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FedNow Head Watches Banks Race to Catch Nonbanks as Growth Surges

FedNow Head Watches Banks Race to Catch Nonbanks as Growth Surges
FedNow Head Watches Banks Race to Catch Nonbanks as Growth Surges
November 05, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

The competition between banks and nonbanks is intensifying as customers demand faster, always-available ways to move money. Banks are finding that the FedNow® Service can...

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Walmart and Lendistry Simplify Credit for Marketplace Sellers
Walmart and Lendistry Simplify Credit for Marketplace Sellers
November 05, 2025  |  Partnerships

Small and midsize merchants have no shortage of ambition, but they often face long odds when they try to secure the financing needed to buy...

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Nearly 60% of Companies Struggle With Bot Fraud
Nearly 60% of Companies Struggle With Bot Fraud
November 05, 2025  |  Digital Identity

In the age of AI agents and synthetic identities, the biggest risk to corporate security may be complacency. Most firms think their digital identity systems...

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Platforms Reimagine Payments to Keep the Money In-House
Platforms Reimagine Payments to Keep the Money In-House
November 05, 2025  |  Money Mobility

Businesses, especially marketplaces and gig platforms, are waking up to the value of building their own banking networks. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Banks and FinTechs Press Treasury on Compliance Gaps in GENIUS Act
Banks and FinTechs Press Treasury on Compliance Gaps in GENIUS Act
November 04, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

In September, the Treasury Department extended the public comment period on the implementation of the GENIUS Act, signaling both the complexity and sensitivity of shaping...

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Social Media Overhaul Platforms to Separate AI Content
Social Media Overhaul Platforms to Separate AI Content
November 04, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence content now accounts for 57% of all online material, a shift that is forcing social media platforms to restructure their systems to...

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Snowflake Intelligence Takes Aim at Banking’s AI Trust Gap
Snowflake Intelligence Takes Aim at Banking’s AI Trust Gap
November 04, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

As impressive as artificial intelligence (AI) in all its forms can be, its effectiveness still depends on one essential factor: the quality and governance of...

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Entersekt CEO Says AI Can’t Change the Fundamentals of Digital Trust
Entersekt CEO Says AI Can’t Change the Fundamentals of Digital Trust
November 04, 2025  |  Security & Fraud

Artificial intelligence has become the spark and the shield of a new security revolution in banking. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Embedding Payments Put Platforms in Control of the Customer Relationship
Embedding Payments Put Platforms in Control of the Customer Relationship
November 04, 2025  |  Opinion

Platforms that embed payments own the economics and the customer relationship, Finix CEO and Co-Founder Richie Serna writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Headlines That...

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