Bank Regulation
Upstart Seeks Regulatory Blessing to Become a Bank
March 11, 2026

Digital lender Upstart has become the latest U.S. FinTech seeking a banking charter. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

B2B Payments
Virtual Cards Target Europe’s Business Payments Bottleneck
March 11, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
AI Forensics Takes Aim at Compliance Gridlock
March 11, 2026

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Buy Now Pay Later
BNPL Shifts to Cards and Wallets for New Growth
March 11, 2026

Buy now, pay later has been hitting an adoption wall, and could be losing momentum with the critical Gen Z and millennial age groups. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Fraud Prevention
47% of Merchants Report False Declines Cost Them Sales
March 11, 2026

Fraud prevention is no longer about stopping a single bad transaction. It is about managing risk across an entire payment journey without driving away legitimate customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Payments Innovation
Embedded Finance Now Has to Survive the CFO Audit
March 11, 2026

Embedded finance has matured past its land-grab era. What once began as a race to bolt payments, lending and insurance into digital platforms is now confronting a new reality of being judged not as an innovation experiment, but as operational infrastructure where benchmarks as tangible...

Earnings
LoanDepot Tech Investment Powers Highest Loan Volume Since 2022
March 10, 2026

LoanDepot increased both its loan origination volume and its market share during the fourth quarter and attributed the gains in part to its investment in technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Politics
Microsoft Backs Anthropic Against Pentagon Ban
March 10, 2026

Microsoft said Tuesday (March 10) that a judge should block the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, CNBC reported Tuesday. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

artificial intelligence
Boston Tests If AI Agents Can Unlock City Data
March 10, 2026

City governments have spent years publishing open data, but much of that information remains difficult for residents to use. Boston is now testing whether artificial intelligence agents could change that by turning static datasets into conversational interfaces. If the model works, city data could become...