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Experian acquired AtData, a data and intelligence company employing “email insights technology,” according to a Monday (Feb. 23) news release.
“Verified, real-time email insights represent one of the most powerful digital identity signals,” the release said. “The acquisition expands Experian’s vast data and identity assets, adding over 10 billion email addresses worldwide. AtData’s...
Crypto.com says it has gotten conditional governmental approval for a bank charter.
The conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) allows the digital assets company to charter Foris Dax National Trust Bank, doing business as Crypto.com National Trust Bank, Crypto.com announced Monday (Feb. 23).
“With this conditional approval, Crypto.com clears a...
OpenAI is collaborating with four consulting firms to help it deploy its Frontier enterprise platform.
The artificial intelligence (AI) startup on Monday (Feb. 23) announced partnerships with Boston Consulting Group (BGC), McKinsey...
A consumer receives a text message that appears to come from her bank. The tone is urgent. The link opens a convincing login page. Credentials are entered. Moments later, a transfer request appears inside what seems to be a trusted session.
Across town, a mid-sized business CFO reviews an invoice from a long-standing supplier. The amount aligns with prior payments. The banking details...
Modern furniture brand Article now offers Klarna’s flexible payment options at checkout in the United States and Canada.
With these options, Article customers can choose to pay in full, split purchases into four interest-free payments or finance larger orders over time, the companies said in a Monday (Feb. 23) press release.
“Our goal has always been to make shopping for modern...
Digital transformation often comes with a deceptively simple pitch. Move a formerly analog industry online, unlock transparency and let network effects do the rest.
When it comes to the freight sector, digital platform Freightos has been among the most persistent champions of that idea. Its latest fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings released Monday (Feb. 23) suggest that its...
The European Central Bank is reportedly examining the risks banks face from the AI sector.
The ECB is asking lenders for further details on their loans to areas such as data centers, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Feb. 23), citing sources familiar with the matter.
At the same time, the ECB is holding workshops to see how banks are employing artificial intelligence, the report added....
As noted in a recent Tracker from PYMNTS Intelligence and Velera, credit unions (CUs) are at a critical inflection point in their modernization journeys. Driven by rising member expectations for digital-first, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled and embedded financial experiences, CUs are having to make innovation an increasingly urgent priority. At the same time, many FinTechs, encountering...
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Paysafe’s Bob Legters
The landscape of payments innovation is one shaped by the tension between the perception of frictionless innovation and the reality of legacy rails.
Bob Legters, chief product officer at Paysafe, told PYMNTS during a conversation for the What’s Next in Payments series February edition, “Word of the Year,” that this tension...
Transit systems around the world are moving away from cash and paper tickets.
Instead, they’re moving toward modernized payments tied to bank-issued contactless cards and digital payments that let riders tap and pay with what they already carry.
Bank-issued contactless cards and digital form factors such as smartphones and wearables are becoming the gateway to buses, subways and trains...