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• CPI | House Passes Bipartisan Children’s Online Safety Package, but S… (pymnts.com)
  Differences with Senate versions of some of the same measures leaves the future of federal regulation of children’s online safety unclear.
• PYMNTS | Fed’s Pandemic-Era Loans Face Another $2 Billion Loss (pymnts.com)
  The Main Street Lending Program has seen 30% of its loans either experience a loss or be at risk of a loss, according to the U.S. GAO.
• CPI | EU Opens In-Depth Antitrust Investigation Into Align Technology… (pymnts.com)
  The EU launched a probe into whether Align Technology violated laws by linking sales of its orthodontic products with its dental scanners.
• CPI | California Weighs CNN Divestiture as Paramount-Warner Merger Fa… (pymnts.com)
  California is considering whether media assets such as CNN should be divested as regulators review Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros.
• CPI | Supreme Court to Hear Apple Appeal Over Epic Games App Store Co… (pymnts.com)
  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of a contempt ruling in its long-running legal battle with Epic Games.
• PYMNTS | OKX Launches Marketplace for AI Agents to Do Business (pymnts.com)
  Cryptocurrency exchange OKX is launching a marketplace that lets AI agents hire each other and autonomously settle payments.
• CPI | DOJ Says Michigan’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Major Oil Compani… (pymnts.com)
  The DOJ argues that Michigan’s lawsuit accusing oil companies of suppressing competition from renewable energy is unlikely to succeed.
• CPI | DOJ, States Reach Settlement With Egg Producers in Benchmark Pr… (pymnts.com)
  Antitrust authorities have reached a settlement with the nation's largest egg producers, alleging they coordinated egg price benchmarks.
• PYMNTS | Amazon's Alexa Offers Customers 365-Day View of Price History (pymnts.com)
  Amazon has expanded the price history function of its agentic artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant.
• PYMNTS | SoFi Opens Lending Program for Small Business Owner Members (pymnts.com)
  SoFi Small Business Loans are aimed at entrepreneurs and small business owners to help their businesses function and grow.
• PYMNTS | JPMorganChase and Amazon Back Aspen Drive Against Scams (pymnts.com)
  The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program has launched a new effort to reduce the scale and severity of scams affecting Americans.
• PYMNTS | Physical AI Rewrites the Economics of the Backorder (pymnts.com)
  For decades, warehouses checked their inventory just twice a year, letting errors hide for months. AI is changing that.
• PYMNTS | Pie Raises $19 Million to Bring AI to Main Street Businesses (pymnts.com)
  Small business-focused marketing platform Pie has emerged from stealth with $19.5 million in new funding and an AI tool.
• PYMNTS | Visa, Google to Use Money Movement Stablecoin OpenUSD (pymnts.com)
  Several of the world’s payments and tech giants have agreed to use the money movement stablecoin Open USD.
• PYMNTS | Morgan Stanley Advances Blockchain Infrastructure Goal (pymnts.com)
  Morgan Stanley obtained preliminary conditional approval from the OCC to charter a de novo national trust bank.
• PYMNTS | Flexible Rewards Push Merchants and Issuers to Rethink Loyal… (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds that reducing friction around earning and redeeming rewards can influence purchase conversion.
• PYMNTS | Europe’s Crypto Reset Begins: Who’s In, Who’s Out Under MiCA (pymnts.com)
  July 1 isn't just a deadline; it's the beginning of a new competitive era for digital assets in the European Union.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Prime Leverages July 4 Promo to Push Fuel Perks (pymnts.com)
  Amazon is offering a limited-time promotion of 50 cents per gallon off one fuel purchase over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
• PYMNTS | New York Life Investment Management Bets on Tokenization (pymnts.com)
  New York Life Investment Management is partnering with tokenization platform Centrifuge to introduce its first tokenized investment product.
• PYMNTS | UK Reduces Capital Requirements for Stablecoin Issuers (pymnts.com)
  The U.K. has introduced new digital asset regulations as part of its ongoing quest to become a cryptocurrency hub.
• PYMNTS | Visa Says Online Deal Hunting Sustains Discretionary Spending (pymnts.com)
  Consumers around the world are continuing to make discretionary purchases despite rising prices, according to Visa.
• PYMNTS | Apple and Google Urged to Offer Alternative UK Payment Paths (pymnts.com)
  UK regulators want Apple and Google to let developers steer users to payment methods beyond the company's app stores.
• PYMNTS | Green Dot Says Embedded Finance Needs Better Math (pymnts.com)
  As embedded finance enters a more demanding phase, retention and customer relationships are key, Green Dot’s Akhil Gupta tells PYMNTS.
• PYMNTS | Entersekt Reframes 3D Secure as a Revenue Recovery Tool (pymnts.com)
  Entersekt’s Dewald Nolte says the value of 3D Secure is as much recovering legitimate revenue as it is preventing fraud.
• PYMNTS | Household Bills Turn Optimism Into Deferred Purchases (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds consumers still have a strong appetite to spend, but many have lost the room in their budgets to act on it.
