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• PYMNTS | Consumer Sentiment Jumped 10% in July Before Gas Price Hikes (pymnts.com)
  Consumer sentiment improved by 10% in early July, driven by easing gas prices. It marked the second consecutive month of 10% jumps.
• CPI | Apple Opens Early Settlement Discussions With DOJ (pymnts.com)
  Apple Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice have begun preliminary discussions about a possible settlement of the federal antitrust...
• PYMNTS | The $100 Million CFO Rewrites the Rules on Legal Spend (pymnts.com)
  Legal costs at mid-market companies come from everyday operations, and CFOs are shifting focus to manage legal and compliance risks.
• PYMNTS | Watch. Comment. Buy. AI Powers Live Shopping’s Encore (pymnts.com)
  Whatnot just acquired an AI startup to fix the discovery problem that has kept live shopping from going mainstream in the U.S.
• PYMNTS | California Tightens Scrutiny of AI Hiring Tools Amid Reports… (pymnts.com)
  California employers that use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen job candidates face an increasingly complex compliance landscape.
• CPI | DMA’s Hidden Victims: What India’s Digital Competit… (pymnts.com)
  By: Toshit Shandilya & Nandini Modi (AZB & Partners) India's Digital Competition Bill (DCB) proposes a prohibitory rules framework
• PYMNTS | Coca-Cola Unit Becomes 17th US Cyber Incident This Year (pymnts.com)
  Seventeen U.S. companies have reported or been affected by cyber incidents this year amid a worldwide surge in AI-driven cyberattacks.
• PYMNTS | Truist Bets on Digital Engagement to Deepen Banking Ties (pymnts.com)
  Truist’s second quarter showed steady consumer activity, higher digital use and continued movement toward higher-yielding deposits.
• PYMNTS | Apple Retakes Top Valuation Spot as Smart AI Spending Reward… (pymnts.com)
  Apple has become the world’s most valuable company for the first time since April 2025, overtaking Nvidia.
• PYMNTS | Apple Wants Documents From Former Employees Now at OpenAI (pymnts.com)
  Apple sent letters to about 40 former employees who now work at OpenAI, demanding that they preserve documents and meet with Apple lawyers.
• PYMNTS | PayPal Board Calls $53 Billion Stripe-Advent Bid Inadequate (pymnts.com)
  PayPal’s board believes the $53 billion takeover offer from Stripe and Advent International offered on July 15 undervalues the company.
• PYMNTS | The Hidden Cost of B2B Payments Is Manual Work, Not Fees (pymnts.com)
  Mary Kay Bowman of BILL and Scott Hess of Cintas say payment modernization is larger than a shift from checks to digital rails.
• PYMNTS | Smart Checkout Puts Issuers at the Center of the Sale (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS intelligence reports show 90% of issuers want smart checkout rewards, but adoption depends on control, risk and data rules.
• PYMNTS | The Best Buy Now Pay Later Customer Is Not Who Banks Think (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds the next challenge for banks is orchestrating financial decisions according to a consumer’s life stage.
• PYMNTS | Issuers Improve Returns by Solving the Next Customer Friction (pymnts.com)
  Issuers have spent years adding wallets, digital issuance, rewards and AI, but fewer are generating high customer lifetime value.
• PYMNTS | Digital Assets Move From Investment to Everyday Payments (pymnts.com)
  Digital currencies such as stablecoins and cryptocurrencies have gone mainstream as investments, but can they become everyday money? A PYMN…
• PYMNTS | Digital Assets: From Investment to Spending Power (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence examines how digital assets are moving from investment to daily spending and what's driving—or holding back—that shift.
• PYMNTS | 36% of Gen Z Consumers Now Pay With Digital Wallets (pymnts.com)
  A PYMNTS Intelligence study finds digital wallet adoption among Gen Z consumers has grown to 36% from 15% in March 2024.
• PYMNTS | ACI Worldwide Considers Putting Billing Division Up For Sale (pymnts.com)
  ACI Worldwide is considering a sale of its billing business amid strong demand for payments software and recurring revenue businesses.
• PYMNTS | Medical AI Startup OpenEvidence Weighs $200M Funding Round (pymnts.com)
  Medical-focused AI startup OpenEvidence has considered raising $200 million, but is unlikely to proceed because that will dilute shares.
• PYMNTS | AI Chip Startup Etched Eyes $20 Billion Valuation (pymnts.com)
  AI chip startup Etched is preparing to quadruple its valuation to around $20 billion, capitalizing on a soaring market for AI startups.
• PYMNTS | Bank of America Promotes Execs to Champion AI and Crypto (pymnts.com)
  Bank of America has promoted new leaders, Sonali Theisen and Kevin Milsom, to guide its cryptocurrency and AI efforts.
