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Ripple Moves Deeper Into Banking With Stablecoin Deals
Ripple Moves Deeper Into Banking With Stablecoin Deals
October 30, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins continue to seek mainstream usage and acceptance, and this week, Ripple was at the forefront. The company spent the week securing more places for...

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54% of Wallet Users Keep Just One Payment Method Saved
54% of Wallet Users Keep Just One Payment Method Saved
October 30, 2026  |  Mobile Payments

A mobile wallet can hold several ways to pay. For most users, it holds just one. That leaves card issuers competing for a place in...

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Amazon Puts a Million Robots Behind Its AI Ambitions
Amazon Puts a Million Robots Behind Its AI Ambitions
October 29, 2026  |  Earnings

Amazon’s third-quarter earnings brought the same concern that shadowed Alphabet’s results a day earlier: whether enormous artificial intelligence investments will deliver enough profit and cash...

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Google Tops AI Smarts Ranking as OpenAI Slashes Prices
Google Tops AI Smarts Ranking as OpenAI Slashes Prices
October 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google may have finally caught up with its archrivals. Its new Gemini 4 Carbon model ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, an independent...

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Healthcare Helps Lift GDP as Consumers Delay Big Purchases
Healthcare Helps Lift GDP as Consumers Delay Big Purchases
October 29, 2026  |  Economy

Inflation absorbed almost all of United States consumers’ September spending increase, leaving households paying more for barely any additional goods and services. The monthly result...

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Collective Raises $100 Million to Free Solo Owners From Being Their Own CFO
Collective Raises $100 Million to Free Solo Owners From Being Their Own CFO
October 29, 2026  |  Back-office

Watch more: Need to Know With Collective’s Hooman Radfar Hooman Radfar is building Collective for business owners who are also the people doing the work....

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Better Technology Alone Won’t Give Software the Final Say
Better Technology Alone Won’t Give Software the Final Say
October 29, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Maverick Payments’ Bill Christensen The human who approves a merchant account may eventually review fewer files, but the...

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i2c: Banks Can Delegate Decisions but Can’t Outsource Accountability
i2c: Banks Can Delegate Decisions but Can’t Outsource Accountability
October 29, 2026  |  Banking

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Matt Pearce of i2c The last decision a bank hands to a machine will likely be one that...

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Age Gives Financial Providers Clues to Customers’ Financial Pressures
Age Gives Financial Providers Clues to Customers’ Financial Pressures
October 29, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

A smaller savings balance can send the same warning to a bank while concealing very different problems for the customer. For some consumers, everyday bills...

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