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Customers Bank Taps OpenAI to Reengineer Commercial Banking Operations
Banking // April 27, 2026

Pennsylvania-headquartered Customers Bank plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) across its commercial banking operations in a new multiyear strategic collaboration with OpenAI. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Walmart Simplifies Streaming Ads for Mid-Sized Business
Walmart // April 27, 2026

Walmart Connect has added two new resources for connected TV (CTV) advertisers: a curated marketplace within Walmart DSP called Connect Select and an expanded number of integrations with technology partners. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

FinTech Land Grab Intensifies as Deal-Making Rewires Platforms
Acquisitions // April 27, 2026

Recent FinTech dealmaking has been marked by firms pursuing acquisitions that extend control across payments, data, incentives and settlement. The strategies are arcing toward determining how transactions are created and how they are completed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

CFOs Suffer From Consumption as Tech Teams AI Tokenmaxx
artificial intelligence // April 27, 2026

Enterprise software helped redefine corporate billing and make it CFO-friendly. Annual licenses, multi-year agreements and seat-based pricing models created a stable cost structure that finance teams could forecast with reasonable accuracy. Even cloud computing, for all its variability, eventually settled into patterns that procurement and...

Interviews & Exclusives
56% of SMBs Want More Flexible Card Programs

April 23, 2026
For small businesses, the next credit story may not be about getting approved. It may be about finding a card that finally works the way the business does. 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 […]

Banks Risk Slowing the Emerging Middle Market Firms Driving Growth

April 22, 2026
Emerging mid-market growth is getting brake-checked, but not just by internal systems. Increasingly, it’s the financial infrastructure and product offerings supporting them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

37% of Businesses Say Instant Payments Strengthen Security

April 21, 2026
For many businesses, the story around instant payments may be shifting from fear to familiarity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Paysafe Says AI Wins Depend on Culture, Not Code Alone

April 21, 2026
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Quick Reads
BMO Launches Platform to Help Small Businesses Manage Banking

April 27, 2026
BMO has debuted a platform for small and midsized enterprises (SMEs) and emerging middle market (EMM) customers. 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 […]

Customers Bank Taps OpenAI to Reengineer Commercial Banking Operations

April 27, 2026
Pennsylvania-headquartered Customers Bank plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) across its commercial banking operations in a new multiyear strategic collaboration with OpenAI. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Walmart Simplifies Streaming Ads for Mid-Sized Business

April 27, 2026
Walmart Connect has added two new resources for connected TV (CTV) advertisers: a curated marketplace within Walmart DSP called Connect Select and an expanded number of integrations with technology partners....

JPMorgan and ACI Team to Combat Real-Time Payment Fraud

April 26, 2026
ACI Worldwide and JPMorgan Chase have launched a partnership to combat payment fraud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...