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OpenAI Turns to Ex-Army Secretary for Cybersecurity Counsel
OpenAI Turns to Ex-Army Secretary for Cybersecurity Counsel
November 03, 2026  |  Personnel

OpenAI has hired former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to help its cybersecurity efforts. Driscoll is joining the artificial intelligence (AI) startup as its “Senior Counselor...

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Payment Networks Earnings: Five Takeaways on Spending and Technology
Payment Networks Earnings: Five Takeaways on Spending and Technology
November 03, 2026  |  Earnings

Consumers kept their cards busy last quarter, and the latest quarterly earnings results from payment networks indicated a widening pursuit of transactions that begin with...

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Paymentus Posts Record Revenue as Billers Prioritize Frictionless End-Customer Experience
Paymentus Posts Record Revenue as Billers Prioritize Frictionless End-Customer Experience
November 03, 2026  |  Earnings

Paymentus continued growing its transaction volume and revenue in the third quarter by enhancing the relationship between billers and their customers, Founder and CEO Dushyant...

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Fiserv Wants AI to Fix What Decades of Payments Growth Made Expensive
Fiserv Wants AI to Fix What Decades of Payments Growth Made Expensive
November 03, 2026  |  Earnings

Fiserv on Tuesday (Nov. 3) gave Wall Street two very different numbers to consider: A $6.45 billion goodwill impairment and a $1 billion cost-cutting target....

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ElevenLabs CEO Eyes 2028 IPO Prep for Voice AI Firm
ElevenLabs CEO Eyes 2028 IPO Prep for Voice AI Firm
November 03, 2026  |  IPO

ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski said the voice artificial intelligence startup could begin preparing to go public in 2028, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Nov. 3). Plans for...

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Grab Gets AI Assistance as Revenues Rise 27%
Grab Gets AI Assistance as Revenues Rise 27%
November 03, 2026  |  Earnings

Grab continues to benefit from its AI investments while still recognizing the importance of its on-the-ground network. The Southeast Asian super app reported earnings Tuesday (Nov. 3) showing...

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AI Agents Could Control 5% of Cross-Border Payments. Who Controls Them?
AI Agents Could Control 5% of Cross-Border Payments. Who Controls Them?
November 03, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: Need to Know With Mural’s Sinclair Toffa As stablecoins, real-time payment networks and artificial intelligence converge, financial infrastructure providers are confronting the fact...

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MIT Researchers Say Privacy Rules Will Shape AI Competition
MIT Researchers Say Privacy Rules Will Shape AI Competition
November 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: TechReg With Catherine Tucker and Rozhina Ghanavi of MIT Sloan An artificial intelligence agent researching a medical condition can learn something about an...

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Economic Optimism Gains 3.8 Percentage Points as Shoppers Stay Selective
Economic Optimism Gains 3.8 Percentage Points as Shoppers Stay Selective
November 03, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

More Americans see better economic days ahead, giving merchants an opening to win purchases that cautious households have put off. That’s one encouraging finding in...

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