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Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays

October 09, 2026
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Fed Data Shows Tariffs Drove Inflation in 2025
Economy // October 08, 2026

New research shows that the cost of many consumer goods would have declined last year if not for U.S. tariffs. The paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says the cost of 67 categories of goods was 2.9 percentage points higher as of February because of the...

Starbucks Weighs Takeover Bid for Slumping Chipotle
Business // October 08, 2026

Starbucks has worked with advisors on a takeover proposal for Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Financial Times reported Thursday (Oct. 8), citing unnamed sources. The status of the proposal and any submission of a formal offer to Chipotle could not be determined, according to the report....

Google Cloud Targets Enterprise Market With Universal Agent for Work
Artificial Intelligence // October 08, 2026

Google Cloud announced a universal artificial intelligence agent for work called Gemini agent that will be joined by industry-specific agents for financial services, legal, government, healthcare and retail, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 8) blog post. The post was adapted from Google Cloud...

Coinbase Looks to Cash in as Banks Embrace Crypto
Cryptocurrency // October 08, 2026

Coinbase is reportedly expanding its services for traditional financial firms amid growing institutional cryptocurrency adoption. Banks are increasingly launching their own digital asset services, and Coinbase is serving as their infrastructure provider while also bolstering its prime offerings, Liz Martin, head of Coinbase Institutional, said...

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ISO 42001 May Become a Payments AI Governance Benchmark

September 21, 2026
Payments firms need a way to identify where artificial intelligence is being used and who’s responsible for it, as well as to monitor how those systems are managed over time. ISO/IEC 42001 puts a management framework around those systems, including AI a company buys rather than builds. Published in December 2023, the standard establishes requirements […]

Embedded Payments Emerge as a FinTech M&A Target

September 01, 2026
FinTech buyers looking for growth in a tough funding and software market are finding something valuable inside real estate closings, municipal bills, healthcare practices and commercial banking. The payment is...

SBA Proposal Could Add 114,000 Firms to Small Business Ranks

August 27, 2026
A small business can grow itself out of federal lending eligibility long before it becomes a large company. The Small Business Administration is proposing to give some of those firms...

X9 Wants Fraud Data to Move as Fast as Money

August 26, 2026
The U.S. payments industry does not lack fraud data. It lacks agreement about what that data means. The Accredited Standards Committee X9’s new Payment Fraud Forum, which holds its first...

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Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays

October 09, 2026
Cross-border payments are proving to be the strongest use case for stablecoins, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said Friday (Oct. 9), Bloomberg reported. During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Miebach said stablecoins provide an alternative to traditional methods of cross-border payments that take days and have unclear fees. “From a working capital perspective for a company, if you could move the […]

Fed Data Shows Tariffs Drove Inflation in 2025

October 08, 2026
New research shows that the cost of many consumer goods would have declined last year if not for U.S. tariffs. The paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says the cost of...

Starbucks Weighs Takeover Bid for Slumping Chipotle

October 08, 2026
Starbucks has worked with advisors on a takeover proposal for Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Financial Times reported Thursday (Oct. 8), citing unnamed sources. The status of the proposal and any...

Google Cloud Targets Enterprise Market With Universal Agent for Work

October 08, 2026
Google Cloud announced a universal artificial intelligence agent for work called Gemini agent that will be joined by industry-specific agents for financial services, legal, government, healthcare and retail, the company...