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Commercial Lending Moves Toward Continuous Underwriting

October 27, 2026
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OpenAI and Anthropic Want the Junior Banker’s 2 a.m. Shift
Artificial Intelligence // October 26, 2026

Wall Street’s next generation of artificial intelligence companies is taking shape around three businesses, including those that own financial data, those that turn it into research and analysis, and those that control the proprietary content investors rely on to make decisions. The emerging market includes...

Retailers See Declined Payments but Miss the Second Chance to Save the Sale
Payment Methods // October 26, 2026

Commerce firms can often see a payment fail. The opportunity lies in what they can do next. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “How These Industries Are Turning Payments Failures Into Recovers,” the October edition of The Orchestration Advantage Series done in collaboration with Spreedly, found that commerce...

States Move to Rein in Rogue AI as Federal Guardrails Lag
News // October 23, 2026

States are developing safeguards against artificial intelligence agents that evade human control, stepping into a regulatory gap left by Congress amid growing concerns over cybersecurity, public infrastructure and government data. California is evaluating independent audits and mechanisms for shutting down advanced AI models, while a...

Boeing, Microsoft Aim AI at Airlines’ $3.1 Billion Repair Bill
Artificial Intelligence // October 21, 2026

Boeing wants airlines to catch mechanical problems before they ground a jet. The aircraft maker announced in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release the launch of Dataliner, an artificial intelligence-powered platform built with Microsoft that pulls an airline’s maintenance and fleet data into one view....

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Commercial Lending Moves Toward Continuous Underwriting

October 27, 2026
A commercial borrower’s finances keep changing after a loan is approved, as invoices are collected, inventory is purchased and payroll comes due. Continuous underwriting brings that activity into the purview of credit reviews. Payment receipts, account balances and operating records offer lenders information about repayment capacity between scheduled reviews, with implications for credit limits, financing […]

Retailers See Declined Payments but Miss the Second Chance to Save the Sale

October 26, 2026
Commerce firms can often see a payment fail. The opportunity lies in what they can do next. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “How These Industries Are Turning Payments Failures Into Recovers,”...

Payment Data Can Keep Merchants Tied to Their Processors

October 20, 2026
A merchant can negotiate a better payment processing rate and still face an expensive move if its saved customer credentials are tied to its existing provider. That tension sits at...

Accounts Payable Holds the Key to Smarter Working Capital Decisions

October 15, 2026
Watch more: Trusted Data Comes Before AI Payment Decisions  Moving money used to be the product. Today, it’s becoming a commodity. “Execution itself is becoming commoditized. The durable value sits...

Quick Reads
Lawmakers Urge Google and Spirit Airlines to Pause Data Sale

October 08, 2026
A Google spokesperson told PYMNTS on Thursday (Oct. 8) that the company has already taken measures to address concerns about the company’s purchase of data from Spirit Airlines. The spokesperson said this after more than 100 U.S. lawmakers called on the CEOs of Spirit Airlines and Google to halt the transfer of information related to […]

St. Louis Fed Adapts FRED Database for AI Agents

October 01, 2026
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) has introduced a FRED MCP Connector that uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to simplify connecting FRED data with artificial intelligence systems, Federal Reserve Board...

Hacked FBI Data Exposes Sensitive Details on Employees

September 23, 2026
A trove of data allegedly stolen from the FBI includes detailed information about employees working on sensitive intelligence, counterespionage and security operations, Reuters reported Wednesday (Sept. 23). The data, obtained...

DoorDash Hands Brands Live Shelf Data and Retail Insights

September 23, 2026
Local commerce platform DoorDash introduced a platform that provides brands with purchase-based signals from consumer orders and audit-based signals from shelf scans, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 23)...