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Modulate Raises $25 Million to Expand Audio AI Efforts

Modulate Raises $25 Million to Expand Audio AI Efforts
Modulate Raises $25 Million to Expand Audio AI Efforts
September 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Modulate has raised $25 million to continue developing its “audio-native” AI models. The new funding, announced Monday (Sept. 28), comes as the company is seeing its artificial...

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University of Michigan Says Trade Disputes and High Prices Squeeze Consumer Sentiment
University of Michigan Says Trade Disputes and High Prices Squeeze Consumer Sentiment
September 28, 2026  |  Economy

Consumer sentiment slipped in September amid concerns about high prices and rekindled trade disputes, according to the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. The survey’s...

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Valley Bank Courts Small Businesses With Bluevine Acquisition
Valley Bank Courts Small Businesses With Bluevine Acquisition
September 28, 2026  |  Acquiring

Valley Bank is set to acquire Bluevine, a digital banking platform for small businesses. The $340 million deal is designed to help Valley with its...

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BNY Aims to Bring Cross-Border Bank Payments to Digital Wallets
BNY Aims to Bring Cross-Border Bank Payments to Digital Wallets
September 28, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

BNY has debuted a solution that lets banks send cross-border payments to retail digital wallets. The Pay-to-Wallet capability combines the bank’s global payments capabilities to support...

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Ebanx Aims to Expand Payment Access for LatAm Gamers
Ebanx Aims to Expand Payment Access for LatAm Gamers
September 28, 2026  |  News

Ebanx has teamed with NetEase Games Club to expand payment access for Latin America’s video game community. “Latin America is one of the fastest-growing video...

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CarMax Earnings to Reveal Consumer Appetite for Big Purchases
CarMax Earnings to Reveal Consumer Appetite for Big Purchases
September 28, 2026  |  Earnings

When used car retailer CarMax holds its earnings call Tuesday (Sept. 29), investors and analysts will be looking for insights into the company’s progress on...

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Swift Wants to Make X-Border Payments as Easy as Domestic Ones
Swift Wants to Make X-Border Payments as Easy as Domestic Ones
September 28, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Swift has launched an effort designed to make consumer cross-border payments as easy as domestic transactions. “Today, millions of consumers use systems such as Bizum, PayID...

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Grok Puts the AI Assistant Between Consumers and Their Banks
Grok Puts the AI Assistant Between Consumers and Their Banks
September 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk wants xAI’s Grok chatbot to serve as users’ financial assistant. “Grok Bot now connects to your finances,” the artificial intelligence company wrote Saturday (Sept. 26) on X, another...

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