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M&A Deals Reached Near-Record Levels in 2025
M&A Deals Reached Near-Record Levels in 2025
December 18, 2025  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Wall Street began the year hopeful that 2025 would usher in a wave of dealmaking. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Visa Prepares Merchants for AI at the Checkout
Visa Prepares Merchants for AI at the Checkout
December 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Visa is on track to offer artificial intelligence-enabled commerce to consumers within months and expects that millions of consumers will be using AI agents to...

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OpenAI Has Sold 700K ChatGPT Licenses to American Colleges
OpenAI Has Sold 700K ChatGPT Licenses to American Colleges
December 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI has reportedly made deep inroads with American colleges. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Meta AI Chief’s Startup Seeks $3 Billion Valuation Before Launch
Meta AI Chief’s Startup Seeks $3 Billion Valuation Before Launch
December 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Meta’s chief AI scientist is reportedly in early talks to raise $585 million for his new startup. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Instacart AI Pricing Tool Faces FTC Investigation
Instacart AI Pricing Tool Faces FTC Investigation
December 18, 2025  |  Regulation

Federal regulators are reportedly seeking information about Instacart’s artificial intelligence (AI) pricing tool. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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DoorDash Integrates App With OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Facilitate Grocery Shopping
DoorDash Integrates App With OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Facilitate Grocery Shopping
December 17, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

A growing number of consumers will be able to shop for groceries in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, check out on DoorDash, and have their orders delivered from...

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Fed Invites Bank Innovation in New Guidance
Fed Invites Bank Innovation in New Guidance
December 17, 2025  |  Bank Regulation

The Federal Reserve Board said Wednesday (Dec. 17) that it withdrew a 2023 policy statement and issued a new statement regarding the treatment of certain...

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Fiserv Acquires StoneCastle to Add Insured Deposit Funding Solutions
Fiserv Acquires StoneCastle to Add Insured Deposit Funding Solutions
December 17, 2025  |  Acquisitions

Fiserv completed its acquisition of StoneCastle Cash Management and will integrate the company’s institutional deposit network with the Fiserv ecosystem. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham to Join Crypto Payments Company MoonPay
CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham to Join Crypto Payments Company MoonPay
December 17, 2025  |  Personnel

Caroline D. Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will join crypto payments company MoonPay as chief legal officer and chief administrative officer upon the conclusion of...

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