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Debt
CBO Says Debt Limit Change Probably Needed by August or...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Wednesday (March 26) that if...

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Personnel
FTC Taps Litigators for Competition and Consumer Protection Roles

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appointed deputies to its competition...

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Travel Payments
WEX and Engine Team to Help Truckers Cover Travel

Business and group travel platform Engine has joined forces with commerce platform WEX. The...

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Shipping
UPS Rolls Out Tool to Help Shoppers Avoid Surprise Tariffs

UPS is debuting a tool to help online shoppers view the...

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CFPB
Rep. Andy Barr Says Bills Would Create ‘Transparent, Law-Abiding CFPB’

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., said Wednesday (March 26) that three bills he...

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artificial intelligence
Beyond Words: AI Shows Facial, Vocal Cues of Central Bankers...

A picture is worth a thousand words. In the world of...

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B2B Payments
Visa and Extend Form Middle-Market-Focused Virtual Card Pact

Virtual card and spend management platform Extend says it has launched...

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Business
House Financial Services Committee Aims to Improve Access to Capital

The House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) is reviewing more than 40...

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Security & Fraud
Report: DOGE Staffer Linked to Cybercrime Ring

According to digital records, a prominent member of Elon Musk’s Department...

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Payment Methods
Burbank Raises $6 Million to Tackle Online Fraud and Chargebacks

Welsh FinTech Burbank has raised $6 million to bring “tap and...

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Regulation
Utah Governor Signs Bill to Regulate Earned Wage Access Industry

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed an earned wage access bill...

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Faster Payments
Executive Order Seeks Faster, Safer $175 Billion in Government Disbursements

The size and scope of paper checks sent in the service...

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Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Inks Deal to Bring Its AI Model to Databricks...

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has launched a five-year partnership with...

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Personnel
US Treasury Readying ‘Substantial’ Round of Layoffs

The U.S. Treasury is preparing sweeping layoffs, the latest in a...

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B2B Payments
TreviPay Adds Advanced Purchase Controls to B2B Payments Network

TreviPay has added advanced purchase controls to its B2B payments and...

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Economy
Investment Banks Reportedly Weigh Job Cuts as Dealmaking Stagnates

Wall Street banks are reportedly gearing up to cut staff amid...

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Biometrics
Trustly to Pilot Biometric Solution in Finland Before European Rollout

Trustly will begin piloting a biometric solution in Finland this month...

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Cryptocurrency
Fidelity Reportedly Preparing to Debut In-House Stablecoin

Asset manager Fidelity Investments is reportedly preparing to launch its own stablecoin. The...

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Loans
PayPal’s Merchant Lending Solutions Top $30 Billion in Loan Originations

PayPal said Wednesday (March 26) that it has passed $30 billion...

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Retail
Dollar Tree Sells Family Dollar to Private Investors for $1...

A decade after acquiring Family Dollar for more than $8 billion,...

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artificial intelligence
Three Macro Trends in GenAI for Financial Services

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and agentic models are revolutionizing financial services,...

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Acquisitions
Grab Reportedly Seeking $2 Billion to Acquire Rival GoTo

Singapore-based ride-hailing/delivery platform Grab is reportedly trying to raise funds to acquire rival GoTo....

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Personnel
Block Cuts 8% of Staff Citing ‘Strategy’ and ‘Performance’ Reasons

Financial services company Block has reportedly laid off 8% of its workforce. The...

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Authentication
Consumers Struggle with Passwords and Fraud Prevention — Metal Payment...

Fraud involving stolen login credentials points to the issues with traditional...

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B2B Payments
Legacy Systems vs Digital Demands: The B2B Payments Dilemma

There’s a paper jam happening along the B2B innovation journey. While...

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Consumer Payments
Fitting the Bill: How Automated Bill Presentment and Payment Are...

Bill pay is a routine fact of life for consumers, but...

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Cybersecurity
Future of Bank Security Is Being Written by Ethical Hackers

Historically, banks built security the same way they built vaults: thick...

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Retail
Amazon Grabs 16.2% of Clothing Sales, Leaving Walmart Behind

While the narrative of Amazon’s ascendance in discretionary spending and Walmart’s...

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Consumer Insights
Consumers’ Food Habits Are Changing With Return to the Office

With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, return to office has...

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Amazon
Amazon Seized More Than 15 Million Counterfeit Products in 2024

Amazon continued its fight against counterfeit goods in 2024 by using...

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eCommerce
CarParts.com Shifts Focus to New Customers, B2B and Mobile App

CarParts.com is working to expand its customer base and reduce its...

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Bitcoin
GameStop Board Votes to Add Bitcoin as Treasury Reserve Asset

GameStop said in a Tuesday (March 25) press release that its board voted...

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Disbursements
Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate Paper Checks for Treasury...

The federal government will stop issuing paper checks for disbursements, effective...

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Artificial Intelligence
Beyond the Hype: What CFOs Should Know About AI Agents

When chief financial officers (CFOs) consider implementing agentic artificial intelligence (AI),...

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Partnerships
Google Cloud and CME Group Pilot Distributed Ledger for Trading

Google Cloud and derivatives marketplace CME Group said Tuesday (March 25) that they...

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Artificial Intelligence
Paid Raises $10.8 Million to Scale Financial Infrastructure for AI...

Paid announced its launch and said it raised 10 million euros...

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Partnerships
FedEx Teams With Blue Yonder on ‘Box-Free’ Returns Program

FedEx introduced a service to make it easier for customers to...

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artificial intelligence
OpenAI Adds New Image Generation Capabilities to GPT-4o

OpenAI has added new image generation capabilities that are native to...

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