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GenAI’s Retail Revolution Expands to B2B Marketplaces
Artificial Intelligence // January 16, 2025

Artificial intelligence’s business utility is no longer the realm of futuristic speculation, particularly across online retail. “AI has moved from being a hypothetical idea to solving pragmatic problems,” Alex Hase, general manager of the Americas at Mirakl, told PYMNTS during a discussion for the series...

Small Banks and Credit Unions Turn to Direct Issuing for Top-of-Wallet
Credit Cards // January 15, 2025

For banks and credit unions looking to modernize, the timing has never been better. “Banks want to offer more competitive products, increase profitability and, critically, own the customer experience — especially credit unions that place a premium on member satisfaction,” Dan Hanks, senior vice president...

FIS: Payments Sector Needs New Way of Thinking
Opinion // January 14, 2025

FIS FinTech platform Atelio arose from innovative thinking around embedded finance, FIS EVP and Chief Business Officer Roy Ng writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Innovation Mindset: How to Achieve It in 2025.”   The world has fundamentally changed, and it’s not returning to...

3 Reasons Now Is the Golden Age of B2B Procurement
B2B Payments // January 13, 2025

Digital transformation’s impact is typically specific to each sector, company or workflow. But no matter how granular and varied the effect, embracing innovation can help businesses turn formerly tactical processes into strategic elements of organizational growth. This is especially true within procurement. Traditionally seen as...

Interviews & Exclusives
GenAI’s Retail Revolution Expands to B2B Marketplaces

January 16, 2025
Artificial intelligence’s business utility is no longer the realm of futuristic speculation, particularly across online retail. “AI has moved from being a hypothetical idea to solving pragmatic problems,” Alex Hase, general manager of the Americas at Mirakl, told PYMNTS during a discussion for the series “When Chatbots Go Shopping: How GenAI Is Shaking Up the […]

Small Banks and Credit Unions Turn to Direct Issuing for Top-of-Wallet

January 15, 2025
For banks and credit unions looking to modernize, the timing has never been better. “Banks want to offer more competitive products, increase profitability and, critically, own the customer experience —...

FIS: Payments Sector Needs New Way of Thinking

January 14, 2025
FIS FinTech platform Atelio arose from innovative thinking around embedded finance, FIS EVP and Chief Business Officer Roy Ng writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Innovation Mindset: How to...

How Real-Time Data Impacts Liquidity Performance

January 08, 2025
The premise of the 2002 film “Minority Report” revolves around using advanced predictive technology to stop crimes before they occur. While the story, originally by sci-fi writer Phillip Dick, focuses on...

Quick Reads
ServiceNow to Acquire Cuein to Enhance AI Agents

January 17, 2025
ServiceNow plans to further the development of its artificial intelligence agents by acquiring Cuein. Cuein’s experience in AI native conversation data analysis and insights will enhance the ability of ServiceNow’s AI agents to understand and process data from customer interactions, transforming that data into actionable insights, the companies said in a Friday (Jan. 17) press […]

Advise Raises $1.6 Million for Consumer Goods SaaS Platform

January 09, 2025
Advise, an Irish software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for consumer goods makers, raised 1.55 million euros (about $1.6 million). The funding will help the company develop its artificial intelligence-powered SaaS platform, designed...

Knowify Integrates Construction Management Platform With Intuit Enterprise Suite

January 06, 2025
Construction management platform Knowify announced its integration with Intuit’s suite of financial products for growing businesses, Intuit Enterprise Suite. The integration will provide construction businesses with a single, unified platform...

Food Service Tech Firm PAR Acquires Delaget for $132 Million

January 02, 2025
Food service technology company PAR Technology acquired Delaget, a restaurant analytics provider. The $132 million deal closed Tuesday (Dec. 31), according to a Thursday (Jan. 2) press release. “The acquisition...