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United Blocks AI Agents as Airbnb and OpenAI Build Their Own
United Blocks AI Agents as Airbnb and OpenAI Build Their Own
November 12, 2026  |  Travel Payments

Airlines and travel booking platforms are splitting over whether to allow third-party artificial intelligence (AI) agents to handle reservations or build their own assistants to...

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DOJ AI Task Force Puts Business Users in Enforcement Spotlight
DOJ AI Task Force Puts Business Users in Enforcement Spotlight
November 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The Department of Justice’s new Super Intelligence Task Force isn’t aiming its enforcement efforts at artificial intelligence developers alone. Companies using AI in everyday operations...

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Fiserv Readies One of Its Two Debit Networks for Sale
Fiserv Readies One of Its Two Debit Networks for Sale
November 12, 2026  |  Business

Fiserv’s CEO said the company could sell one of its two debit networks to the right bidder. The financial services technology company is migrating clients...

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Polymarket Cuts Staff as It Tries to Catch Kalshi
Polymarket Cuts Staff as It Tries to Catch Kalshi
November 12, 2026  |  Personnel

Polymarket, a prediction market platform, cut staff and broke ties with contractors as it tries to keep pace with rival Kalshi, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov....

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Small-Business Lending Shifts to Fewer, Bigger Loans
Small-Business Lending Shifts to Fewer, Bigger Loans
November 12, 2026  |  SMBs

The next big opportunity in small-business lending is the same as the last big opportunity. It is serving the smaller market and credit-thin business borrowers...

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Paysafe Flags Payments Slowdown in Q3 as Digital Wallets Rise
Paysafe Flags Payments Slowdown in Q3 as Digital Wallets Rise
November 12, 2026  |  Earnings

Paysafe’s digital wallets gained users in the third quarter, but payment volume barely grew as weakness in cryptocurrency and financial trading weighed on the business,...

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California Turns Legal AI Guidance Into Binding Rules
California Turns Legal AI Guidance Into Binding Rules
November 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

California is drawing a statutory line between using artificial intelligence to assist legal work and allowing it to exercise professional judgment. Senate Bill 574, signed...

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Griffin Eyes Stablecoin Expansion After Raising $20 Million
Griffin Eyes Stablecoin Expansion After Raising $20 Million
November 12, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Griffin, a bank for FinTechs and platforms in the United Kingdom, raised $20 million in a Series B funding round that values the startup at...

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Square Expands AI Tools to Give Sellers More Control
Square Expands AI Tools to Give Sellers More Control
November 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Square is expanding its agentic artificial intelligence capabilities, making its Squaremates business agent the primary entry point to Square Dashboard and introducing new tools that...

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