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Blockchain
Morgan Stanley Supports Stablecoin Issuers With New Fund for Reserves

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a new government money market fund designed to...

Cryptocurrency
The Privacy Problem Institutions Can’t Ignore in Stablecoins

The internet had native formats for video, audio and files. It did not have...

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Turns Claude Into a Front Door for Daily Apps

Anthropic introduced consumer app connectors for Claude, letting users link the artificial intelligence (AI)...

Digital Payments
ECB Adopts Payments Standards to Clear Path for Digital Euro...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed agreements with three European standard setters to...

artificial intelligence
IRS Expands AI Use as Staffing Gaps Raise Risk

The tax deadline has passed. For the IRS, the work is just beginning. Get...

Acquisitions
Adyen Plans Talon.One Buy to Unite Payments and Promotions

Adyen plans to acquire Talon.One, a platform for loyalty and incentives that serves more...

Mastercard
Mastercard Takes Aim at the Fragile Side of Financial Inclusion

Technology and connectivity have drawn billions of consumers and businesses into the formal financial...

Insurance
The AI Leapfrog Coming for Insurance Underwriting

Watch more: Digital Shift With Crystal Venture Partners’ Jonathan Crystal Get the Full Story...

BNPL
New Data Shows How BNPL and Installments Shape Where Consumers...

Consumers use financing far beyond the checkout aisle. They often factor it into where...

Opinion
The Real Risk in AI Payments Isn’t the Model but...

AI governance is not a one-time decision; it is an ongoing discipline and a...

Consumer Finance
32% Increased Spending After Using a Credit Card App

A credit card’s place in a consumer’s wallet is now shaped as much by...

Consumer Insights
New Data Shows AI Anxiety Moving From the Front Office...

“The Resilience Deficit: Labor Workers in an Automated Economy,” the April 2026 edition of...

Identity
Bots Are Turning Identity Verification Into a Full-Time Job

In the early days of digital commerce, identity verification was a front-door exercise. It...

artificial intelligence
OpenAI Treats Healthcare With New ChatGPT for Clinicians

OpenAI has introduced a version of ChatGPT designed to help clinicians by supporting tasks...

Meta
Meta Prepares 8,000 Layoffs to Offset AI Infrastructure Investments

Meta plans to cut 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 employees, and will...

AML
Treasury Chief Says Smarter AML Starts With Better Identity

A Wednesday (April 22) hearing on sanctions and illicit finance placed the machinery of...

Faster Payments
FedNow Fortifies Security for Instant Payments

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) will launch a new risk mitigation tool for FedNow® Service participants...

Business
Activist Hedge Fund TCIM Pushes Voya Toward Sale

Asset manager Voya Financial is being pressured by hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management...

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