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Australian bank NAB has launched a collaboration with FinTech lender Plenti. The partnership, announced Wednesday (July 24), lets Plenti’s customers make faster loan repayments via NAB’s pay-by-bank offering PayTo. “Plenti is the first NAB business customer to integrate the new account-to-account payment solution in its online lending platform, allowing its customers to make real-time payments via PayTo to pay down […]

Never let a crisis go to waste, as the adage goes. And when it comes to cybersecurity best practices and procedures, recent digital disruptions — from CrowdStrike’s Microsoft outage to AT&T and beyond — can teach enterprises a lot about fortifying their defenses and recovery plans. After all, it was just Monday (July 22) that the Federal […]

The Security Summit has issued a stern warning to tax professionals, urging them to heighten their awareness of indicators of identity theft as part of the ongoing “Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself,” initiative. The IRS and its coalition of partners emphasized the shifting strategies of identity thieves, who are targeting tax professionals to access detailed […]

Lakera has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round to expand its offerings in the real-time generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications security category. This round brings the firm’s total funding to $30 million, and the firm will use the new funding to accelerate its product development and go-to-market strategy, Lakera said in a […]

Salesforce has launched an AI-focused partnership with enterprise software firm Workday. The collaboration, announced in a news release Wednesday (July 24), will see the two companies develop an artificial intelligence (AI) employee service agent that will automate time-consuming tasks, offer personalized support, and provide “surface data-driven insights that help employees work smarter and faster.” According […]

Married parents are emerging as the leading demographic for apparel retailers, demonstrating a preference for clothing and accessories purchases compared to other household types, and merchants are adapting accordingly. By the Numbers  “The Last Transaction: Family Spending Habits Reveal Merchant Opportunities in Retail and Travel,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report, draws on insights from a study […]

Fold, which describes itself as a “bitcoin financial services company” is set to go public. The company plans to list on Nasdaq after merging with publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp, Fold announced in a news release Wednesday (July 24). “By integrating bitcoin across traditional financial services, Fold acts as a key point […]

Cart.com has made its proprietary warehouse and transportation management systems available as standalone offerings. These modules — Constellation WMS and Constellation TMS — join the company’s distributed order management system, which is called Constellation OMS, as standalone software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, Cart.com said in a Wednesday (July 24) press release. The three solutions can be used independently or together, according to the release. “For […]

Competition authorities from the United States, European Union and United Kingdom have joined forces to address potential antitrust issues in artificial intelligence (AI), while tech companies like Meta express concerns over stringent regulations in Europe. In a rare joint statement, top officials from the three regions on Tuesday (July 23) outlined concerns about market concentration […]

As Best Buy looks to turn its sales around, the electronics retailer is rethinking its relationship to its customers as shoppers’ expectations have evolved, prioritizing providing inspiration over product education. The retailer announced Tuesday (July 23) a range of branding and user experience changes. This includes a shift in focus, with the company observing that […]

Shoplifting surged by 30% in England and Wales over the last year, a government agency reported Wednesday (July 24). Leaders of a retail trade union and a convenience store trade association attributed the increase in part to insufficient police presence and a too-high threshold for prosecuting shoplifters. There were 443,995 shoplifting offenses reported during the […]

Pearl, an AI startup focused on the dental industry, has raised $58 million. The company announced its Series B in a news release Wednesday (July 24), saying it would use the funding to expand its line of dental artificial intelligence (AI) products. “At present, Pearl’s machine learning and computer vision tools solve a core challenge […]

As consumers cut back on many premium products in the face of ongoing economic challenges, luxury chocolate brand MarieBelle New York is benefitting from shoppers’ desire to enjoy high-end experiences without breaking the bank. In an interview with PYMNTS for this week’s Shop Talk, Maribel Lieberman, the brand’s founder, said shoppers seeking luxury experiences, either […]

Great Britain’s financial regulator has just made it harder for banks to shutter branches. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its “access to cash” rules Wednesday (July 24), requiring banks to hold off on branch closures until they can demonstrate that communities would still have free access to alternative cash sources. “Three million people continue […]

Billie’s B2B buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution has been integrated with Stripe and is now available on that financial infrastructure platform to select customers in Europe. The new solution will be tested by select online shops and marketplaces in Germany, Franceand the Netherlands throughout the summer before being made available to other businesses running […]

Google’s years-long effort to remove third-party cookies on Chrome was once termed the “Cookiepocalypse.” Third-party cookies are small data files that track users across various websites, and have been a cornerstone of digital marketing campaigns and inbound and outbound sales. These cookies have enabled businesses to gather detailed user information and serve personalized ads, as […]

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) company that aims to use the technology to help creators produce, distribute and merchandise their work. The company, Lumi Story AI, will provide AI tools to help creators produce their work and will handle the logistics of distribution and merchandising via its platform, according […]

Fiserv’s momentum with its Clover point of sale technologies continues to help underpin revenue growth, while management charted a path for its partnership with Apple, enabling new Apple Pay functionalities. CEO Frank Bisignano said on the conference call with analysts that clients have been “engaging in some of our traditional businesses as new ways to […]

Spain’s antitrust regulator has opened an investigation into Apple’s App Store. The probe, announced Wednesday (July 24) by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), is the latest in a series of similar actions by regulators involving the tech giant’s online store. The CNMC says it wants to determine whether Apple’s App Store practices violate the country’s defense of competition […]

Elon Musk is asking users of his social media platform if his car company should invest in his AI platform. The world’s richest man launched the non-binding, informal poll on X — formerly Twitter — late Tuesday (July 23), hours after saying during an earnings presentation that Tesla would continue its artificial intelligence (AI) investments. “Should Tesla invest $5B […]

Mastercard has unveiled a new approach to identify compromised payment cards, leveraging a combination of generative artificial intelligence and graph technology. The company reports that this method has doubled its detection rate for compromised cards before they can be used fraudulently. The new technique could have far-reaching implications for the broader commerce landscape. Online and […]

CrowdStrike says a glitch in test software led to last week’s massive IT outage. The cybersecurity company released a report Wednesday (July 24), five days after a crash affected 8.5 million Windows machines around the world, leading to chaos at banks, airports and hospitals. “CrowdStrike delivers security content configuration updates to our sensors in two ways: Sensor Content that is […]

Digital wallets are becoming popular among consumers in the United Kingdom. In fact, nearly half (44%) of consumers in the country expect to continue using these wallets to carry out financial transactions in the next three years. But these tools have the potential to allow consumers to do so much more than just make payments. […]

A year after its launch, the FedNow® Service, the instant payment service introduced by the U.S. central bank last July 20, has seen 900 banks sign up and connect to the new rails. Seth Perlman, global head of product for i2c, told PYMNTS that the sign-ups bode well for faster payments — but getting to 7,000 […]

In a world inundated with data, traditional methods of financial crime detection are becoming inadequate. Financial crime remains a challenge for financial institutions (FIs) worldwide, evolving in complexity and scale with each passing day. This shifting threat landscape means that advances and innovations designed to give detecting, preventing and combating financial crime a shot in […]