Artificial intelligence may or may not take your job, but it has already broken into the human resources department and vandalized the org chart. The evidence is all over LinkedIn, where perfectly serviceable occupations now arrive wearing titles such as “forward-deployed and agentic AI architect.” That person may be building sophisticated software. They may also […]The post AI Is Coming for Your Job Title appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Regions Financial Corp. reported continued growth in customers’ digital usage and transactions during the second quarter, with President, CEO and Chairman John M. Turner highlighting its online banking and mobile app offerings as “key initiatives that are central to our long-term strategy.” Speaking during a Friday (July 17) earnings call, Turner said surveys ranked Regions No. 1 among regional banks in online […]The post Regions Bank’s Mobile Upgrade Drives Digital Transactions to 80% appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

With the Senate set to go on recess in three weeks, after Aug. 7, the Clarity Act is still facing several hurdles, Bloomberg reported Friday (July 17). Several Democrats involved in the negotiations said they have reservations about the latest version of the cryptocurrency bill, particularly around ethics issues and President Donald Trump’s involvement with crypto […]The post Ethics Battle Freezes Clarity Act Ahead of Senate Recess appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Fifth Third Bancorp is seeing early results of its merger with Comerica, is making progress on the integration and is set to launch its systems conversion over Labor Day weekend, Fifth Third Chairman, CEO and President Tim Spence said Friday (July 17) during a second-quarter earnings call. “When we announced our merger with Comerica nine months ago, we made […]The post Fifth Third Sees Comerica Merger Wins Ahead of Labor Day Conversion appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Given free rein, AI agents can research products, compare prices and fill out forms. They’re thwarted the moment a task requires a login. Until now, the only options have been handing over the password and accepting the security risk, or taking over the keyboard every time a sign-in screen appears, defeating the point of having […]The post AI Agents Finally Get Access Without the Password appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Consumer sentiment improved by 10% in early July, marking the second consecutive month of 10% jumps, according to preliminary results for the month from the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. The Index of Consumer Sentiment was gauged at 54.4, the highest reading since February’s 56.6. July’s improvement was driven by “easing price pressures at […]The post Consumer Sentiment Jumped 10% in July Before Gas Price Hikes appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Legal spending was once a simple professional-services line item for CFOs. Now it’s an operating problem. Compliance rules, cybersecurity duties, artificial intelligence (AI) governance and a growing patchwork of state enforcement actions are pushing mid-market finance chiefs to rethink how legal work enters the company, how outside counsel gets managed and how risk gets measured. […]The post The $100 Million CFO Rewrites the Rules on Legal Spend appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

FIS has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and is using the artificial intelligence company’s most advanced frontier model, Mythos 5, to secure its own systems. Project Glasswing is Anthropic’s initiative that allows select organizations that build or maintain foundational software to use the company’s most advanced AI models for defensive security work, FIS said in a […]The post FIS Deploys Anthropic’s Mythos 5 to Strengthen Global Financial Infrastructure appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Live shopping is the television home shopping experience rebuilt for the internet. A host goes live on a platform, demonstrates a product, takes questions from viewers in the comments and offers a limited-time deal. Viewers buy with a single tap, without leaving the stream. The format collapses the distance between discovery and transaction to mere […]The post Watch. Comment. Buy. AI Powers Live Shopping’s Encore appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

European investment firm Lakestar has closed a $300 million Resilience I Fund designed to invest in defense and dual-use technologies that enhance Europe’s resilience capabilities, the company said in a Friday (July 17) post on LinkedIn. “As [Klaus Hommels], our founder and chairman, wrote last year: freedom is not for free,” Lakestar said in the […]The post VC Firm Lakestar Raises $300 Million to Fund European Tech Sovereignty appeared first on PYMNTS.com.