Mastercard Targets the Hidden Cost of Late B2B Payments
May 05, 2026

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Social Commerce
Pinterest’s AI Bet on Visual Search Begins Paying Off in Revenue
May 04, 2026

A decade of visual search data. A taste graph trained on hundreds of billions of interactions. Eighty billion monthly searches every month, half of them commercial. Pinterest has built the shortest path between inspiration and purchase of any platform online. The users are there. The...

Regulation
SEC Investigates Fraud Claims in Private Credit Markets
May 04, 2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating allegations of fraud in private credit markets, the agency’s chairman said Monday (May 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Cross-border Payments
Global CFOs Find a Fix for Cross-Border Payments
May 04, 2026

The operational backdrop is changing at an unprecedented speed for global businesses. If only their back offices could keep up instead of struggling to do the same. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Banking
New Fed Report Shows Savings Banks Shifting Toward Commercial Loans
May 04, 2026

New data finds that federally chartered lenders are electing to become covered savings associations (CSAs). 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,...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Wrote the Perfect Scam and Now Fights It
May 04, 2026

Internet crime losses hit $20.9 billion in 2025, the FBI reported. Most of the damage didn’t come from malware or data breaches. It came from emails, calls and profiles that simply looked right. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Investments
OpenAI Veteran Raises $950 Million for AI Customer Service Agents
May 04, 2026

Customer experience-focused artificial intelligence (AI) startup Sierra has reportedly raised $950 million in new funding. 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,...

Retail
DoorDash AI Accelerates Local Commerce Growth
May 04, 2026

DoorDash has introduced several new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for merchants. 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...

Banking
Eurogroup Chief Says EU Needs Larger Banks and X-Border Mergers
May 04, 2026

Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis says Europe needs larger banks and more cross-border banking mergers. 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...