Authentica, a San Francisco-based startup, launched an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to deliver real-time supply chain visibility and automate compliance amid rising tariffs and trade scrutiny.
The platform ingests emails and shipping documents and uses AI agents to automate key processes across the order-to-delivery cycle, including anomaly detection, tariff...
Markets move fast, but FinTech IPOs move faster.
Tuesday night (Sept. 9), the investing world anxiously waited ahead of a listing slated for Wednesday, and Klarna may set the stage for FinTechs to come knocking on the public market’s door.
As reported by Reuters, investor demand for Klarna’s initial public offering (IPO) was and is robust, with the company signaling it would price at...
Trustly, a global provider of pay-by-bank solutions, and Episode Six, which offers enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure, have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the adoption of pay by bank in the United States.
The collaboration is designed to enable U.S. retail merchants to accept pay by bank through their existing card networks, potentially reducing...
Amazon has announced the debut of Lens Live, a new visual search feature intended to make product discovery faster and more interactive in its shopping app.
The tool enables users to identify and purchase products through real-time image recognition, marking Amazon’s latest effort to weave artificial intelligence (AI) more deeply into online shopping.
The launch builds on the existing...
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday (Sept. 9) called it “the biggest leap ever” for iPhone, but it happened without AI.
Apple’s iPhone 17 launch leaned on hardware and chip performance, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing only a secondary role. Apple executives offered only passing mentions of Apple Intelligence, a shift from last year’s iPhone 16 debut where AI dominated before...
Fraudsters thrive on data deficiencies and underinvestment in cyber defenses.
Companies know this, but they still leave the door open. Security is not a checkbox; it’s a dynamic, data-driven ecosystem.
As findings from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and PYMNTS Intelligence separately revealed, public and private sector organizations have work cut out for them in building a...
The Federal Reserve’s instant payment system is increasing its transaction limit amid growing commercial demand.
The FedNow® Service’s network transaction limit is set to increase from $1 million to $10 million, Federal Reserve Financial Services announced Tuesday (Sept. 9).
This shift, the second increase this year, is designed to let financial institutions and businesses support...
The European Commission has approved DoorDash’s plan to purchase rival food delivery platform Deliveroo.
As Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 9), the approval clears the way for the $3.9 billion deal, first agreed to in May, soon after reports of a possible acquisition first emerged.
The report also noted that this is a significant milestone for the meal delivery industry, allowing...
Anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) need streamlining and modernizing as financial institutions face new threats from cyber criminals and illicit financial networks tied to everything from drug cartels to shadow banking to weapons procurement.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki made these observations Tuesday (...
Entrust has integrated Mastercard Identity insights powered by Ekata into the Entrust Identity Verification Security Platform.
This combination delivers intelligent pre-screening that identifies threats early to strengthen fraud prevention and automates remote onboarding for customers to streamline their onboarding experience, the companies said in a Tuesday (Sept. 9) press release....