France and Malaysia investigate Grok for sexualized deepfakes
French and Malaysian authorities launched investigations into Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI and integrated on his platform X, for generating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors...
Plaud launches NotePin S AI notetaker at CES 2026
Plaud launched the NotePin S AI notetaker and a desktop meeting-notetaking application ahead of CES 2026 in Las Vegas to expand its product lineup for capturing meetings.
The NotePin S introduces a ph...
ISOs Trade Terminals for Trusted Adviser Status
Independent sales organizations (ISOs) helped build the modern payments business by doing the unglamorous work: knocking on doors, swapping out terminals and winning accounts on pricing.
Bu...
Visa Says Better Onboarding Decides Who Wins the Digital Wallet
Digital credentials are reshaping payments as consumers gravitate toward payment methods that work instantly, securely and consistently across channels.
That shift is creating a dynamic whe...
Pay by Bank Gains Take but Card Rewards Keep Loyalty
Pay by bank is no longer an unfamiliar concept in U.S. payments, but it has yet to earn a permanent place in consumers’ daily spending habits.
The payment method, which allows consumers t...
Credit Card Installment Use Rises 46% Since Spring 2025
Pay Later has stopped being a seasonal convenience and started to look like a standing line item in how many households manage money.
That is the broader takeaway from PYMNTS Intelligence�...
Payroll Data Is Becoming a New Signal for the Financial System
For decades, payroll has been treated as administrative plumbing — essential, regulated and largely invisible. It is something companies do every two weeks, employees fret about as they wait, and fi...
