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AI Finds Flaws Hiding in the Code Behind 70% of Websites
Cybersecurity // October 22, 2026

Security flaws discovered with the help of artificial intelligence have triggered an urgent, OpenAI-led effort to protect websites worldwide, PYMNTS reported. The scramble exposes how quickly AI can uncover weaknesses in the software that supports online banking, payments and commerce. The vulnerabilities affect PHP, a...

Treso Wants Financial Products to Pay for Doctors’ Software
Healthcare // October 19, 2026

Independent medical practices operate like small businesses, but the financial tools available to them rarely account for how healthcare works. Physicians must manage insurance reimbursements, medical supplies and operating expenses across disconnected systems, often while running lean. Treso, a startup building a financial operating system...

Banks Offer CFOs Programmable Liquidity to Win Corporate Deposits
B2B Payments // October 15, 2026

Corporate cash has become one of banking’s most consequential bargaining chips. The third-quarter earnings season is offering chief financial officers a glimpse of what financial institutions are willing to provide to keep it. Third-quarter results from JPMorganChase, Citigroup and Bank of America suggested that the...

AI Startup Cohere Moves to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm AISLE
Artificial Intelligence // October 15, 2026

AI startup Cohere says it plans to acquire AISLE, a company developing autonomous systems to find and repair vulnerabilities in critical software. The deal is happening at a time when security “is becoming the defining challenge of enterprise AI,” Cohere said in announcing the proposed acquisition Thursday (Oct. 15). “As...

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Treso Wants Financial Products to Pay for Doctors’ Software

October 19, 2026
Independent medical practices operate like small businesses, but the financial tools available to them rarely account for how healthcare works. Physicians must manage insurance reimbursements, medical supplies and operating expenses across disconnected systems, often while running lean. Treso, a startup building a financial operating system for independent physician practices, wants to close that gap. It […]

Payroc Says AI Makes Building Payments Software Easier, but Running It Is Another Story

October 15, 2026
Watch more: Digital Shift with Payroc’s Paul Vienneau The most important question for software companies building payments used to be whether they had the engineers, budget and time to do...

Leela CEO Says AI Can Give FinTechs a 10-Person Compliance Team

October 12, 2026
Compliance remains labor-intensive for financial institutions, which must satisfy multiple regulators and meet extensive documentation requirements. Leela is built to perform much of that work rather than simply provide information....

59% of Firms With AI Fraud Defenses Stop Losses Before They Start

October 09, 2026
Businesses that combine several artificial intelligence tools to fight payments fraud are nearly twice as likely to stop at least 90% of attempted attacks before losing money, according to new...

Quick Reads
AI Startup Cohere Moves to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm AISLE

October 15, 2026
AI startup Cohere says it plans to acquire AISLE, a company developing autonomous systems to find and repair vulnerabilities in critical software. The deal is happening at a time when security “is becoming the defining challenge of enterprise AI,” Cohere said in announcing the proposed acquisition Thursday (Oct. 15). “As organizations move AI from experimentation to production, security has become […]

Xfactrs Debuts Tool to Help Services Firms Plug Revenue Leaks

October 14, 2026
Revenue assurance platform xfactrs argues that services companies are suffering from “revenue leakage” hiding “in the gaps between what’s sold, contracted, delivered, and billed.” To address this issue, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 14)...

Square Launches Voice AI-Equipped Kiosk to Tackle QSR Staffing Shortages

October 14, 2026
Square introduced a new flagship self-service kiosk that features artificial intelligence-powered software, voice capabilities and a large touch display, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 14) press release. Designed...

Spotify Opens Tech Resources to Outside Development Teams

October 08, 2026
Spotify launched a site called Spotify Technology that is designed to open the streaming audio company’s technology to outside research and development organizations, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 7) company...