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Amazon Bedrock Launches AI Agent Payment Capabilities With Coinbase, Stripe
Amazon Payments // May 07, 2026

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced in a Thursday (May 7) company blog post a set of tools designed to allow artificial intelligence agents to conduct financial transactions autonomously. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Fazeshift Secures $22 Million to Automate Accounts Receivable Workflows
Investments // May 07, 2026

San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Fazeshift has secured $17 million in Series A funding to automate accounts receivable (AR) and other financial tasks, bringing its total capital raised to $22 million, according to a Thursday (May 7) press release. Get the Full Story Complete...

Overcharged and Underserved: Remitly’s New CEO Sees a Big Opening in Cross-Border Payments
Cross-border Payments // May 07, 2026

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Big Tech’s Personal AI Agents Are Coming for the to-Do List
Artificial Intelligence // May 06, 2026

Google and Meta are building personal artificial intelligence agents, moving at the same time toward the same idea of an assistant that operates in the background, handles tasks without being asked twice, and gets sharper at anticipating needs the longer it runs. Get the Full...

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34% of CFOs Say Productivity Is the Top Reason for AI Adoption

May 08, 2026
The real story in artificial intelligence is not adoption, but how unevenly companies are learning to live with it. 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, […]

Overcharged and Underserved: Remitly’s New CEO Sees a Big Opening in Cross-Border Payments

May 07, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Remitly’s Sebastian Gunningham Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Anthropic Races OpenAI to Capture the Banking’s Services Core

May 06, 2026
Anthropic’s launch this week of 10 financial services-focused artificial intelligence agents is the kind of product announcement that may mean more than the product itself. Get the Full Story Complete...

PayPal’s New CEO Starts With a $1.5B Cleanup

May 05, 2026
PayPal’s first-quarter earnings announcement, conference call commentary and guidance Tuesday (May 5) described a company in the midst of an overhaul. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Amazon Bedrock Launches AI Agent Payment Capabilities With Coinbase, Stripe

May 07, 2026
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced in a Thursday (May 7) company blog post a set of tools designed to allow artificial intelligence agents to conduct financial transactions autonomously. 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 […]

Fazeshift Secures $22 Million to Automate Accounts Receivable Workflows

May 07, 2026
San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Fazeshift has secured $17 million in Series A funding to automate accounts receivable (AR) and other financial tasks, bringing its total capital raised to...

PhonePe AI Agent Cuts Payment Gateway Integration to Minutes

May 06, 2026
PhonePe launched an artificial intelligence agent that enables merchants to integrate the company’s payment gateway through a conversational interface. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Amex Debuts AI Training Programs for Small Businesses

May 06, 2026
American Express is introducing new artificial intelligence (AI) training and education programs for small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...