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OpenAI Aims for $1.4 Trillion Valuation With New Funding

OpenAI Aims for $1.4 Trillion Valuation With New Funding
OpenAI Aims for $1.4 Trillion Valuation With New Funding
September 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI reportedly hopes to raise up to $30 billion after delaying plans to go public. The artificial intelligence (AI) company is targeting a valuation of...

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Zilch Looks to Take BNPL Firm Public in 2027
Zilch Looks to Take BNPL Firm Public in 2027
September 30, 2026  |  IPO

U.K. FinTech Zilch is reportedly in discussions with banks as it prepares to go public. The company, whose offerings include buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

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Banks Rethink Identity Checks as AI Fakes Voices and Faces
Banks Rethink Identity Checks as AI Fakes Voices and Faces
September 30, 2026  |  Identity theft

The next generation of payment fraud doesn’t seem very suspicious. In fact, it already sounds like a familiar customer, types at a perfectly ordinary pace...

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As AI Assistants Fight Over Shoppers, Infrastructure Gets Paid Either Way.
As AI Assistants Fight Over Shoppers, Infrastructure Gets Paid Either Way.
September 30, 2026  |  Retail

In April 1956, a trucking executive named Malcom McLean loaded 58 metal boxes onto a converted tanker in Newark and sent it to Houston. Nobody...

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A Half Point Can Reveal the Real Cost of a Debit Upgrade
A Half Point Can Reveal the Real Cost of a Debit Upgrade
September 30, 2026  |  Next-Gen Debit

A debit processor migration can look successful on a project plan and still create problems at the checkout counter. That’s one of the central findings...

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AI’s Payments Breakthrough Will Be Knowing When Not to Pay
AI’s Payments Breakthrough Will Be Knowing When Not to Pay
September 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Chris Trainor of Paymentus Giving an artificial intelligence agent a wallet is easy to understand. Giving it permission...

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Conference Board Finds Consumer Price Concerns Hit New Highs
Conference Board Finds Consumer Price Concerns Hit New Highs
September 29, 2026  |  Economy

Consumer confidence fell in September as consumer concerns about the cost of fuel and other goods and services rose to new heights, The Conference Board...

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Samsung Invests $1 Billion in Helix to Drive AI Infrastructure Pivot
Samsung Invests $1 Billion in Helix to Drive AI Infrastructure Pivot
September 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Samsung is investing $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an artificial intelligence infrastructure company established by global investment firm KKR and launched in June, Samsung...

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