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Hacking Is Getting Cheaper Faster Than Enterprises Can Make Software Safer

Hacking Is Getting Cheaper Faster Than Enterprises Can Make Software Safer
Hacking Is Getting Cheaper Faster Than Enterprises Can Make Software Safer
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Enterprises are spending heavily to make software capable of acting autonomously across increasingly valuable company systems. But the return on that investment depends on giving...

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Barclays Accelerates AI Rollout With Anthropic’s Claude Code
Barclays Accelerates AI Rollout With Anthropic’s Claude Code
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

British universal bank Barclays expects half of its developers to be using Anthropic’s agentic artificial intelligence coding tool Claude Code by the end of the...

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Binance Faces Scrutiny Over Continuing Operations in the EU
Binance Faces Scrutiny Over Continuing Operations in the EU
October 01, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

European regulators are reportedly investigating Binance’s use of a legal exemption to keep doing business in the region. That’s according to a report Thursday (Oct. 1) by the...

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BofA’s Merrill Lynch Settling Cash Sweep Suit for $39 Million
BofA’s Merrill Lynch Settling Cash Sweep Suit for $39 Million
October 01, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Merrill Lynch has reportedly agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing it of underpaying brokerage customers. The Bank of America-owned brokerage will pay $39 million in the settlement,...

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Agentic AI Turns Transit Data Into More Targeted Decisions
Agentic AI Turns Transit Data Into More Targeted Decisions
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A bus route can look healthy on paper while struggling in the streets. In Salvador, Brazil, researchers found that broad measures of passenger demand could...

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Exclusive: Branch Launches High Yield Savings for Workers Whose Pay Changes Every Week
Exclusive: Branch Launches High Yield Savings for Workers Whose Pay Changes Every Week
October 01, 2026  |  Payroll

Watch more: Need to Know With Branch’s Atif Siddiqi For workers with unpredictable pay, the problem with saving isn’t necessarily deciding to do it. It...

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Nubank Says It Has No Plans to Acquire Monzo
Nubank Says It Has No Plans to Acquire Monzo
October 01, 2026  |  Acquiring

Nubank thinks highly of fellow digital bank Monzo but doesn’t want to buy it. The Brazilian lender made that pronouncement Wednesday (Sept. 30) in a securities...

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Visa Direct Panel Maps Path to Faster Government Payments
Visa Direct Panel Maps Path to Faster Government Payments
October 01, 2026  |  Disbursements

Watch more: Government Disbursements Need to Move at the Speed of Need For a household waiting on food assistance or disaster relief, a payment that...

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