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Identity
Latin America May Offer Roadmap for Passkeys to Replace Passwords

The passwordless future has long been promised, but has long been...

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Legal
FTC Gets Court Order to Shutter Company in Student Debt...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Monday (Dec. 9) that at...

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artificial intelligence
AI Takes Out the Trash as Recycling Goes High-Tech  

AMP is giving recycling a robotic makeover.   The Colorado-based company just...

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Regulation
FTC Begins Sending Refunds in Epic Games Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun sending over $72 million...

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artificial intelligence
Puma Unveils AI-Designed Sneaker, Sparking Debate on the Future of...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping how major fashion brands conceive...

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Banking
Reinventing Payments: Breaking Down Banking Infrastructure to Build a Composable...

Banks rely on core tech to handle the basics: transactions, deposits,...

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International
RBC Debuts International, Multicurrency Trading Service for Investors

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) launched an online, multicurrency international...

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Economy
NY Fed: Consumer Optimism About Household Financial Situation ‘Improved Considerably’

Consumers are more optimistic about their household financial situation than they’ve...

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Cryptocurrency
Coinbase Integrates With Triple-A to Expand Crypto Payments

Cryptocurrency payments solution firm Triple-A announced an integration with Coinbase. The...

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artificial intelligence
IBM Says Optics Breakthrough Can Enhance AI Training

IBM said new optics technology research could improve how data centers...

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Subscription Commerce
Rent the Runway Focuses on Subscription Expansion With New Tier

After focusing on cost-cutting and margin improvement from 2020 to 2023,...

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CFPB
CFPB Bans Performant From Servicing or Collecting Student Loan Debt

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) banned Performant Recovery from servicing...

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artificial intelligence
OpenAI Launches Sora Turbo for Video Generation

OpenAI has officially released Sora Turbo, its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered text-to-video...

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Legal
TikTok Wants Incoming Trump Admin to Review U.S. Ban

TikTok wants to put on hold a law that could ban...

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Investments
WaveForms Raises $40 Million for Voice AI Offering

A veteran of OpenAI’s voice assistant project reportedly launched a similar...

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artificial intelligence
Reddit Launches Test of AI-Powered Search Tool

Reddit has launched a test of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational...

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Debt
Banks Tighten Credit Access as Demand for Limit Increases Rises

A dramatic rise in credit card debt over the last several...

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Acquisitions
Food Giant Mondelez Reportedly Exploring Hershey Acquisition

Consumer packaged goods giant Mondelēz is reportedly considering a deal to...

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Economy
Conference Board Reports Biggest Improvement in Employment Trends Since 2022

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI) saw its largest two-month increase...

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Artificial Intelligence
AI Explained: How Attention Mechanisms Took Over AI

In artificial intelligence, one breakthrough has quietly taken the spotlight: attention...

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Cross-border Payments
Banks Tap Stablecoin On-and-Off-Ramp Services to Accelerate Cross-Border Innovation

Few bottlenecks across the payments landscape have been more intractable than...

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Digital Banking
Revolut Aims to Become New Zealand’s First Global Digital Bank

Revolut’s ongoing expansion efforts have the U.K. FinTech focused on New...

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SMBs
30% of Small Businesses Have Filed Beneficial Ownership Information Reports

As of Dec. 1, one month before the Jan. 1 deadline,...

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Real Estate
Macy’s Investor: Company’s Real Estate Surpasses Its Market Value

An activist investor is reportedly pushing Macy’s to focus more on...

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artificial intelligence
AI Being Embraced at Twice the Speed of Web and...

New research shows AI being adopted by the public much faster...

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Cross-border Payments
Banks Fight Back: How Cross-Border Technology Is Challenging FinTech Disruptors

Global financial messaging network Swift said earlier this year that it...

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Shipping
72% of Trucking Companies Expect Digital Payment Systems

The trucking industry is crucial to the national economy, transporting more...

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Money Mobility
New Report: Instant Digital Disbursements Cut Through Government Red Tape

What would a fully digital government payment system look like —...

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Connected Economy
CE 100 Index Gains Ground on Porch Group’s 51% Rally

The CE 100 Index rallied by 2.2% this past week, starting...

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Fraud Prevention
British Think Tank: Paying Whistleblowers Could Be 'Pivotal' in Preventing...

A British defense/security think tank says the country should pay whistleblowers...

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Regulation
Trump Crypto/AI Czar Pick Is Longtime Critic of Regulation

America’s incoming cryptocurrency/AI czar has a resume long on regulatory skepticism,...

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artificial intelligence
AI Adoption Still in 'Very Early' Stages, BlackRock Exec Says

Investment giant BlackRock expects 2025 to be a big year for...

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Cryptocurrency
Coinbase: FDIC Put Brakes on Crypto Banking at US Lenders

Coinbase is reportedly accusing an American financial regulator of hindering cryptocurrency...

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CFPB
CFPB Loses Bid to Reinstate Cap on Credit Card Late...

A federal judge has upheld an order blocking a cap on...

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Social Commerce
TikTok Shop Holiday Spending Jumps Despite Ban Threat

If this is TikTok’s last Christmas in America, it’s not going...

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artificial intelligence
OpenAI Aiming to Eliminate Microsoft AGI Rule to Boost Future...

OpenAI could reportedly give Microsoft access to its as-yet-unrealized artificial general...

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Consumer Finance
Fed Data: Consumer Revolving Credit Jumps to Nearly 14% Annual...

New Federal Reserve data shows American consumers’ credit card debt continuing...

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Retail
Tech Takes the Reins: Digital Innovation Drives Holiday Cheer for...

The holiday shopping season has long been the crown jewel of...

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