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Since the sector’s very inception, the story of digital assets has been one of promise, hype and volatility.
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum captured the imagination of technologists and speculators but rarely gained traction in the everyday economy. Stablecoins, tokens pegged to fiat currencies, offered a more practical bridge, yet remained trapped in regulatory uncertainty...
Enterprises may be cautious about adopting agentic artificial intelligence browsers, due to worries about the technology’s autonomy, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Thursday (Sept. 4).
Speaking with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Arora said that while consumers might like to have an agentic browser that can perform tasks for them, enterprises will be wary, CNBC reported.
“I think unless...
PYMNTS Intelligence has tracked a shift in consumer expectations as they navigate online and offline commerce: They expect rewards and personalized offers.
For enterprises, loyalty has become a tangible tool in driving repeat visits and deeper engagement across restaurants, hotels and beyond. Loyalty now stands as a battlefield where merchants compete for customers’ attention and...
Baseten secured $150 million in a Series D funding round to scale its inference platform and its team to meet growing demand for inference, the process of running artificial intelligence (AI) models.
This round nearly triples the company’s valuation from where it was six months ago, bringing it to $2.15 billion, according to a Friday (Sept. 5) press release.
Baseten’s platform is...
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Most of the digital economy’s spotlight falls upon the glamorous. Think viral content, multimillion-dollar games and tournaments, blockbuster game launches, and influencer-driven brand deals.
But behind the glitz lies a stubborn bottleneck, the thorny question of getting money from companies...
Middle-market companies are caught between tariffs, interest rates and jittery supply chains, and how they borrow money says as much about their outlook as their balance sheet.
The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Lending in Uncertain Times: Strategic Shifts in U.S. Middle-Market Financing,” part of The 2025 Certainty Project, surveyed 60 payment executives at companies with revenues...
A trading week shortened by the Labor Day holiday brought slight gains to the FinTech IPO Index, which gained 0.5% overall.
Opendoor surged more than 48%, continuing a volatile streak of stock swings to and fro. The stock, which has achieved meme status, was noted this week on sites such as Yahoo Finance, which reported that Eric Jackson, the founder of EMJ Capital, has been...
For transformation to succeed, it needs to move beyond hype to hard numbers.
After all, executives can overestimate short-term gains and underestimate long-term phase-shifts when it comes to digital innovation.
But the PYMNTS Intelligence August 2025 CAIO Report, “From Experiment to Imperative: US Product Leaders Bet on Gen AI,” reveals that the adoption curve of generative artificial...
Dynamic pricing is having a dynamic week. On one hand, it has moved further into the mainstream, with FIFA confirming that tickets for the 2026 World Cup will fluctuate with demand. At the same time, California lawmakers killed two bills targeting algorithmic price-setting and narrowed a third to cover only grocery stores. The twin developments capture the policy-market split now shaping how...
Lululemon Athletica aims to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to enhance its ability to develop new products and bring them to market.
While reporting that the athletic apparel, footwear and accessories company is “not happy with the current results in the U.S. business,” Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald said Thursday (Sept. 4) during an earnings call that it is making...