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Upwind Raises $450 Million for AI and Cloud Security
Upwind Raises $450 Million for AI and Cloud Security
October 28, 2026  |  Investments

Cloud and artificial intelligence security platform Upwind has raised $450 million in new funding. The company’s Series C round will allow Upwind to strengthen its product and...

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Banks’ Own Policies Could Complicate Their AI Lending Push
Banks’ Own Policies Could Complicate Their AI Lending Push
October 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Before a company’s loan request reaches a room full of bankers, a computer may have already sized it up. Artificial intelligence tools now score borrowers,...

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Hummingbird Buys Quantimon to Prioritize High-Risk AML Alerts
Hummingbird Buys Quantimon to Prioritize High-Risk AML Alerts
October 28, 2026  |  AML

Hummingbird has deepened its investment in transaction monitoring by acquiring Quantimon, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. The acquisition adds the...

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Tech Companies Battle Infestation of AI-Discovered Bugs
Tech Companies Battle Infestation of AI-Discovered Bugs
October 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Tech companies are reportedly spending more time and resources dealing with bugs uncovered by artificial intelligence (AI). That’s according to a report Wednesday (Oct. 28) by...

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Coinbase Customer Data Exposed in Vendor’s Breach
Coinbase Customer Data Exposed in Vendor’s Breach
October 28, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Coinbase says customer contact data was impacted in a breach at one of its vendors. The cryptocurrency exchange acknowledged the incident late Tuesday (Oct. 27) while denying...

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Payments Leaders Say What Changed Their Minds in 2026
Payments Leaders Say What Changed Their Minds in 2026
October 28, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

The most useful thing an executive learns all year may be that a familiar measure of success is pointing in the wrong direction. Faster customer...

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Businesses Believe in Payment Guarantees but Few Actually Use Them
Businesses Believe in Payment Guarantees but Few Actually Use Them
October 28, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Businesses have spent years investing in systems designed to determine whether a payment is legitimate. Fewer have invested in ensuring that a legitimate payment actually...

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Why AI Agents Will Live or Die on Permission
Why AI Agents Will Live or Die on Permission
October 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Grace Hopper, the Yale PhD in math, computer pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral, liked to tell audiences that “it’s much easier to apologize...

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Subprime Card Denial Rate Is More Than Two Times the Super-Prime Rate
Subprime Card Denial Rate Is More Than Two Times the Super-Prime Rate
October 28, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers seeking to build credit can face a difficult cash decision: How much money they can afford to set aside before using a secured card....

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