Agentic Ai news and trends

Santander and Visa Complete LatAm Agentic Transaction Use Instant Payments
Partnerships // March 12, 2026

Visa and Santander have launched an agentic commerce partnership in Latin America. 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 this form,...

Amazon Injunction Could Change the Future of Agentic Commerce
Amazon // March 11, 2026

Amazon won an early legal victory this week when a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity from using the Comet browser’s artificial intelligence shopping agent to access password-protected parts of Amazon’s site and make purchases on behalf of users. Get the Full Story...

The Next Battle in Credit Won’t Be for Top of Wallet
Credit Cards // March 11, 2026

The credit industry has spent decades competing for something consumers were never actually optimizing for. 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,...

Boston Tests If AI Agents Can Unlock City Data
artificial intelligence // March 10, 2026

City governments have spent years publishing open data, but much of that information remains difficult for residents to use. Boston is now testing whether artificial intelligence agents could change that by turning static datasets into conversational interfaces. If the model works, city data could become...

Interviews & Exclusives
Papa Johns Thinks the Next Great Pizza Topping Is Software

March 09, 2026
Quick-service restaurants operate in a tough environment. Margins are tight, labor is scarce, and customer expectations continue to rise. For large brands, technology and digital capabilities increasingly shape how they can compete and grow. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — […]

AWS, Google Signal Healthcare’s Shift to Agentic AI

March 09, 2026
Agentic AI is starting to look less like a future promise in healthcare and more like a practical answer to a familiar problem: too much staff time spent on paperwork,...

Samsung and Perplexity Push New Agentic Tools Into Phones and the Cloud

March 02, 2026
It was a big week in The Prompt Economy, with big moves from big companies making big claims. None were bigger than Samsung, which used its user conference to herald...

Perplexity Challenges OpenClaw With Managed AI Agent

February 25, 2026
Perplexity AI introduced Computer, a new product designed to complete complex assignments with limited human supervision, and it sets up a clear contrast with a fast-growing open-source rival known as...

Quick Reads
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. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this […]

Santander and Visa Complete LatAm Agentic Transaction Use Instant Payments

March 12, 2026
Visa and Santander have launched an agentic commerce partnership in Latin America. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Amazon Injunction Could Change the Future of Agentic Commerce

March 11, 2026
Amazon won an early legal victory this week when a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity from using the Comet browser’s artificial intelligence shopping agent to access password-protected...

Meta Acquisition Brings Moltbook Founders to Superintelligence Labs

March 10, 2026
Meta has reportedly acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-like social network built for artificial intelligence agents that made headlines in late January. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...