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Insurance Quoting Enters the AI Conversation Layer

Insurance Quoting Enters the AI Conversation Layer
Insurance Quoting Enters the AI Conversation Layer
April 24, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Getting a price on small business insurance has always meant answering a long list of questions across multiple touchpoints before reaching anyone who could give...

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Morgan Stanley Supports Stablecoin Issuers With New Fund for Reserves
Morgan Stanley Supports Stablecoin Issuers With New Fund for Reserves
April 24, 2026  |  Blockchain

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a new government money market fund designed to meet the needs of payment stablecoin issuers that are looking to...

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The Privacy Problem Institutions Can’t Ignore in Stablecoins
The Privacy Problem Institutions Can’t Ignore in Stablecoins
April 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The internet had native formats for video, audio and files. It did not have one for money. Stablecoins changed that. They represent the equivalent of...

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Walmart Touts People and AI in Annual Report
Walmart Touts People and AI in Annual Report
April 24, 2026  |  Retail

Artificial intelligence-powered tools are contributing to Walmart’s efforts to become its customers’ primary retail destination, the company said in its annual report released Thursday (April...

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Anthropic Turns Claude Into a Front Door for Daily Apps
Anthropic Turns Claude Into a Front Door for Daily Apps
April 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic introduced consumer app connectors for Claude, letting users link the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant directly to services they use every day. Get the Full...

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Banks, Retailers Turn Call Centers Into Revenue Engines With AI
Banks, Retailers Turn Call Centers Into Revenue Engines With AI
April 24, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Retailers and banks are reworking the mechanics of customer contact, as artificial intelligence (AI) moves call centers away from scripted menus and toward conversational problem-solving...

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ECB Adopts Payments Standards to Clear Path for Digital Euro Launch
ECB Adopts Payments Standards to Clear Path for Digital Euro Launch
April 24, 2026  |  Digital Payments

The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed agreements with three European standard setters to facilitate digital euro payments, if the digital euro regulation gets adopted by...

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Meta Becomes One of World’s Largest Customers of Amazon AI Chips
Meta Becomes One of World’s Largest Customers of Amazon AI Chips
April 24, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Meta has signed an agreement that it said makes the company one of the world’s largest customers of AWS Graviton cores, which are processing cores...

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IRS Expands AI Use as Staffing Gaps Raise Risk
IRS Expands AI Use as Staffing Gaps Raise Risk
April 24, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The tax deadline has passed. For the IRS, the work is just beginning. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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