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• PYMNTS | Digital Channels Drive SMB Growth Through Customer Tracking (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence examines how SMBs use digital channels and customer tracking to drive growth and improve performance.
• PYMNTS | Open USD and the Questions 140 Logos Don't Answer (pymnts.com)
  Karen Webster digs into the launch of Open USD and the open questions behind the stablecoin's 140-name coalition.
• PYMNTS | The Competition in Card Rewards Is Over Rules, Data and Money (pymnts.com)
  New PYMNTS Intelligence data shows the next rewards race is about who controls the real-time incentive layer inside the transaction itself.
• PYMNTS | Housing Bill’s Final Passage Confirms US CBDC Ban (pymnts.com)
  A four-year ban on a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) is set to take effect if a housing bill becomes law Saturday (July 11).
• PYMNTS | Nubank Unit Secures Authorization to Become Mexican Bank (pymnts.com)
  Digital bank Nubank’s Mexican operation, Nu Mexico, now has 30 calendar days to complete its transformation into a bank.
• PYMNTS | Delta AI Assistant Boosts Customer Satisfaction During Disru… (pymnts.com)
  Delta Air Lines’ June quarter earnings call highlighted enhanced digital tools, expanded self-service and an AI-powered digital assistant.
• PYMNTS | JPMorgan Says Its AI Investors Beat Traditional Portfolios i… (pymnts.com)
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. found that eight agents beat both the traditional 60/40 portfolio and the bank’s own rules-based market regime model.
• CPI | Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence Expands Cybersecurit… (pymnts.com)
  By: Aria Austin & Daniel J. Barsky (Holland & Knight) In this insight piece for Holland & Knight, authors Aria Austin & Daniel J. Barsky
• PYMNTS | Why Decentralized Systems Can’t Clear the CFO Sniff Test (pymnts.com)
  As finance technology grows more decentralized, corporate finance teams are realizing the real enterprise product is the control layer.
• PYMNTS | Banks and FinTechs Offer New Ways to Weather a Rainy Day (pymnts.com)
  Consumers still want emergency savings, but many no longer have enough cash to weather an unexpected bill.
• PYMNTS | Trump AI Restrictions Spur Shift Toward Open-Source Models (pymnts.com)
  The Trump administration’s restrictions on access to advanced U.S. AI models are accelerating interest in open-source alternatives.
• PYMNTS | Kalshi and Polymarket Expand Beyond Event Bets Into Finance (pymnts.com)
  Prediction markets are outgrowing elections and sports as Kalshi and Polymarket move toward metals, currencies, energy and margin trading.
• PYMNTS | Cursor Prepares Workplace Agent to Challenge Claude Cowork (pymnts.com)
  Cursor, which has offered coding-focused tools since its founding in 2022, is reportedly developing a general-purpose AI agent.
• PYMNTS | Capital One Urges Leaders to Listen Before They Launch (pymnts.com)
  Capital One’s Jay Michelini says listening, accountability and purpose help financial institutions carry change from planning to execution.
• PYMNTS | Three-Quarters of Financial Firms See Identity Inconsistenci… (pymnts.com)
  As revenue moves online, PYMNTS Intelligence data shows KYC/KYB friction is becoming a growth issue, not just a compliance challenge.
• PYMNTS | Data Shows Why One Consumer Economy Has Become Three (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds consumer spending has become less about confidence and more about financial capacity.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI Applications Chief Fidji Simo Steps Down Due to Illne… (pymnts.com)
  Fidji Simo is stepping down at OpenAI and transitioning to being a part-time adviser due to a chronic medical condition.
• PYMNTS | Financial Firms Ban Employee Prediction Market Trading (pymnts.com)
  Goldman Sachs has banned employees from trading on event contracts related to specific companies, election outcomes or financial markets.
• PYMNTS | Nvidia Joins $100 Million Bet on Gradium Voice AI (pymnts.com)
  Voice AI model builder Gradium has announced that an extension of its seed financing brought its funding to $100 million.
• PYMNTS | Palo Alto Networks CEO Says Token Costs Slow AI Adoption (pymnts.com)
  For enterprises to adopt AI on a large scale, token costs need to drop, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said.
• PYMNTS | Lendable Raises $670 Million to Fuel Personal Lending Expans… (pymnts.com)
  U.K. digital lender Lendable finalized a deal in which it will raise 500 million pounds to support its effort to push further into lending.
• PYMNTS | Former Fed Chief Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic’s Watchdog Gro… (pymnts.com)
  Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke joined Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT), an independent body.
• PYMNTS | Robinhood’s Memecoin Boom Shows Crypto’s Market Is No Joke (pymnts.com)
  Memecoins are becoming the fastest way to test whether a new chain, wallet, exchange or trading surface can handle demand at scale.
• PYMNTS | Banks Turn Stablecoin Safety Into a Selling Point (pymnts.com)
  Stablecoins may move like digital money, but corporate finance teams still want something very familiar behind them: a trusted bank.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Agent for Complex Workflows (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI has begun rolling out a new agent in ChatGPT that is designed for work that is more complex than a typical chat request.
