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Apollo Backs AI Hardware Startups to Win Future Infrastructure Financing
Startups // September 17, 2026

Apollo Global Management is investing in startups focused on artificial intelligence and the related hardware and plans to lend them money in the future, The Information reported Wednesday (Sept. 16), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Fed Deadline Passes as Payment Access Debate Continues
Bank Regulation // September 17, 2026

For payments firms, direct access to the Federal Reserve can remove an intermediary from the chain between a transaction and settlement. For banks, expanding that access raises another question: Which firms should be allowed to connect directly to central bank infrastructure, and under what regulatory...

CFOs Spent Years Adding to the Payments Stack. Now They May Need to Tear It...
Payment Methods // September 17, 2026

CFOs have typically solved payments problems by buying more payments technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

CFTC Makes It Easier for Software Developers to Have Prediction Markets
Legal & Regulation // September 17, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued a staff letter declaring a no-action position for the benefit of providers of passive software, the agency said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Fed Deadline Passes as Payment Access Debate Continues

September 17, 2026
For payments firms, direct access to the Federal Reserve can remove an intermediary from the chain between a transaction and settlement. For banks, expanding that access raises another question: Which firms should be allowed to connect directly to central bank infrastructure, and under what regulatory conditions? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock […]

Stablecoins Court CFOs as Crypto Loses Washington

September 17, 2026
Washington’s attempt to advance comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation stalled out on Tuesday (Sept. 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores

September 17, 2026
Amazon needs more than faster warehouses to close Walmart’s delivery advantage. It may need to build and manufacture its own version of a neighborhood store network. Get the Full Story...

EXCLUSIVE: Affirm Rebuilds Underwriting to Approve Borrowers a Credit Score Can’t See

September 17, 2026
Affirm has started using a new real-time underwriting model at U.S. checkouts that approves consumers its previous models would have declined, including shoppers with limited credit histories and no FICO...

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Citi Launches Mastercard Subscription Management Tool in UAE

September 17, 2026
Citi has launched Mastercard’s subscription management capability, Smart Subscriptions, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mastercard said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS […]

Apollo Backs AI Hardware Startups to Win Future Infrastructure Financing

September 17, 2026
Apollo Global Management is investing in startups focused on artificial intelligence and the related hardware and plans to lend them money in the future, The Information reported Wednesday (Sept. 16),...

CFTC Makes It Easier for Software Developers to Have Prediction Markets

September 17, 2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued a staff letter declaring a no-action position for the benefit of providers of passive software, the agency said in a Thursday...

Amazon Urges Industry and Government Partnership on AI Safeguards

September 17, 2026
Amazon said artificial intelligence labs should ensure models are safe and fully tested before releasing them but did not call for the industry to slow down, Reuters reported Thursday (Sept....