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Amazon, Apple, Meta, Alphabet and X have all been ramping up their ability to offer payments services, loans and other traditional bank products.

Amazon's buy now/pay later partnership with Affirm expands; NAFCU-CUNA merger gets affirmative vote from members; expense-reporting firm Navan rolls out European bank partnerships; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

Taking the reins again as chief executive of Block following the recent departure of CEO Alyssa Henry, Jack Dorsey has launched internal changes to jump-start growth, eliminate silos and promote the use of artificial intelligence.

Companies such as Visa and Mastercard, as well as banks and retailers, are stepping up their investments in artificial intelligence to reach small businesses and spot new uses.

The subpoena asks the company to produce documents tied to its work on the dollar-linked stablecoin PayPal USD. The company says in a regulatory filing that it's cooperating with the probe. 

Alex Chriss, the new chief executive, says the firm aims to reverse its stock slump by assessing its business to favor its best-performing products.

The card network sells aggregate information about customer spending habits, which data-privacy advocates say goes past Mastercard's role as a payment processor. Mastercard explained the recent removal of certain advertisements as a business decision.

The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority released data that shows buy now/pay later lending on the rise, Ripple is working with Uphold to improve crypto liquidity and more.

Venture capital was pouring into new generative artificial intelligence technology before President Biden issued an order that could cool the rate of funds flowing into the sector. Experts say that's not necessarily a bad thing for banks.