Artificial Intelligence
March Madness 2026: AI and Prediction Markets Replace the Office Pool
March 07, 2026

If March Madness is America’s annual reminder that probability is a prankster, the Final Four is when the prank starts charging subscription fees. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

artificial intelligence
Who Made This Song? Platforms Start to Label AI Music
March 06, 2026

An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated country song reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart last fall, and few listeners knew the song was created by a machine. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Challenges Security Giants With New AI Agent
March 06, 2026

OpenAI introduced an application security agent designed to build deep context about the user’s project to identify complex vulnerabilities and minimize false positives. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

B2B Payments
CFOs See Month-End as the Front Line of Finance Automation
March 06, 2026

The month-end close remains one of the most labor-intensive processes in finance. 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...

Cryptocurrency
Alchemy Pay Hits 15 Money Transmitter Licenses With Delaware Win
March 06, 2026

Alchemy Pay, a payment gateway that connects cryptocurrency with traditional fiat currencies, announced Tuesday (March 3) that it obtained a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in Delaware. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Economy
Job Losses Set to Test Consumer Confidence and Spending
March 06, 2026

The latest labor market figures delivered an unexpected turn, with payrolls shrinking in February and the unemployment rate ticking higher, raising new questions about whether consumer confidence and spending power can maintain their steadiness. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Economy
Consumer Discretionary Brands Face Steepest Earnings Slump Since 2020
March 06, 2026

Companies in the S&P 500 consumer discretionary sector are lagging behind other sectors in earnings due tohigh costs and soft demand, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Artificial Intelligence
Stripe Introduces Billing Tools to Meter and Charge AI Usage
March 06, 2026

Stripe has introduced new artificial intelligence (AI)-focused metering and billing capabilities inside Stripe Billing, giving software companies infrastructure to charge for AI consumption the way cloud providers charge for compute: by the unit, in real time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Cryptocurrency
FinTech and Big Finance Fight to Own the Stablecoin Stack
March 06, 2026

Stablecoins can no longer be viewed as a single product category. Recent developments point to their emergence as the foundation for a multi-layered infrastructure system, similar to the early architecture of the internet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...