personal finance

This AI Agent Ends Subscriptions Without a Phone Call

This AI Agent Ends Subscriptions Without a Phone Call
This AI Agent Ends Subscriptions Without a Phone Call
August 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Most personal finance apps have worked the same way for years: a dashboard showing what a consumer spent. The actual decision, whether to cancel a...

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OpenAI Buys Personal Finance Platform Hiro
OpenAI Buys Personal Finance Platform Hiro
April 14, 2026  |  Partnerships

OpenAI has acquired artificial intelligence-(AI) powered personal finance startup Hiro Finance. The deal will see Hiro’s team join OpenAI, founder Ethan Bloch said in a...

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Visa’s Pismo Helps Vivi Money Launch New Financial Platform
Visa’s Pismo Helps Vivi Money Launch New Financial Platform
March 23, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Australian FinTech Vivi Money has debuted a financial platform built on infrastructure from Visa-owned Pismo. The new offering is connected to Visa’s global payments network,...

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Data Highlights the Divide Between ‘Choice’ and ‘No Choice’ for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
Data Highlights the Divide Between ‘Choice’ and ‘No Choice’ for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
December 31, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

For much of the past decade, “living paycheck to paycheck” has functioned as shorthand for low wages. PYMNTS Intelligence’s research this year suggests something more...

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Rising Prices Leave a Third of Consumers Saving Less
Rising Prices Leave a Third of Consumers Saving Less
October 24, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Americans are sorting themselves into distinct budgeting tribes, and not all are thriving. The latest PYMNTS Intelligence Paycheck to Paycheck 2025 report finds that while more consumers...

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OpenAI Buys Personal Finance App Roi
OpenAI Buys Personal Finance App Roi
October 07, 2025  |  Partnerships

OpenAI has acquired artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personal finance app Roi. That’s according to an announcement from Roi co-founder/CEO Sujith Vishwajith last week in a post...

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Crypto Momentum Reshuffles PYMNTS Finance Apps Ranks
Crypto Momentum Reshuffles PYMNTS Finance Apps Ranks
August 11, 2025  |  Mobile

With so many companies reporting earnings over the last two weeks — including the new entry, Chime — we thought it would be a good...

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Monarch Money Raises $75 Million to Grow Financial Wellness Platform
Monarch Money Raises $75 Million to Grow Financial Wellness Platform
May 23, 2025  |  Investments

Monarch Money has raised $75 million in a Series B funding round to continue growing its financial wellness platform. The company will use the new...

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