Consumer sentiment fell back 5.8% this month, ending a three-month positive streak and offsetting all the gains registered during that time, according to final March data from the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers released Friday (March 27). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
OpenAI is set to expand the markets in which it offers advertising in ChatGPT after seeing the results of its pilot in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
German embedded finance platform Solaris is cutting 20% of its workforce, about 80 roles out of 400, as it transforms itself into an “AI-native bank,” Tech.eu reported Wednesday (March 25). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Shopify launched Tinker on Thursday (March 26), a free mobile app that replaces the fragmented AI subscription stack most merchants currently navigate with a single guided environment for building brand assets, storefronts, social content and visual identity from plain-language inputs. Get the Full Story Complete...
David Sacks has left his role as White House special advisor for AI and crypto and shifted to a new role as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Anthropic executives are considering taking the company public as early as the fourth quarter, The Information reported Thursday (March 26), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Data from PYMNTS Intelligence shows that consumer artificial intelligence has crossed a critical threshold: 54% of U.S. adults now use AI for personal tasks, marking a shift from experimentation to everyday utility. At the same time, usage intensity is deepening. The average user now relies...
Mastercard is reportedly looking to divest much of the real-time payments business it acquired from Denmark’s Nets Group in 2019, marking a significant strategic pivot away from certain European instant payment infrastructures and towards emerging digital asset opportunities. The potential sale, initially reported by The...
In the early days of regulated online gaming in the United States, payments were less a utility than a bottleneck. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
