Year: 2026

Smaller Retailers Fear Fuel Costs Will Dampen Holiday Sales
Smaller Retailers Fear Fuel Costs Will Dampen Holiday Sales
November 06, 2026  |  SMBs

America’s smaller retailers could be facing a tough holiday season due to high shipping costs. That’s according to a report Friday (Nov. 6) from CNBC,...

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DraftKings Stock Plunges 20% as $700 Million Prediction Markets Bet Tests Investor Patience
DraftKings Stock Plunges 20% as $700 Million Prediction Markets Bet Tests Investor Patience
November 06, 2026  |  Earnings

DraftKings is betting hundreds of millions of dollars on customers it may not be allowed to serve with the same products two years from now....

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How Banks Can Avoid Sending a Stablecoin Payment Twice
How Banks Can Avoid Sending a Stablecoin Payment Twice
November 06, 2026  |  Banking

Binance stopped withdrawals after attackers stole $6.3 billion in digital assets on Oct. 30. The cryptocurrency exchange restored access in stages. By Monday (Nov. 2),...

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FBI Charges Three in $129 Million AI Impersonation Scam
FBI Charges Three in $129 Million AI Impersonation Scam
November 06, 2026  |  Identity theft

The FBI accused three people of orchestrating a long-running $129 million artificial intelligence-powered impersonation scam, according to a Thursday (Nov. 5) press release from the...

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Aave Labs Acquires Avon Tech to Take On-Chain Lending Mainstream
Aave Labs Acquires Avon Tech to Take On-Chain Lending Mainstream
November 06, 2026  |  Blockchain

Aave Labs has acquired the team and technology behind Avon to further its efforts to bring on-chain lending to a mainstream audience, Aave Labs said...

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Fraud Costs Financial Institutions More Than Money
Fraud Costs Financial Institutions More Than Money
November 06, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

A card issuer can give an artificial intelligence shopping assistant permission to buy a customer’s groceries without giving it a card number it could use...

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Why Data Access Isn’t Enough for AI Readiness
Why Data Access Isn’t Enough for AI Readiness
November 06, 2026  |  Opinion

Connecting artificial intelligence to a knowledge base is only the starting point for AI readiness, i2c VP of Operations Pam Guinn writes in a new PYMNTS...

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Affirm CEO Expects AI Shopping Agents to Favor Interest-Free Installments
Affirm CEO Expects AI Shopping Agents to Favor Interest-Free Installments
November 05, 2026  |  Earnings

Affirm CEO Max Levchin expects more purchases to be financed with interest-free installment loans as consumers delegate shopping to artificial intelligence agents. He said agents...

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Anthropic IPO Faces $500 Billion Valuation Hit After Tech Stocks Plunge
Anthropic IPO Faces $500 Billion Valuation Hit After Tech Stocks Plunge
November 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The valuation or the timing of Anthropic’s planned initial public offering could be impacted by Thursday’s (Nov. 5) selloff of tech stocks, according to multiple...

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