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Retail
Unboxing Gifts for the Pet Who Tolerates You

On the holiday gift list, your pet is the only recipient who will neither...

artificial intelligence
Senate Bill Aims to Gather Data About AI’s Impact on...

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday (Dec. 3) would enable the government...

Apple
Dozens of Apple Employees Have Moved to OpenAI and Meta...

The recent series of executive departures from Apple has reportedly been accompanied by moves...

Consumer Insights
Consumers Added to Card Balances Ahead of Holiday Shopping

Overall consumer credit growth slowed in October, but the headline number masks a trend:...

artificial intelligence
Travel Agencies Complement Human Insights with New AI-Powered Tools

Travel agencies are reportedly equipping themselves with new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to hold...

artificial intelligence
AI Agents Can Cheat When Operational Pressure Mounts, Research Shows

In the high-stakes world of financial services, the promise of agentic artificial intelligence (AI)...

Meta
Meta Acquires Limitless to Accelerate Work on AI-Enabled Wearables

Meta reportedly acquired Limitless, a maker of artificial intelligence-powered wearables. Get the Full Story...

Bank Regulation
OCC and FDIC Withdraw ‘Overly Restrictive’ Leveraged Lending Guidance

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance...

Acquisitions
Socure Acquires Qlarifi to Establish Unified Identity and BNPL Credit...

Socure acquired Qlarifi to establish what it called “the industry’s first unified identity, anti-fraud...

Regulation
European Commission Fines X $140M, Alleging Digital Services Act Violations

The European Commission fined social platform X 120 million euros (about $140 million), saying...

artificial intelligence
Anthropic CEO: Why the Enterprise Long Game Beats the AI...

At a moment when the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is dominated by headlines and...

Acquisitions
Stripe Acquires Metronome to Enhance Metered Pricing Capabilities for AI...

Payments infrastructure FinTech Stripe signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metronome, a usage-based billing...

Google
Google Chrome Enables Autofill of Loyalty Card Numbers and Travel...

Google is adding four new features to the autofill function of its Chrome browser...

Economy
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Shoppers Outspend Income as Sentiment Drops

Two reports released Friday (Dec. 5) showed a consumer economy that remains active and...

artificial intelligence
New York Times Sues Perplexity, Alleging Copyright Violations and Damage...

The New York Times sued Perplexity Friday (Dec. 5), alleging that the artificial intelligence...

Technology
Cloudflare Says It Resolved Services Issues Caused by Software Update

Cloudflare said Friday (Dec. 5) that it resolved an incident in which its network...

artificial intelligence
Healthcare AI Shifts Focus From Diagnosis to Workflow

The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has long centered on the vision...

Payments Innovation
To Own or Outsource? Directions in Payment Program Strategy

Launching a payment card program has never been more complex—or more consequential. Between compliance,...

Consumer Finance
America’s Generations Confront the New Pocketbook Crunch

PYMNTS Intelligence surveyed 2,368 United States adult consumers from Sept. 10, 2025, to Sept....

Banking
Banks Lose Millions as Outdated Billing Drains the Bottom Line

Account analysis, a procedural chore tucked deep inside treasury operations, has traditionally been known...

Fraud Prevention
AI Fraudsters Crash Identity Systems Built for Yesterday

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