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BNY Extends Reach Into Tokenized Funds and Pay-to-Wallet Service
BNY Extends Reach Into Tokenized Funds and Pay-to-Wallet Service
October 15, 2026  |  Earnings

Having shifted to a platform operating model over the past few years, BNY is now realizing the benefits of new model by having its teams come together to develop more...

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Proofpoint Plans to Buy Varonis for $6.3 Billion to Combat AI Risks
Proofpoint Plans to Buy Varonis for $6.3 Billion to Combat AI Risks
October 15, 2026  |  Acquiring

Proofpoint plans to acquire Varonis Systems for $6.3 billion to create what it said will be the largest data and artificial intelligence (AI) cybersecurity organization and a...

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Personal Shopping Platform Glance Adds PayPal Native Checkout
Personal Shopping Platform Glance Adds PayPal Native Checkout
October 15, 2026  |  eCommerce

Glance has added real-time product data and native checkout to its personal shopping platform through a new agentic commerce integration with PayPal, Glance said in a Thursday...

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Meta and Apple Bring Open-Weight Frontier Model to Desktops
Meta and Apple Bring Open-Weight Frontier Model to Desktops
October 15, 2026  |  Partnerships

Meta has introduced an open-weight model that can run on a user’s desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX framework, Meta said in a Thursday (Oct....

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Visa Direct Accelerates Cross-Border Money Movement With Stablecoin Prefunding
Visa Direct Accelerates Cross-Border Money Movement With Stablecoin Prefunding
October 15, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Visa has begun rolling out stablecoin-enabled prefunding that makes stablecoin-powered money movement available for businesses that run cross-border payments through Visa Direct, the company said...

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Stripe Teams With Plasma To Unveil Multi-Currency Stablecoin Cards
Stripe Teams With Plasma To Unveil Multi-Currency Stablecoin Cards
October 15, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Stripe is teaming with Plasma to introduce multi-currency stablecoin cards. The new cards, announced Thursday (Oct. 15), are designed to give people and businesses an...

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Google Launches Intelligent Shopping Cart for Search and Gemini App
Google Launches Intelligent Shopping Cart for Search and Gemini App
October 15, 2026  |  eCommerce

Google began rolling out its Universal Cart in the United States Thursday (Oct. 15), making it available in Google Search and in the Gemini app,...

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NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Delay IPO and Focus on AI Safety
NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Delay IPO and Focus on AI Safety
October 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine is calling on Anthropic to delay its initial public offering and focus its energies on artificial intelligence safety issues...

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UK’s Neobanks Eye Expansion As Small Business Lending Grows
UK’s Neobanks Eye Expansion As Small Business Lending Grows
October 15, 2026  |  SMBs

Some of the U.K.’s digital lenders to small businesses have reportedly reached profitability more quickly than consumer-focused FinTechs. That’s according to a report Thursday (Oct....

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