When Samsung Electronics releases its preliminary third quarter results Thursday (Oct. 8), analysts will be looking for data on whether memory chip margins have peaked and whether the artificial intelligence spending boom remains durable, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 8). Samsung will release its preliminary third...
The next sanctions shock for a multinational may not arrive as the name of a supplier appearing on a government blacklist. It could arrive as a payment that suddenly stops working. In a Monday (Oct. 5) alert, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...
Consumer credit is still growing, but consumers eased off the form of borrowing they can adjust most readily from month to month. Federal Reserve data released Wednesday (Oct. 7) show consumer credit expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.9% in August, less than...
Microsoft announced new software tools and devices that are designed to make personal computers ready for artificial intelligence agents, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) blog post. The growing use of AI agents has raised the bar for compute, security and control, Pavan...
October 07, 2026
The next sanctions shock for a multinational may not arrive as the name of a supplier appearing on a government blacklist. It could arrive as a payment that suddenly stops working. In a Monday (Oct. 5) alert, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) warned foreign financial institutions that those continuing to transact […]
October 07, 2026
Agentic commerce is creating a new transaction type before the payments industry has fully created the rules for accepting it. While payment stacks have become fine-tuned for transaction authorization, agentic...
October 07, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Max Spivakovsky of SoFi A consumer does not have to stop spending to become more careful about money. Debit spending offers a closer look...
October 07, 2026
A pair of representatives last week unveiled legislation targeting one piece of the increasingly industrialized fraud economy. Reps. Jefferson Shreve of Indiana and Rob Menendez of New Jersey introduced the...
October 07, 2026
ChatGPT is getting a new user interface that enables it to include text, visuals and interactive elements in its responses to users’ questions, OpenAI said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) press release. The new Intelligent UI is included in GPT-6 in ChatGPT, a new model that is rolling out to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise tiers Wednesday, and to Free […]
October 07, 2026
When Samsung Electronics releases its preliminary third quarter results Thursday (Oct. 8), analysts will be looking for data on whether memory chip margins have peaked and whether the artificial intelligence...
October 07, 2026
The next sanctions shock for a multinational may not arrive as the name of a supplier appearing on a government blacklist. It could arrive as a payment that suddenly stops...
October 07, 2026
Microsoft announced new software tools and devices that are designed to make personal computers ready for artificial intelligence agents, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) blog post. The...
