Visa Direct Accelerates Cross-Border Money Movement With Stablecoin Prefunding

Visa Direct Accelerates Cross-Border Money Movement With Stablecoin Prefunding
Visa Direct Accelerates Cross-Border Money Movement With Stablecoin Prefunding
October 15, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Visa has begun rolling out stablecoin-enabled prefunding that makes stablecoin-powered money movement available for businesses that run cross-border payments through Visa Direct, the company said...

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Stripe Teams With Plasma To Unveil Multi-Currency Stablecoin Cards
Stripe Teams With Plasma To Unveil Multi-Currency Stablecoin Cards
October 15, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Stripe is teaming with Plasma to introduce multi-currency stablecoin cards. The new cards, announced Thursday (Oct. 15), are designed to give people and businesses an...

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Google Launches Intelligent Shopping Cart for Search and Gemini App
Google Launches Intelligent Shopping Cart for Search and Gemini App
October 15, 2026  |  eCommerce

Google began rolling out its Universal Cart in the United States Thursday (Oct. 15), making it available in Google Search and in the Gemini app,...

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Meta Sends Its AI Agent After Denied Insurance Claims
Meta Sends Its AI Agent After Denied Insurance Claims
October 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A denied insurance claim, a dense lease or a confusing medical bill can take hours of reading, phone calls and follow-up. Meta wants its artificial...

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U.S. Bancorp Says AI Agents Aren’t Moving Consumer Deposits Yet
U.S. Bancorp Says AI Agents Aren’t Moving Consumer Deposits Yet
October 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

U.S. Bancorp’s consumers continued to spend during the third quarter, even as the bank carried more card balances and saw an increase in early-stage card...

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NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Delay IPO and Focus on AI Safety
NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Delay IPO and Focus on AI Safety
October 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine is calling on Anthropic to delay its initial public offering and focus its energies on artificial intelligence safety issues...

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UK’s Neobanks Eye Expansion As Small Business Lending Grows
UK’s Neobanks Eye Expansion As Small Business Lending Grows
October 15, 2026  |  SMBs

Some of the U.K.’s digital lenders to small businesses have reportedly reached profitability more quickly than consumer-focused FinTechs. That’s according to a report Thursday (Oct....

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FIS and Anthropic Debut Money Laundering Investigation Agent
FIS and Anthropic Debut Money Laundering Investigation Agent
October 15, 2026  |  AML

An artificial intelligence agent developed by FIS and Anthropic is now commercially available to any bank based in the United States, according to a Thursday...

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BoE Warns Banks Against AI Cybersecurity Risks
BoE Warns Banks Against AI Cybersecurity Risks
October 15, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

England’s central bank is warning lenders they shouldn’t assume they are invulnerable to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyberattacks. Sarah Breeden, deputy governor of the Bank of...

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