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CFPB Clears Hardware From Vacated Offices After Watchdog Security Warning

CFPB Clears Hardware From Vacated Offices After Watchdog Security Warning
CFPB Clears Hardware From Vacated Offices After Watchdog Security Warning
October 01, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

A government watchdog issued a report Wednesday (Sept. 30) saying that it had recommended that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) secure hardware assets that...

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Fiserv Digital Asset Platform Goes Live With Bank of North Dakota Stablecoin
Fiserv Digital Asset Platform Goes Live With Bank of North Dakota Stablecoin
October 01, 2026  |  Blockchain

Fiserv’s digital asset platform is now live with financial institution clients, the global provider of payments and financial services said in a Thursday (Oct. 1)...

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BMO Becomes First Canadian Issuer to Deploy Mastercard Embedded Commercial Payments
BMO Becomes First Canadian Issuer to Deploy Mastercard Embedded Commercial Payments
October 01, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

BMO and Mastercard have launched a new embedded commercial payments capability that can be integrated into participating enterprise software platforms in Canada and the United...

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The Alphabet Soup of Agentic Standards: A Vocab Playbook for Merchants and PSPs
The Alphabet Soup of Agentic Standards: A Vocab Playbook for Merchants and PSPs
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The biggest mistake merchants could make in agentic commerce may be waiting for one protocol to win. There probably won’t be one. The emerging infrastructure...

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Anthropic Targets Pre-Thanksgiving IPO at $2 Trillion Valuation
Anthropic Targets Pre-Thanksgiving IPO at $2 Trillion Valuation
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic aims to start the formal marketing for its initial public offering as soon as the week of Nov. 9 and begin trading before the...

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Cars24 Turns Test Drive Chatter Into a 35% Sales Lift
Cars24 Turns Test Drive Chatter Into a 35% Sales Lift
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A test drive at Cars24 lasts about an hour. Buyers raise loan worries, point out problems with the car and ask questions the salesperson may...

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NYC Launches Nation’s First Municipal Click-to-Cancel Rule
NYC Launches Nation’s First Municipal Click-to-Cancel Rule
October 01, 2026  |  Subscriptions

New York City’s Click-to-Cancel rule took effect Thursday (Oct. 1), making the city the first municipality in the country to implement such a rule, the...

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Europe’s Payee Checks Set the Pace as US Plans Take Shape
Europe’s Payee Checks Set the Pace as US Plans Take Shape
October 01, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

A payment moving from one country to another passes through banks, clearing systems and payment networks that operate under different rules. The recipient information used...

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