A saved haircut on Pinterest now comes with a script for the stylist. Pinterest launched Beauty Guides on Tuesday (Oct. 6), PYMNTS reported. The artificial intelligence tool turns hair and nail Pins into step-by-step plans that users can bring to the appointment. Users open a...
Pinterest says it wants to help its beauty-focused online users employ that knowledge offline. The social media platform on Tuesday (Oct. 6) launched “Beauty Guides,” described as an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered experience that “turns hair and nail Pins into personalized, actionable guides” to help users...
TikTok has introduced an in-app checkout solution and an artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, saying in a Monday (Oct. 5) press release that these are the first of several agentic commerce experiences the company is adding to its platform. The in-app checkout solution, Buy Direct, allows users to buy...
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse became shorthand for the digital bank run. Billions of dollars left quickly while warnings and speculation circulated online. Three years later, an independent review is challenging the connection between those two events. “[W]hile many postmortem accounts have asserted that social media...
September 15, 2026
For Generation Z, the search for a new credit card is extending beyond bank websites, comparison sites and direct mail into social feeds, where influencers are becoming another source of information about which cards are worth considering. Among Gen Z consumers who changed their primary credit card, 22% used organic social media or influencer content […]
August 17, 2026
Digital wallets have made the phone a familiar place to pay. X Money is testing whether a social platform can claim a place in that payment routine. Consumers already have...
August 12, 2026
For small businesses in the United States, the clearest growth opportunities increasingly sit beyond the storefront. “Why Main Street’s Digital Survivors Are Pulling Ahead: Four Years of Small Business Data”...
April 03, 2026
The front door to financial services is widening to include social media platforms, marked by payments integrations and new movements into lending. PYMNTS Intelligence data shows that consumers engage across...
October 21, 2026
Meta’s chief legal officer said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that it is “all but impossible to do business” in New Mexico after a court ordered the company to pay $25 billion in a case brought by the state’s attorney general. The case brought by New Mexico alleged that Facebook violated the state’s Unfair Practices Act nearly 44 […]
October 07, 2026
A saved haircut on Pinterest now comes with a script for the stylist. Pinterest launched Beauty Guides on Tuesday (Oct. 6), PYMNTS reported. The artificial intelligence tool turns hair and...
October 06, 2026
Pinterest says it wants to help its beauty-focused online users employ that knowledge offline. The social media platform on Tuesday (Oct. 6) launched “Beauty Guides,” described as an artificial intelligence...
October 05, 2026
TikTok has introduced an in-app checkout solution and an artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, saying in a Monday (Oct. 5) press release that these are the first of several agentic commerce experiences the company...
