In the digital economy, not every war is fought over market share. Some are fought over principle, some over pricing and some, let’s be honest, because an adult in a black turtleneck or Patagonia vest simply cannot let that one comment go. Payments, banking and tech are supposed to be the sober plumbing of modern The post The Digital Economy’s Longest-Running Grudge Matches appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Ticket reseller Vivid Seats’ debt sank after the company reported its fourth quarter and full year 2025 results Thursday (March 12), Bloomberg reported Friday (March 13). The earnings missed estimates and guided for weaker results this year, according to the report. Vivid Seats reported declines across key operational and financial metrics in a Thursday earnings release. Compared to the same quarter a The post Vivid Seats Cuts Costs as Net Losses Mount appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Target will begin lowering prices on 3,000 items this month in its latest move to support the company’s long-term, sustainable growth. The price reductions will generally be between 5% and 20% and will span select items across apparel, home, shoes, and “everyday essentials” such as baby items, household essentials and pantry staples, the retailer said The post Target Accelerates Growth Plan With Price Cuts appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Rox, a startup developing artificial intelligence (AI) agents for sales functions, closed a funding round late last year that valued it at $1.2 billion, TechCrunch reported Thursday (March 12), citing unnamed sources. At the time of the fundraise, Rox was expected to have annual recurring revenue of $8 million at the end of 2025, The post Rox Secures $1.2 Billion Valuation as AI Sales Agents Scale appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

FedEx plans to embed artificial intelligence (AI) agents into more than half of its operational workflows by 2028, a move that signals how large enterprises are beginning to deploy AI not just as software tools but as systems that execute operational work. The logistics giant is integrating agentic AI into core processes such as The post FedEx Plans Agent Workforce in Over 50% of Workflows by 2028 appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

An attempt to secure Senate passage for the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) by attaching it as an amendment to a bipartisan housing bill failed, the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) said in a Friday (March 13) newsletter shared in a post on social platform X. CCCA amendment fails, pushback on state interchange bans, and The post Senate Passes Housing Bill Without CCCA Amendment appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

There was little change in job openings in January, as they increased by 396,000, rebounding from the five-year low recorded in December and reaching 6.9 million, according to Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data published Friday (March 13) by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The job openings rate was 4.2%. Private job The post Hiring Remains Flat While Layoffs Edge Down in January appeared first on PYMNTS.com.