• PYMNTS | Aria Secures $283 Million to Expand Invoice Financing (pymnts.com)
  French embedded invoice financing platform Aria has raised $283 million to help expand its staff and bring new clients on board.
• PYMNTS | Axos Aims to Expand AI-Powered Financial Services With Arc B… (pymnts.com)
  Axos Financial subsidiary Axos Nevada Holding plans to acquire Arc Technologies to expand Axos’ AI capabilities.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI Debuts New Model Following Input From US Government (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI’s CEO said the company made “many” changes to its latest AI models following talks with the federal government.
• CPI | Italy Penalizes Character.AI Owner Over Child Safety and Privac… (pymnts.com)
  Italy's data protection authority concluded that the chatbot platform failed to implement safeguards to prevent access to minors.
• CPI | State AGs Prepare Antitrust Complaint Against Paramount-Warner … (pymnts.com)
  A coalition of state attorneys general is preparing an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros.
• CPI | Latham & Watkins Expands Brussels Antitrust Practice (pymnts.com)
  Latham & Watkins has expanded its European antitrust practice with the appointment of Sascha Schubert as a partner in its Brussels office.
• CPI | EU Makes SAP Antitrust Commitments Binding in ERP Support Case (pymnts.com)
  The EU has accepted a commitments from SAP aimed at resolving antitrust concerns over its on-premises enterprise resource planning software.
• PYMNTS | Meta Says Its First Pay-to-Use AI Model Outperforms Google (pymnts.com)
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the pricing for its AI model “is going to be very aggressive and attractive.”
• PYMNTS | GrubHub Owner Eyes $9 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round (pymnts.com)
  Wonder, the owner of GrubHub and Blue Apron, is reportedly arranging hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding.
• PYMNTS | Congress Eyes Growing Use of Chinese AI Models by US Firms (pymnts.com)
  As companies in the United States reel from the sticker shock of token-based AI pricing, some are turning to lower-cost Chinese models.
• PYMNTS | PepsiCo Says Gas Prices Cut Into US Consumer Food Spending (pymnts.com)
  PepsiCo said during an earnings call that high prices at the pump are keeping consumers from heading into the store to buy snacks.
• PYMNTS | FedNow Readies Cross-Border and Payment Request Pilots (pymnts.com)
  Three years after the Federal Reserve launched the FedNow® Service, the instant payment infrastructure serves 1,800 financial institutions.
• PYMNTS | Kalshi Weighs Move Into Non-Expiring Derivatives Space (pymnts.com)
  Prediction market Kalshi is reportedly looking into expanding into the derivatives space by offering perpetual futures.
• PYMNTS | Starbucks Brews In-House Tools in Shift From Big Tech (pymnts.com)
  Coffee giant Starbucks is developing in-house systems that could replace software it buys from Big Tech companies.
• PYMNTS | Cash Stuffing Brings Grandma’s Budgeting Back for Gen Z (pymnts.com)
  In one of social media’s more notable personal finance trends, Gen Z has embraced a budgeting habit that is generations old: cash stuffing.
• PYMNTS | Fed Study Shows B2B Payments Are Cost-Per-Event Problem (pymnts.com)
  The challenge for CFOs is managing more payment events, more rail specialization and a tougher last mile of corporate check displacement.
• PYMNTS | States Expand Guardrails on AI Use in Health Insurance Decis… (pymnts.com)
  State legislatures are moving beyond broad AI governance to regulate its application on health insurance coverage determinations.
• PYMNTS | Sony Gets Conditional OK for US-Based Stablecoin Bank (pymnts.com)
  Sony Bank has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to launch a U.S.-based stablecoin bank.
• PYMNTS | Forage Bets $40 Million That Affordability Is Next Retail Ne… (pymnts.com)
  Forage is treating SNAP EBT acceptance as part of a larger platform aimed at households that find stretching a food budget is a challenge.
• PYMNTS | NewCo Capital rebrands to Bizcap US, strengthening support f… (pymnts.com)
  NewCo Capital Group has rebranded to Bizcap US, bringing its US operations under a unified global Bizcap brand.
• PYMNTS | Millennial Savings Trends: Gaps, Habits and Opportunities (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence reports on how millennials are saving, spending, banking and using payment apps as their cash cushions stay thin.
• PYMNTS | Government Disbursements Open New Paths to Financial Inclusi… (pymnts.com)
  There's an opportunity to make public payments usable when households actually need them, broadening financial inclusion.
• PYMNTS | Consumers Trust CUs but Don’t Always Reach for Their Cards (pymnts.com)
  Credit Union Innovation Readiness: Consumers Trust CUs but Don’t Always Reach for Their Cards - A PYMNTS Intelligence and Velera report
• PYMNTS | BNPL Boosts Basket Size When Shoppers See It Early (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds BNPL can influence where shoppers browse, what they buy and whether they finish the purchase.
• PYMNTS | Stablecoin Market Cap Suffers Biggest Decline in 4 Years (pymnts.com)
  The stablecoin market saw its largest decline in nearly four years. Stablecoins’ market capitalization dropped by $7.7 billion in June.