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AI-related issues have reportedly delayed the long-awaited launch of Apple’s smart home display device.
As Bloomberg News reported Monday (May 9), the device had been scheduled to launch last year but was put on hold while Apple worked on developing an updated version of its Siri digital assistant, a crucial part of the smart home display’s interface.
Apple had hoped to unveil the...
Nitra announced Tuesday (March 10) that it raised $187 million for its artificial intelligence-native operating platform for healthcare practices.
This total includes a $50 million Series B round, a previously unannounced $22 million Series A round completed in August, $20 million in venture debt and an expanded $95 million warehouse facility, the company said in a Tuesday press...
AMI, an AI startup founded by Meta’s former chief scientist, has raised $1.03 billion.
The company announced the new funding Tuesday (March 10), saying it would help it build artificial intelligence (AI) systems that “understand the world, have persistent memory, can reason and plan, and are controllable and safe.”
AMI (Advanced Machine Intelligence) was founded by Yann LeCun, who...
The question of who is allowed to connect directly to the core settlement systems that move money across the United States has historically been a straightforward one, and it came with just one answer. Regulated banks.
But the March 4 news that Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City granted a master payment account to Kraken Financial, the banking arm of the cryptocurrency exchange...
How do Americans feel about the economy right now? That may depend on whether they remember the rise of disco and the fall of parachute pants.
The new PYMNTS Consumer Expectations Index (PCEI) from PYMNTS Intelligence looks at how people are feeling about the economy. It’s not just a measure of their optimism but also of whether they have the financial freedom and security to act on...
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Picture a manufacturing company with $4 million sitting in accounts receivable, another $2 million tied up in supplier invoices, and a growth opportunity on the table that requires capital within 30 days.
The question facing that company’s leadership isn’t whether the money exists. It’s whether anyone knows...
Just months before Block’s dramatic announcement of letting go of 40% of its workforce, a growing number of large companies said they were ready for artificial intelligence (AI), yet many admitted they were still writing the workforce playbook as they went.
That is the central tension in PYMNTS Intelligence’s report, titled “No Roadmap, No Problem: How Enterprises Are Reinventing the...
Every day seems to bring another announcement about artificial intelligence agents that can search, compare and buy on a consumer’s behalf.
The momentum is real. So is the attention. But much of that attention has centered on the technology itself, the interfaces consumers may use and the possibility of a faster path from intent to purchase. What has received less attention is the...
Life has a way of introducing expenses without regard for timing, and household budgets increasingly bear reality in mind. From routine car maintenance to medical bills, unexpected costs have become part of how consumers plan, save and manage cash flow.
According to the January 2026 Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report from PYMNTS Intelligence, “How Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living Turns Small...
The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is considering suing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over the banking regulator’s decisions to allow crypto, payment and FinTech companies to operate under national bank trust charters, The Guardian reported Monday (March 9), citing an unnamed source.
BPI and other banking groups have argued that these licenses could put consumers and...