Retail
Ulta Beauty AI Personalization Drives Double-Digit eCommerce Surge
March 12, 2026

Digital upgrades and artificial intelligence contributed to Ulta Beauty’s better-than-planned financial performance in the fourth quarter, Ulta Beauty President and CEO Kecia Steelman said Thursday (March 12) during an earnings call. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Amazon
Amazon May Move Prime Day to Late June
March 12, 2026

Amazon plans to hold its annual Prime Day sale a month earlier, scheduling it for late June this year rather than July as it did last year, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 12), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

artificial intelligence
Wonderful Raises $150 Million to Help Enterprises Deploy AI Agents
March 12, 2026

Enterprise artificial intelligence agent platform Wonderful raised $150 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate its global expansion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Artificial Intelligence
Proprietary Data Shields Software Leaders From AI Disruption, S&P Says
March 12, 2026

S&P Global Ratings said artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to impact software companies on a case-by-case basis rather than causing a sector-wide decline in credit ratings, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Anthropic, Google and OpenAI Bet Big on India
March 12, 2026

Silicon Valley’s leading artificial intelligence companies are rapidly expanding their presence in India as they compete for access to what may be the world’s most important growth market for AI outside China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
Earnings Show AI Lending Platforms Scaling Originations
March 12, 2026

Earnings season. drawing to close, has offered up a detailed look at how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping credit underwriting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Meta
Meta AI Writes Listings and Sets Prices for Facebook Marketplace Sellers
March 12, 2026

Facebook Marketplace has added four new Meta AI-powered features for sellers. 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...

Healthcare
Algorithms Now Argue Over Your Medical Bill
March 12, 2026

Artificial intelligence is moving into the financial mechanics of healthcare payments, and the stakes are measured in billions. Hospitals are deploying the technology to maximize reimbursement, while insurers use their own AI systems to audit claims and challenge charges, turning a decades-old conflict over medical...

Investments
Cryptio Secures $45 Million to Fix Digital Asset Accounting
March 12, 2026

Cryptio raised $45 million in a Series B funding round to continue growing its financial data transformation and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications for regulated digital assets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...