• PYMNTS | Liquidity Management Becomes Next Test for Real-Time Payments (pymnts.com)
  Connecting to faster payment rails is no longer enough for financial institutions seeking commercial growth.
• PYMNTS | BNPL Value Demands More Than Checkout Availability (pymnts.com)
  BNPL drives conversion, order value and loyalty—but only when merchants integrate it seamlessly across the entire customer journey. A PYMNT…
• PYMNTS | Robinhood Launches Blockchain Designed for Real-World Assets (pymnts.com)
  Robinhood Markets has launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain, a blockchain the company said is purpose-built for real-world assets.
• PYMNTS | Retailers Turn to AI Agents to Meet Shoppers Before Checkout (pymnts.com)
  Retailers are adjusting digital investment priorities as artificial intelligence becomes part of the shopping journey.
• PYMNTS | Cloudflare Arms Website Owners in Fight Against AI Crawlers (pymnts.com)
  Cloudflare is introducing tools designed to enable site owners to decide whether automate agents and bots can access their content.
• PYMNTS | The Senate Calendar Is Becoming Crypto Markets’ Biggest Whale (pymnts.com)
  The CLARITY Act is far from passage, extending uncertainty that banks, payment companies and investors had hoped was finally nearing an end.
• CPI | DOJ, FTC Fertilizer Probe Expands To Examine Exports as Trump E… (pymnts.com)
  The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are examining fertilizer exports as part of their expanding antitrust...
• CPI | Paramount Offers UIP Exit to Address EU Competition Concerns (pymnts.com)
  Paramount is preparing to end its longstanding theatrical distribution partnership with Universal Pictures in Europe as part of an effort...
• CPI | European Bicycle Industry Consolidation Faces German Antitrust … (pymnts.com)
  A proposed acquisition of Dutch bicycle manufacturer Accell Group by Singapore-based investment firm Dutech Holdings has entered...
• PYMNTS | WhatsApp Steps Up Fight Against Account Impersonation (pymnts.com)
  WhatsApp recently began offering usernames, designed to help people connect while keeping their phone numbers private.
• PYMNTS | JPMorgan AI Chief Teresa Heitsenrether Plans 2026 Retirement (pymnts.com)
  JPMorganChase’s artificial intelligence chief, Teresa Heitsenrether, will retire from the company at the end of the year.
• PYMNTS | Twelve Labs Raises $100 Million to Fund Bet on Video AI (pymnts.com)
  Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Twelve Labs has raised $100 million in new funding to make video searchable.
• PYMNTS | Kraken Platform Payward Acquires Payments Firm Reap (pymnts.com)
  Payward, the financial infrastructure platform behind cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has acquired payments infrastructure firm Reap.
• CPI | South Korea Says Google Undermined App Store Competition (pymnts.com)
  South Korea alleges that Google discouraged competition by encouraging game publishers to prioritize Google Play over rival app stores.
• PYMNTS | Together AI Raises $800 Million to Scale Open-Source Models (pymnts.com)
  Together AI raised $800 million in a Series C funding round to expand its infrastructure layer that helps firms run open-source AI models.
• CPI | TikTok Nears Settlement to Avoid California Addiction Trial (pymnts.com)
  TikTok is nearing a settlement that would resolve claims brought by a teenager who alleges the platform contributed to mental health harms.
• CPI | EU Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Align Technology Over Inv… (pymnts.com)
  The European Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Align Technology, the U.S.-based manufacturer of Invisalign.
• PYMNTS | Meta Plans Cloud Business to Take on Big Tech Rivals (pymnts.com)
  Meta is reportedly planning a cloud infrastructure business that will sell AI computing power and AI model access.
• PYMNTS | Stablecoins Outgrow the Exchanges That Built Them (pymnts.com)
  Stablecoins and exchanges once solved each other’s biggest problem, but now they are each competing for the other’s role.
• PYMNTS | Kroger Pays $1.65 Billion for Grocery Chain Giant Eagle (pymnts.com)
  Kroger is set to acquire Pennsylvania-based grocery chain Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion, expanding its footprint.
• PYMNTS | FedEx Moves to Sell Supply Chain Unit to Continue Streamlini… (pymnts.com)
  FedEx plans to sell FedEx Supply Chain to CMA CGM Group, a provider of sea, land, air and logistics solutions, at a value of $1.4 billion.
• PYMNTS | UN Warns That AI Safety Is Lagging Behind AI Progress (pymnts.com)
  While artificial intelligence (AI)’s capabilities are expanding, a new United Nations (U.N.) report says its safety rules are lacking.
• PYMNTS | Open USD’s Biggest Challenge Isn’t Circle or Tether, It’s Hi… (pymnts.com)
  The newest stablecoin alliance is competing with a long history of industry coalitions across financial services.
• PYMNTS | Automakers See Stable Car Sales Despite War and Inflation (pymnts.com)
  Vehicle sales in the United States have not declined this year as they have during past times of war and economic pressure.
• PYMNTS | Apple Price Increases Could Mean 3 Years of Costlier Devices (pymnts.com)
  Apple’s recent price increases could be a harbinger for a years-long era of costlier electronics, per a Kiplinger report.