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OCC Encourages Community Banks to Consider Developing Payment Stablecoin Capabilities
Days after issuing the final rule to implement the GENIUS Act, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) encouraged community banks to develop payment stablecoin capabilities. “The OCC wants community banks to help shape the futur
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 03:21RedotPay Targets $5 Billion Valuation in Crypto IPO
Cryptocurrency company RedotPay is considering filing for a confidential initial public offering in the United States by the year’s end, Bloomberg reported Monday (Oct. 26). Hong Kong-based RedotPay, which offers physical and virtual cards
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 03:00Ripple Equips Its Treasury Tool With New Capabilities
Blockchain company Ripple has announced new capabilities for its treasury product. The updated Ripple Treasury allows businesses to manage cash, payments and liquidity around the clock, the company said in its announcement Monday (Oct. 26).
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 02:42Mastercard Launches Creator Card Project With MrBeast
Mastercard has launched a creator-focused partnership with YouTube superstar MrBeast. This effort will see Mastercard and MrBeast’s Beast Industries collaborate on new consumer and creator co-brand card programs, experiences and tools, the
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 02:07Anthropic Eyes $40 Trillion Market as Revenue Surges Ahead of IPO
Anthropic’s filed its paperwork to go public Monday (Oct. 26), becoming the first frontier artificial intelligence (AI) lab to seek a listing. Its prospectus disclosed $16.3 billion in revenue for the first six months of 2026 against $1.16
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 01:46Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Workers Outside Data Centers and Sales
Microsoft will offer buyouts to 60,000 workers on select teams, generally ones that are not involved with data centers, sales or marketing, Bloomberg reported Monday (Oct. 26), citing a Microsoft spokesperson. The buyouts are being offered
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 01:42Walmart Turns Black Friday Into 3-Part Shopping Event
Walmart has announced what it calls “three major holiday shopping events” for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “Walmart research shows that 60% of shoppers say the price of gifts and holiday purchases affects how they feel about the season, w
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 01:13NYC’s Proposed POWER Act Would Open New Front for Business Litigation
New York City businesses could face an expansion of private litigation over unfair, deceptive and abusive practices under proposed legislation that would reach beyond financial services. The POWER Act, short for People and Organizations Win
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 01:12Elavon Readies B2B Push With Embedded Payments for SAP Solutions
Elavon has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program and plans to embed its payments capabilities into SAP applications, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 26) press release. The planned integration with SAP Digital Payments Add-On and Open Paymen
PYMNTS · Published 10/27/2026, 00:26Subprime Consumers Keep Paying Cards Despite Budget Pressure
Subprime consumers continue paying their credit cards even as many struggle to cover everyday bills. PYMNTS Intelligence’s May report, “Who Is the Subprime Consumer? A Behavioral Profile,” found that 55% of subprime consumers lived paycheck
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 23:51Virginia Orders AI Cybersecurity Plan as States Fill Federal Safety Gaps
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered a statewide cybersecurity strategy to address threats from artificial intelligence, adding to states’ efforts to fill preparedness gaps left by the absence of comprehensive federal AI guardrails. Exe
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 23:34Meta Aims to Raise $95 Billion to Pursue New AI Opportunities
Meta is planning to raise $95 billion to support its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. The tech giant announced its fundraising plans Monday (Oct. 26), saying it planned to raise $35 billion in underwritten public equity offerings, befo
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 23:17Anthropic Files IPO Showing $16.3 Billion Six-Month Revenue and $80.7 Billion Net Loss
Anthropic filed for a proposed initial public offering Monday (Oct. 26) without setting a price range. The artificial intelligence startup filed its Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Announcing the IPO filing in a press
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 22:44Revolut Expands UK Banking Business With Personal Loans
FinTech Revolut debuted its first credit product since becoming a licensed United Kingdom bank, according to a Monday (Oct. 26) press release provided to PYMNTS. The company’s unsecured personal loans offering allows users to borrow between
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 21:46Electrum Wallet Bug Tricks Users Into Signing Over Payments
A flaw in bitcoin software wallet Electrum reportedly allowed cybercriminals to dupe users into signing over payments. As CoinDesk reported Monday (Oct. 26), Electrum revealed this vulnerability over the weekend, saying some servers had beg
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 20:58Who’s Responsible When AI Agents Go Rogue?
Watch more: Need to Know With ClawSecure’s JD Salbego Warning: This story will go fairly deep into the details of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) and agentic security. And another warning: You need to go there. Here’s why. An employee
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 16:03AI Shoppers Emerge as Distinct UAE Customer Segment
A merchant can add another digital shopping channel without necessarily changing the customer it serves. Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping presents a different reality, as the consumers using it behave differently from the average shopp
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 16:01Retailers See Declined Payments but Miss the Second Chance to Save the Sale
Commerce firms can often see a payment fail. The opportunity lies in what they can do next. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “How These Industries Are Turning Payments Failures Into Recovers,” the October edition of The Orchestration Advantag
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 16:00Parents Split on What Makes Buy Now, Pay Later Options Attractive
Pay later providers competing on monthly payment size, total cost and interest-free terms face different definitions of an attractive offer — even among households with children. Monthly payment amount is the leading consideration for 34% o
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 16:00AI Agents Take On Healthcare’s Paperwork So Doctors Can Focus on Patients
This week The Prompt Economy focuses on healthcare. It’s here that agentic AI is affecting payments, research, care protocols and the patient experience. It’s early days, but as you will see, progress is accelerating. So is identifying the
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 16:00Walmart Takes On Prime With $120 Subscription Bundle
Walmart has begun offering customers the chance to combine Walmart+ and Sam’s Club Plus memberships into a single subscription.` Such a move is a “direct shot” at Amazon Prime, Brett Rose, founder and CEO at wholesale distributor United Nat
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 09:16Apollo Says AI Has Shown ‘Zero’ Payoff Outside Tech
Corporate America has invested heavily in artificial intelligence in the last few years. So far, these efforts haven’t yielded much in the way of results, Apollo Global Management Chief Economist Torsten Slok wrote in a note Saturday (Oct.
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 08:48Wonder Plans IPO and Aims to Be Fully Autonomous by 2040
Food startup Wonder has reportedly set its sights on going public amid wider expansion plans. As CNBC reported Sunday (Oct. 25), the company is also eyeing an “aggressive” expansion in Texas and a subscription program that allows diners to
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 08:26Block’s Voice AI Wins Praise and Triggers Scam Concerns
Payments company Block has introduced an artificial intelligence model trained solely using human conversation. Dessa, as the model is known, learned to hold real-time conversations just by listening, Block said in its announcement Friday (
PYMNTS · Published 10/26/2026, 07:54