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As false credit-card disputes spike, the networks have updated policies to provide merchants and issuers with more data to combat false chargebacks.

The Financial Conduct Authority issued 146 alerts on crypto asset marketing, multiple payment companies in Canada are trying to spur adoption of open banking, and more.

The fintech Brex is among a growing market of companies using generative artificial intelligence to simplify how employee trips are managed.

PYUSD has been slow out of the gate, but crypto firm BitPay and gaming company Xsolla are providing an early look at how the asset can be used.

The market for EV charging is fragmented and complex. EMVCo, the consortium behind the EMV chip-card protocols, has a plan to standardize this rapidly growing market.

Singapore's regulators grant payment licenses to Ripple and Coinbase, Stripe expands pay-by-bank in Africa, U.K. regulators pressure Revolut and more.

The fintech, a partner of OpenAI, is also a provider to several developers of emerging artificial intelligence.

The payments company launched a $100 million fund for generative AI, creating a potential group of partners that can build on the card network's global scale.

With worries about inflation and the economy, fintechs and banks sense an opportunity for new technology that speeds transactions and slices overhead.

Through its commitment of up to $4 billion in Anthropic, the e-commerce giant can bring advanced analysis, shopping and checkout tech closer to the point of sale — and farther away from traditional transaction processors.

Citi's hiring a global instant payments exec, Australian regulator hits National Australia Bank over fees and more.

The payment company's partnership with tech firm Jane is focused on Canada, but it enables a quick expansion if the SAFER Banking Act passes.

The company's scale has helped it become a force in many payment niches, but that wasn't enough to make its PYUSD coin an immediate threat to Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.

The messaging organization, which faces growing competition from newer tech firms, is working with the card network and payments company to ensure that its own offerings stay relevant.

U.K. regulators rule on complaints about bias from politicians, Brazil's Ebanx extends to India and more in our weekly financial news roundup.

The payment company is using a new OpenAI tool to expand its shopping and customer service technology.

As Apple and Android enable smartphones to accept payments with little setup, an exec at the bank's Elavon unit contends countertop devices have a lot of life left.

Dave Glaser, the company's president, is replacing Brady Harris to move payments fintech's focus to larger clients.

Since the country's instant-settlement network doesn't cover everyone, ANZ is extending its excess capacity to other financial institutions. It's a strategy that's emerging in the U.S. and other markets.

This week in global news, Ant gets bullish on AI, PayPal's stablecoin has a fan in the bitcoin world, and more.