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Wall Street began the year hopeful that 2025 would usher in a wave of dealmaking.
Dealmakers got their wish, as this year has seen an almost record-breaking number of mergers and acquisitions (M...
After weeks of a government shutdown, economic data continue to roll in, and the latest inflation figures sketch a picture that is far from definitive.
In a nutshell, and per Bureau of Labor Statistics data from Thursday (Dec. 18), price growth is cooling overall but leaving consumers still contending with higher costs for everyday essentials.
For households, the read-across is nuanced...
The story of enterprise transformation in 2025 wasn’t just about technology but about who was making the decisions.
Not all companies are moving at the same speed or with the same mindset. The data-backed archetypes that PYMNTS Intelligence uncovered throughout 2025 include Adaptive CFOs to Strategic Movers, Stable Operators and more. They offer a preview of how organizational...
Visa is on track to offer artificial intelligence-enabled commerce to consumers within months and expects that millions of consumers will be using AI agents to complete purchases by the end of 2026.
The company said this Thursday (Dec. 18) while announcing that it and several partners have successfully completed hundreds of agent-initiated transactions.
“This holiday season marks the...
OpenAI has reportedly made deep inroads with American colleges.
The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has sold more than 700,000 licenses for its ChatGPT product to around 35 universities for use by faculty and students, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Dec. 18), citing a review of purchase orders.
The report adds that the true number could be much higher, as private schools’...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a default tool at work because it is delivering measurable productivity gains. New PYMNTS Intelligence survey data shows most employers now encourage AI use rather than merely allowing it, while only a small minority discourage it. At the same time, companies are racing to put policies in place to govern how AI tools, data and workflows are used as...
Meta’s chief AI scientist is reportedly in early talks to raise $585 million for his new startup.
That’s according to a report Thursday (Dec. 18) by the Financial Times (FT), which says this funding would value Yann LeCun’s company — called Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs — at around $3 billion before its official launch.
LeCun, who announced his pending departure from Meta...
Federal regulators are reportedly investigating Instacart’s artificial intelligence (AI) pricing tool.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent the grocery delivery platform a civil investigative demand seeking information about its Eversight tool, Reuters reported Wednesday (Dec. 17), citing sources familiar with the matter.
According to the report, Eversight, a 2022 Instacart...
Geography is becoming as important as strategy in how well companies manage working capital.
Different regions are improving efficiency in different ways and seeing different results.
The latest 2025/26 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index, a Visa and PYMNTS Intelligence collaboration, found that Latin America and the Caribbean now lead the world in working capital efficiency....
Watch more: The Digital Shift: Block’s Brian Boates
Fraud has a new face every day.
Even a highly informed customer can fall victim if an attacker gains access through compromised credentials or weak authentication elsewhere in the system.
“Scammers are having a lot of success trying to take advantage of individuals,” Block Chief Risk Officer Brian Boates told PYMNTS. “…But just as...