Agentic Ai news and trends

What Businesses Can Learn From the OpenClaw Story
artificial intelligence // February 19, 2026

The OpenClaw story went viral for the wrong reasons. Headlines fixated on AI agents forming a religion, encrypting their communications and building their own social network. The spectacle was real. So was the distraction it created from the more consequential story underneath it. Get the...

Interface.ai Debuts Agentic AI Collection Tool For Credit Unions
artificial intelligence // February 19, 2026

Community bank and credit union technology company interface.ai, has debuted a new collection tool. 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...

What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
artificial intelligence // February 18, 2026

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Businesses Move to Rein In AI in the Shift to Autonomous Finance
artificial intelligence // February 18, 2026

As enterprises hand artificial intelligence agents the authority to initiate payments, approve refunds, route compliance alerts and coordinate workflows across finance, HR and operations, a new question is emerging inside boardrooms and audit committees: How do you control an agent acting at the machine speed?...

Interviews & Exclusives
AI Turns Websites Into Adaptive Sales Engines

February 17, 2026
Digital marketing has a blind spot. 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, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of […]

Why Voice Is the New Middleware of Commerce

February 17, 2026
Voice technology has spent a decade as a high-tech novelty, a hands-free way to set timers or check the weather that consistently hit a ceiling at the point of transaction....

OpenAI and Cisco Back Standards to Scale Agentic AI

February 16, 2026
Right alongside the immense promise of agentic AI is the issue of trust. CFOs, according to PYMNTS Intelligence, are gaining it. So are consumers. As the issue of trust continues...

37 Percent of Power Users Make AI Their Primary Finance Tool

February 12, 2026
The novelty phase of conversational artificial intelligence has officially ended, giving way to a more formidable market phase: structural reliance. While nearly half of U.S. consumers have now interfaced with...

Quick Reads
Interface.ai Debuts Agentic AI Collection Tool For Credit Unions

February 19, 2026
Community bank and credit union technology company interface.ai, has debuted a new collection tool. 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, you agree to receive marketing […]

Render Raises $100 Million to Build Cloud Tech for AI Agents

February 17, 2026
Cloud technology company Render has raised $100 million in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Anthropic Pushes Into India With Airline and Startup Pacts

February 16, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic has opened its first office in India. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Salesforce Advances AI Expansion With Cimulate Deal

February 11, 2026
Salesforce plans to strengthen its investment in Agentforce Commerce by acquiring Cimulate, a company focused on artificial intelligence-powered product discovery and agentic commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form...