The Weekender
Love, Lust and Loose Screws: The Weekender’s 10 Best AI Movies of the Past 20...
April 25, 2026

Few technologies generate as much cocktail-party anxiety — and screenplay fuel — as artificial intelligence. Hollywood, naturally, got there first. For the past two decades, movies about AI have doubled as dispatches from the human condition: loneliness, vanity, convenience, grief and the recurring belief that...

Earnings
Western Union Bets on Stablecoins and M&A for Growth
April 24, 2026

Western Union is looking to stablecoins and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for growth after a quarter in which revenue was flat due to a decline in the Americas business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Consumer Insights
Gas Prices Drive Consumer Sentiment Index to All-Time Low
April 24, 2026

The gas price spike drove the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment to the lowest level recorded in its over 73-year history. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Legal
Wisconsin Sues 5 Prediction Markets, Alleging Illegal Sports Betting
April 24, 2026

Wisconsin sued five prediction market platforms and their affiliates Thursday (April 23), alleging that they operate illegal sports betting operations in the state. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Bank Regulation
Banks Can’t Outsource Judgment to Algorithms
April 24, 2026

The growing reliance on automated customer interactions across banks and retailers is now being matched by a change in supervisory expectations, one that places continuous oversight at the center of financial operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Working Capital
Farmer Finance: What Agriculture’s Working Capital Shift Reveals for B2B
April 24, 2026

This isn’t your grandfather’s working capital landscape. The fundamentals of today’s credit and underwriting ecosystem is shaking its earlier anchors to operating cash flow, becoming a function of how effectively firms can mobilize their balance sheets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Investments
Google Doubles Down on Anthropic With New $40 Billion Investment
April 24, 2026

Anthropic and Google confirmed Friday (April 24) that Google is investing $40 billion in the artificial intelligence startup to support its continued growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

artificial intelligence
Insurance Quoting Enters the AI Conversation Layer
April 24, 2026

Getting a price on small business insurance has always meant answering a long list of questions across multiple touchpoints before reaching anyone who could give a number. On Thursday (April 23), Simply Business compressed that process into three data points inside a ChatGPT conversation. Get...

Blockchain
Morgan Stanley Supports Stablecoin Issuers With New Fund for Reserves
April 24, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a new government money market fund designed to meet the needs of payment stablecoin issuers that are looking to invest the reserves that back their outstanding payment stablecoins. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...