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Visa Commits $2 Million to Fuel Small Businesses Growth

Visa Commits $2 Million to Fuel Small Businesses Growth
Visa Commits $2 Million to Fuel Small Businesses Growth
September 30, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Visa says it is giving $2 million to support organizations that support small businesses. That commitment from the Visa Foundation is aimed at entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs)...

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DoorDash Debuts Returns Program Amid New Retail Partnerships
DoorDash Debuts Returns Program Amid New Retail Partnerships
September 30, 2026  |  eCommerce

DoorDash launched a returns program along with an expansion of its retail marketplace, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release. The expansion involves partnerships...

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AliExpress Pilots Free VIP Program to Lock in Top Spenders
AliExpress Pilots Free VIP Program to Lock in Top Spenders
September 30, 2026  |  eCommerce

Alibaba Group’s international eCommerce site, AliExpress, is testing a VIP program called Elite, The Information reported Wednesday (Sept. 30), citing an unnamed source. AliExpress is...

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Fed’s Waller Says AI Shopping Changes What Banks Need to Authenticate
Fed’s Waller Says AI Shopping Changes What Banks Need to Authenticate
September 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The first rule of online payments is to prove that the person trying to pay is allowed to do so. Artificial intelligence is forcing banks...

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The CFO’s Treasury Stack Is Learning to Move Money, Not Just Monitor It
The CFO’s Treasury Stack Is Learning to Move Money, Not Just Monitor It
September 30, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Corporate treasury technology has perennially been a visibility game. Banks, treasury management systems and FinTechs promised CFOs a better view of balances, payments, liquidity and...

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Robinhood Unveils New AI Agents and 24/7 Weekend Trading
Robinhood Unveils New AI Agents and 24/7 Weekend Trading
September 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Robinhood has begun letting users build their own artificial intelligence agents to assist with trading. Robinhood Agents, announced Tuesday (Sept. 29) at the company’s HOOD Summit 2026 in...

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Relay Raises $36 Million to Turn the Frontline Radio Into an AI Assistant
Relay Raises $36 Million to Turn the Frontline Radio Into an AI Assistant
September 30, 2026  |  Technology

Watch more: Need to Know With Relay’s Chris Chuang In 1940, engineers at Galvin Manufacturing, the company that would become Motorola, built a handheld two-way...

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Mastercard Deploys New Risk Insights to Support Agentic Payments
Mastercard Deploys New Risk Insights to Support Agentic Payments
September 30, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Mastercard has added new trust and intelligence services to its agentic payments program, Agent Pay, the company said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) press release...

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