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The platforms, where bets are placed on everything from U.K. soccer teams to the price of bitcoin, are getting traction from investors and attention from regulators.

Hackers used stolen credentials to access the French FICOBA database, exposing names and account numbers but failing to access funds directly.

Social Security numbers, business addresses and other sensitive information were exposed. The company has fixed the error and refunded the victims.

A public-private group led by the Treasury issued the first two of six planned resources to help banks navigate the risks and opportunities of AI.

Banks are deploying extremely powerful AI systems but expecting generalist employees to operate them safely and consistently without redesigning workflows around the technology. That virtually guarantees a bad outcome.

Bank employees are likely adopting the OpenClaw AI assistant on the sly to boost productivity, but the tool's deep integration exposes networks to cyber threats.

Investors were encouraged by Global Payments' fourth-quarter earnings results – the first post WorldPay acquisition – but some analysts remained skeptical that the legacy fintech could turn its business around.

The Olympics are boosting spending in Italy, large-in-part thanks to Americans. In the U.K., Barclays is reportedly leading a meeting to seek support for an existing project. The meeting comes against the backdrop of geopolitical concerns and the dominance of American-based payment firms.

Data breach extortion group ShinyHunters used social engineering to steal customer names, addresses and phone numbers from the blockchain lender.

About 70% of bank CEOs said in a recent survey that they are the AI decision makers in their companies. The reasons for this range from the huge impact AI can have on an organization to the fear of missing out.