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AI Agents Wake Up $1.6 Trillion in Sleepy Bank Deposits

AI Agents Wake Up $1.6 Trillion in Sleepy Bank Deposits
AI Agents Wake Up $1.6 Trillion in Sleepy Bank Deposits
October 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo hold about $1.6 trillion in deposits that pay no interest, the Financial Times reported. That money tends...

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Consumers Get Choosier About Credit
Consumers Get Choosier About Credit
October 07, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Consumer credit is still growing, but consumers eased off the form of borrowing they can adjust most readily from month to month. Federal Reserve data...

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University of Michigan Says Trade Disputes and High Prices Squeeze Consumer Sentiment
University of Michigan Says Trade Disputes and High Prices Squeeze Consumer Sentiment
September 28, 2026  |  Economy

Consumer sentiment slipped in September amid concerns about high prices and rekindled trade disputes, according to the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. The survey’s...

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Virtual Cards Become the Permission Layer for Agent-Driven B2B Payments
Virtual Cards Become the Permission Layer for Agent-Driven B2B Payments
September 25, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Corporate cards provided a scalable answer to the question of who is allowed to spend company money. Virtual cards are taking that answer even further,...

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Fed Finds High-End Spending Holding as Household Strain Deepens
Fed Finds High-End Spending Holding as Household Strain Deepens
September 02, 2026  |  Economy

The American consumer is still spending, but the Federal Reserve’s latest survey makes it increasingly difficult to speak of all consumers as though they were...

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AI Opens a New Distribution Channel for Credit
AI Opens a New Distribution Channel for Credit
August 31, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Economic pressure is incentivizing consumers more reason to compare the cost of a purchase, the possibility of financing behind it and the alternatives before committing....

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This AI Agent Ends Subscriptions Without a Phone Call
This AI Agent Ends Subscriptions Without a Phone Call
August 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Most personal finance apps have worked the same way for years: a dashboard showing what a consumer spent. The actual decision, whether to cancel a...

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Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions
Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions
August 25, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The biggest opportunity for chief financial officers (CFOs) isn’t adding another day to pay. It’s eliminating the uncertainty inside the days they already have. Today’s...

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