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A bill introduced in the United States Senate would create a federal task force to combat cryptocurrency scams.
The task force created by the “Strengthening Agency Frameworks for Enforcement of Cryptocurrency (SAFE Crypto) Act“ would bring together Treasury, law enforcement, regulators and private-sector experts in a coordinated effort to stop fraud, according to a Monday (Dec. 15) ...
Health systems are turning to artificial intelligence as rising complexity and labor pressures demand faster, more reliable decisions.
They use AI to predict hospital operations, scale intelligence across networks and personalize cancer care. Digital twins, cloud platforms and multimodal models make that shift possible. PYMNTS looks at three ways AI is changing healthcare.
AI Turns...
Merchants across the Middle East and Africa can now connect to Mastercard’s portfolio of merchant-focused solutions through MoneyHash’s payment orchestration platform.
The capability is enabled by a new partnership between the two companies that facilitates access to Mastercard’s Merchant Cloud platform, according to a Thursday (Dec. 18) press release.
The collaboration eliminates the...
If stablecoins finally had their moment during 2025, it wasn’t the moment most crypto evangelists imagined.
There were no consumer splash campaigns that took off, no breathless promises of “banking the unbanked,” and no viral apps that suddenly made digital dollars part of everyday life.
Instead, the stablecoin economy throughout 2025 was one that was increasingly real, increasingly...
Coinbase filed lawsuits in Connecticut, Michigan and Illinois, challenging each state’s efforts to control or block prediction markets.
Paul Grewal, chief legal officer at Coinbase, said in a Thursday (Dec. 18) post on social platform X that the lawsuits will confirm that “prediction markets fall squarely under the jurisdiction of the [Commodity Futures Trading Commission], not any...
BNP Paribas has rolled out an internal artificial intelligence (AI) portal designed to speed up pitch preparation for its investment bankers, according to a Friday (Dec. 19) report from Financial News.
The move is part of the firm’s wider strategy to embed generative AI into core workflows and leverage partnerships with AI model providers.
The tool aims to reduce the time teams spend...
Coinbase launched a program that helps businesses create their own stablecoins, and, in a separate project, will help Klarna implement stablecoin funding.
The company’s new Coinbase Custom Stablecoins service allows businesses to create custom stablecoins backed by flexible collateral, including USDC and other U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins, custodied by Coinbase, according to a...
Consumers are increasingly comfortable completing purchases directly inside artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, signaling a potential shift in how digital commerce journeys are structured.
A new PYMNTS Intelligence survey of 1,425 U.S. adult consumers conducted from Oct. 14 to Oct. 29 shows that more than half of AI users would prefer to make purchases within a dedicated AI...
FinTech company Mercury has applied for a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and for federal deposit insurance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Mercury aims to combine its existing financial software with the strength and stability of a regulated institution, open and operate a national bank, and become “the bank for...
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said rule changes that will take effect in March 2026 will allow banks and payment service providers to set their own limits for contactless payments.
The change may make it easier for people to pay using contactless, as the rules now give these companies greater flexibility, while retaining consumer protections that require...