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Companies such as Google, Visa and Mastercard are building a framework that will allow AI agents to shop and make payments. There are signs that consumers are warming to the idea.
December 3
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The Toronto-based loan fintech received an IFE license from Puerto Rico to launch Propel Bank.
December 2
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As federal watchdogs step back from regulating "Buy Now, Pay Later" loans, state authorities are stepping in. This week, the attorneys general from California and several other blue states joined the fight.
December 2
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The Troy, Michigan-based lender and servicer faces at least seven lawsuits over a hack in June allegedly perpetrated by a known ransomware gang.
December 2
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In a relatively mild oversight hearing in the House Financial Services Committee Tuesday morning, regulatory heads at the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, National Credit Union Administration and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. outlined plans for reduced capital requirements and debanking enforcement.
December 2
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South Plains Financial agreed to pay $105.1 million in stock to acquire a seven-year-old Houston community bank in its first M&A foray since 2019.
December 2
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Rachael A. Wagner is a partner at Atairos, a New York-based investment firm. She is a director on the boards of several companies.
December 2
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Former Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig has written a book called The Mismeasurement of America that lays out the shortcomings of the standard economic data that U.S. government and businesses use to make decisions, and how this data obscures the truth about how low-income Americans are actually faring.
December 2
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The debate over the "macro" questions about cryptocurrency in the U.S. has been largely settled. We're now entering the "micro" phase, where specific rules and regulations will be written to chart the industry's future.
December 2
