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Artificial intelligence is reducing the time and cost of financial research, but the data behind that research is becoming more valuable. Two investments announced Thursday (Oct. 22) illustrate the shift. London ...

The Federal Trade Commission is expanding its antitrust enforcement operations to Dallas, establishing a regional presence for competition investigations and litigation as the agency seeks closer cooperation with state authorities. The ...

A hacking group known as CyberCartel reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI) agents from several high profile tech companies to automate cyberattacks on Latin American businesses. That’s according to a report Wednesday ...

Microsoft Corp. could face sweeping new competition restrictions in the United Kingdom after British regulators proposed placing its business software operations under enhanced oversight, raising fresh questions about the technology ...

Truist exited its third quarter with higher deposits, continued growth in consumer spending and stable underlying credit quality. An earnings call Friday (Oct. 16) indicated that the new Truist CEO, Mike ...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has established a specialized task force to investigate corporate wrongdoing, antitrust violations and complex financial fraud, expanding his office’s efforts to hold businesses and senior ...

Euro-pegged stablecoin project Qivalis has received permission from the Dutch central bank to operate as an electronic money institution. The authorization from the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), announced Wednesday (Oct. 14), ...

European regulators approve the consumer products merger after Kimberly-Clark agrees to sell feminine care brands to address competition concerns. Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s planned $40 billion acquisition of Kenvue Inc. has received conditional ...

Australia’s competition watchdog has launched legal proceedings against 12 egg producers and suppliers, including market leader Sunny Queen, alleging that the companies coordinated production and distribution decisions in ways that ...

By: Rachel Landy (Yeshiva University/CLS Blue Sky Blog) In this entry to the CLS Blue Sky Blog, author Rachel Landy (Yeshiva University) discusses the factors that cause mergers and acquisitions (M&A) ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agents could make it easier for consumers to compare products and complete purchases, but they may not change where shoppers spend their money. Even when an autonomous ...

David’s Bridal plans to separate its Pearl division, with Pearl becoming an independent public company offering a digital wedding planning, media and commerce platform, the company said in a Thursday ...

Affirm’s new exclusive partnership with Sam’s Club gives the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider a new foothold in warehouse retail, where shoppers make purchases ranging from household essentials to ...

It was a big week for agentic artificial intelligence at Walmart and Amazon as the two companies outlined plans to capitalize on the technology’s momentum among consumers and enterprises. Walmart announced ...

Artificial intelligence is making it easier for retailers to get discovered. It is doing considerably less to help them get paid. Data in the October 2026 edition of the Consumer AI ...

Amazon will begin offering seasonal workers health coverage to attract more workers for the holiday shopping season. The eCommerce giant made that announcement Tuesday (Oct. 20) as it began its annual ...

Hasbro saw 15% year-over-year revenue growth in the third quarter, fueled by its Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 20) earnings press release. “Despite ...

Consumer financing company Synchrony saw record third-quarter purchase volume, with both discretionary and non-discretionary out-of-partner spend on its consumer co-branded cards growing by double digits, Synchrony President and CEO Brian ...

Grocery shoppers under financial pressure are spending more per purchase, giving retailers an opportunity to help households manage bigger bills with more flexible ways to shop and pay. That’s a central ...

Payments and financial services technology solutions provider Fiserv has launched its Commerce Hub platform. The new offering is designed to let merchants “orchestrate and simplify commerce through a single connection to Fiserv’s commerce ...

HSBC has launched its first stablecoin, HSBC RedCoin (RCHKD), in Hong Kong, saying in a Friday (Oct. 23) press release that it is built for everyday payments and transactions. HSBC RedCoin is licensed and regulated ...

Digital money is pushing banks toward making decisions about infrastructure well beyond whether to issue a token. Among the decisions that need to be made: Which forms of digital money ...

London-based payments firm Finsei has picked issuer processing platform Thredd to power its new Mastercard debit offering. “The partnership reflects a shared focus on simplifying an increasingly complex payments environment,” Thredd said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) news ...

The check was supposed to be dead by now. Instead, it has become a $15 trillion reminder that moving money and settling a business obligation are not always the same ...

Indian consumers are reportedly increasing their cash usage ahead of new fees on the country’s popular digital payment system. Beginning next month, the United Payments Interface (UPI) system will apply a ...

Marqeta’s enterprise customers can now offer stablecoin-backed cards powered by Coinbase, the companies said in a Friday (Oct. 16) press release. This offering is enabled by a new collaboration that integrates Marqeta’s card ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents’ growing use of cryptocurrency to purchase digital services is pointing toward a practical market for automated payments: transactions so small and frequent that conventional card processing ...

Visa has been granted permission from China to bring its card business to that country. The American payments giant announced Tuesday (Oct. 13) that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) had ...

The monthly, weekly or even annual bill is among the interactions a service provider is virtually guaranteed to have with a customer again and again. Yet consumers give the experience ...

Consumer artificial intelligence (AI) agents are getting the keys to inboxes, browsers and payment accounts. Meta’s Muse, launched Sept. 8, can send emails, fill out forms and pay at checkout ...