News

View the latest news and breaking news today for Payments, Commerce, Retail, Mobile Order, and Technology at PYMNTS.com

Source: pymnts.com

American Airlines Lets Loyalty Program Members Combine Cash and Miles

American Airlines Lets Loyalty Program Members Combine Cash and Miles
American Airlines Lets Loyalty Program Members Combine Cash and Miles
October 02, 2026  |  Travel Payments

American Airlines is going to let eligible members of its AAdvantage loyalty program combine cash and miles when booking flights on its website (aa.com) and...

READ MORE >
Stablecoins Hand Manufacturers a Working Capital Windfall, if CFOs Move
Stablecoins Hand Manufacturers a Working Capital Windfall, if CFOs Move
October 02, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Stablecoins are technically capable of eliminating one of global manufacturing’s oldest financial inefficiencies. The simple, persistent, and compounding friction of money that spends too much...

READ MORE >
AWS Launches AI Agent to Audit Customer Cloud Environments
AWS Launches AI Agent to Audit Customer Cloud Environments
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the public preview of an artificial intelligence-powered service that analyzes the user’s AWS cloud environment and recommends ways to...

READ MORE >
Bank AI Job Postings Jump 49% as Agents Go to Work
Bank AI Job Postings Jump 49% as Agents Go to Work
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Wall Street banks are accelerating artificial intelligence hiring as they shift from chatbots to AI agents. Hiring is expanding beyond model builders to engineers who...

READ MORE >
Job Growth Moderates as Labor Market Remains Stable
Job Growth Moderates as Labor Market Remains Stable
October 02, 2026  |  Economy

Nonfarm payroll, employment in all major industries and the unemployment rate “changed little” in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said Friday (Oct. 2) in...

READ MORE >
Ford and Rockwell Fast-Track Rookie Technicians With AI
Ford and Rockwell Fast-Track Rookie Technicians With AI
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A mechanic at a Ford dealership who has never pulled the engine from a Super Duty pickup can now follow instructions from artificial intelligence (AI)...

READ MORE >
OCC Grants Clean Bill of Health to 13 Banks in Latest Community Lending Audit
OCC Grants Clean Bill of Health to 13 Banks in Latest Community Lending Audit
October 02, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency rated three banks “outstanding” and 10 “satisfactory” in its latest list of banks examined for Community Reinvestment...

READ MORE >
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Tees Up State Leaders’ AI Regulation Plan
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Tees Up State Leaders’ AI Regulation Plan
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

With federal artificial intelligence regulation tied up in Congress, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is spearheading a bipartisan effort among state leaders to fill the void....

READ MORE >