Retail Spending Pause Shows Consumers Picking Their Spots

Retail Spending Pause Shows Consumers Picking Their Spots
Retail Spending Pause Shows Consumers Picking Their Spots
August 14, 2026  |  Economy

July’s retail sales decline landed in the middle of a much more deliberate reset in household spending. Consumers are still buying, in select categories. But...

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Western Union’s Intermex Deal Stalls in California
Western Union’s Intermex Deal Stalls in California
August 14, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Western Union’s pending acquisition of International Money Express (Intermex) has received regulatory approval from New York but faces further review by California, Western Union said...

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US AI Labs Cut Prices 25% in 1 Month to Fend Off Chinese Rivals
US AI Labs Cut Prices 25% in 1 Month to Fend Off Chinese Rivals
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Consumers are paying nearly 25% less for artificial intelligence models from leading U.S. labs than they were in mid-July, following price cuts announced by OpenAI...

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OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Tops $40 Billion as IPO Nears
OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Tops $40 Billion as IPO Nears
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is now on pace to bring in annualized revenue of more than $40 billion, roughly double its run rate from the end of 2025....

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SoFi Teaches Its AI Coach to Read the Financial Room
SoFi Teaches Its AI Coach to Read the Financial Room
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

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Merchants Find Revenue Hiding Behind the Decline Button
Merchants Find Revenue Hiding Behind the Decline Button
August 14, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

In a fragmented payments environment, how intelligently infrastructure decides what should happen to every transaction is becoming a key definition of payments performance and success....

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Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

CFOs have stopped treating generative artificial intelligence returns as one date circled on the calendar. By December, 39.1% expected very positive returns within one to...

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From AI Assistants to Operational Agents: Where Issuers Can Act Now
From AI Assistants to Operational Agents: Where Issuers Can Act Now
August 14, 2026  |  Opinion

Success with agentic AI will depend on how well banks redesign their operational foundations, Thales Head of AI-Driven Operations Platform Amélie Tournant Fourel writes in a...

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Younger Members Push Credit Unions Toward Crypto Services
Younger Members Push Credit Unions Toward Crypto Services
August 14, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Crypto has a funny way of arriving before the meeting agenda catches up. Many credit union members have already made room for it, even as...

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