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White House Urges Congress to Pass Credit Card Competition Act

White House Urges Congress to Pass Credit Card Competition Act
White House Urges Congress to Pass Credit Card Competition Act
October 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

President Donald Trump continues to urge Congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act, a bill that would require any card issued by major banks to...

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2 Years of SDNY FinCrime Cases Show New Technology Scaling Old Vulnerabilities
2 Years of SDNY FinCrime Cases Show New Technology Scaling Old Vulnerabilities
October 09, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Enterprise fraud and white-collar crime’s biggest shift over the past two years is less about the technology criminals use than the number of systems they...

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Overdrafts Expose a Divide in Credit Access
Overdrafts Expose a Divide in Credit Access
October 09, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Running short of money before the next paycheck can force a consumer into making choices: let the checking account go negative, delay a bill, carry...

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Vitalize Secures $31 Million to Address Healthcare’s Staffing Chaos
Vitalize Secures $31 Million to Address Healthcare’s Staffing Chaos
October 09, 2026  |  Investments

Vitalize raised $31 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the growth of its artificial intelligence (AI)-native platform that helps health systems manage...

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Apple Scales Back iPhone 18 Orders as Price Hike Cools Demand
Apple Scales Back iPhone 18 Orders as Price Hike Cools Demand
October 09, 2026  |  Mobile

Apple has reduced its orders of components for the latest iPhones for October by at least 15%, Reuters reported Friday, citing a paywalled article by...

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Aston Martin F1 Uses AI to Monitor Rival Radio
Aston Martin F1 Uses AI to Monitor Rival Radio
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Aston Martin’s Formula One team now listens to 40 race radio channels at once, with artificial intelligence transcribing and sorting each message within five seconds,...

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Blockchain.com Seeks US Approval for Event Contracts and Derivatives
Blockchain.com Seeks US Approval for Event Contracts and Derivatives
October 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Digital asset platform Blockchain.com applied for licenses to offer event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives in the United States, CNBC reported Friday (Oct. 9). Blockchain.com told CNBC it filed applications...

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Bending Spoons Deploys AI to Overhaul Acquired Software Companies
Bending Spoons Deploys AI to Overhaul Acquired Software Companies
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has been valuable to Bending Spoons, a company that buys digital businesses and then increases their revenue per customer, CEO Luca Ferrari told...

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