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America’s Car-Mart Considers Sale as Inflation Hits Subprime Borrowers
America’s Car-Mart Considers Sale as Inflation Hits Subprime Borrowers
October 20, 2026  |  Business

Used car dealer and subprime lender America’s Car-Mart and its lenders are in talks for a sale that would allow the company to continue running, Bloomberg reported...

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Meta’s Muse Reaches 10 Million Downloads Faster Than ChatGPT
Meta’s Muse Reaches 10 Million Downloads Faster Than ChatGPT
October 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s personal artificial intelligence assistant Muse was downloaded more than 10 million times in the United States and Canada during the first 35 days it...

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Mercury Integrates AI-Powered Payroll Capabilities Into Entrepreneur Accounts
Mercury Integrates AI-Powered Payroll Capabilities Into Entrepreneur Accounts
October 20, 2026  |  Payroll

FinTech company Mercury added an artificial intelligence-native payroll solution to its offerings so that founders can pay employees and contractors from the account they already...

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Salesforce Buying Customer Engagement Firm Braze for $5.6 Billion
Salesforce Buying Customer Engagement Firm Braze for $5.6 Billion
October 20, 2026  |  Acquiring

Salesforce says it will pay $5.6 billion to acquire customer engagement platform Braze. “Every interaction is an opportunity to wow your customers,” Patrick Stokes, president...

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Commerce Bancshares Net Income Rises as Acquisitions Expand Investment Banking and Wealth Services
Commerce Bancshares Net Income Rises as Acquisitions Expand Investment Banking and Wealth Services
October 20, 2026  |  Earnings

Commerce Bank parent company Commerce Bancshares increased its net income year over year to $155 million in the third quarter, up from $141.5 million in the same...

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TransUnion Debuts New Scoring Capability to Combat Fraud
TransUnion Debuts New Scoring Capability to Combat Fraud
October 20, 2026  |  Identity theft

TransUnion has introduced new solutions designed to help organizations combat synthetic identity fraud and credit washing. The company says its Credit Washing and Synthetic Fraud Scores, announced Tuesday...

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Amazon Uses Healthcare and Banking to Woo More Holiday Workers
Amazon Uses Healthcare and Banking to Woo More Holiday Workers
October 20, 2026  |  Personnel

Amazon will begin offering seasonal workers health coverage to attract more workers for the holiday shopping season. The eCommerce giant made that announcement Tuesday (Oct....

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DeepSeek Open Sources Inference Tech to Lower AI Costs
DeepSeek Open Sources Inference Tech to Lower AI Costs
October 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek has made its in-house inference framework, DeepInfer, fully open source, saying this will help make artificial intelligence more affordable. DeepInfer powers the company’s DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash...

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Apple Wallet Car Keys Now Work With GM Vehicles
Apple Wallet Car Keys Now Work With GM Vehicles
October 20, 2026  |  Mobile

Automaker General Motors has begun offering Apple Wallet car key support in some vehicles. The integration went into effect last month, and was flagged Monday (Oct. 9) in a report on...

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