• PYMNTS | Chinese Smartphone Companies Rework Devices Around AI (pymnts.com)
  Chinese tech companies have begun to rework mobile devices around AI. ZTE’s new line of smartphones with built-in AI services.
• CPI | Croatia Competition Authority Approves HPB Acquisition of Croat… (pymnts.com)
  Croatia's competition regulator has approved HPB's planned acquisition of Croatia Banka, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for a...
• CPI | Democratic Lawmakers Urge DOJ to Closely Examine Fox-Roku Merger (pymnts.com)
  A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to subject Fox Corp.'s proposed $22 billion acquisition of...
• CPI | US Judge Clears Path for Broad Beef Antitrust Class Actions Aga… (pymnts.com)
  A federal judge has authorized several groups of beef purchasers to proceed collectively in antitrust litigation accusing some of...
• CPI | India’s Competition Regulator Dismisses Antitrust Complai… (pymnts.com)
  The Competition Commission of India has dismissed a broad antitrust complaint targeting Reliance Jio Infocomm and more than 4,500...
• PYMNTS | FinWise Owns Full Card Tech Stack After Acquiring Tallied Pl… (pymnts.com)
  FinWise Bancorp has brought card issuing in-house by acquiring the technology platform and related assets of Tallied Technologies.
• PYMNTS | US AI Safety Chief Chris Fall Resigns After 3 Months (pymnts.com)
  The head of the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation, Chris Fall, resigned from that role three months after he was selected for it.
• PYMNTS | Trump Orders Defense Contractors to Scrutinize Suppliers (pymnts.com)
  President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring defense contractors to map their supply chains.
• PYMNTS | The Review Economy Just Became the Recommendation Economy (pymnts.com)
  Google, Reddit and Yelp are each racing to be the algorithm shoppers ask for recommendations and the one that gets paid when they buy.
• PYMNTS | Banks Tap FinTechs and Embedded Finance for Deposits (pymnts.com)
  Banks are finding new ways to turn FinTech partnerships and embedded finance into sources of deposits and fee income.
• CPI | Live Nation Faces Growing UK Antitrust Pressure Over Industry I… (pymnts.com)
  The UK's competition regulator is reportedly taking preliminary steps toward a wider examination of Live Nation Entertainment's influence...
• PYMNTS | Natural Raises $30 Million to Build Payment Rails for AI Age… (pymnts.com)
  Natural, a year-old company that is building a foundational payment stack for AI agents, raised $30 million in a Series A funding round.
• CPI | Buchanan Ingersoll Expands Antitrust Practice With Washington H… (pymnts.com)
  Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has added veteran antitrust attorney Anthony Van Vuren as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C., office.
• CPI | China Nears Decision in Antitrust Case Against Trip.com (pymnts.com)
  Potential penalties for the online travel giant could reach billions of yuan as Beijing continues scrutiny of market dominance.
• CPI | EU Intensifies Cartel Probe Into Swiss Chemicals Firm Sika (pymnts.com)
  The EU has sent Statements of Objections to Sika over alleged price-fixing involving chemical additives used in cement, concrete and mortar.
• CPI | X and Major Music Publishers Settle Parallel Copyright and Anti… (pymnts.com)
  The settlement brings to a close litigation that had pitted X against publishers affiliated with Universal Music Group and Sony Music.
• CPI | Live Nation Settlement Triggers New Dispute Among States (pymnts.com)
  A growing divide has emerged among U.S. states over how to proceed in the antitrust litigation involving Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
• PYMNTS | Apparel Brand Reformation Aims for $239 Million in IPO (pymnts.com)
  Sustainable apparel company Reformation aims to raise up to $239 million when it goes public, potentially July 29.
• PYMNTS | Hugging Face Latest Company Dealing With AI Cyberattacks (pymnts.com)
  Hugging Face, whose platform hosts artificial intelligence datasets, has reportedly suffered an AI-powered data breach.
• PYMNTS | Fed Data Shows Consumer Credit Applications at 5-Year High (pymnts.com)
  New data released by the Federal Reserve show consumer credit applications reached a nearly-five-year high in June.
• PYMNTS | Visa Bets the Future of Money Still Needs an Operator (pymnts.com)
  Visa’s new stablecoin platform now in beta, gives financial institutions, FinTechs and crypto firms a managed environment for stablecoins.
• CPI | How the US and China Can Cooperate to Reduce Urgent AI Risks (pymnts.com)
  By: Mark MacCarthy & Carl Schonander (Brookings Institution TechTank) In this piece, authors Mark MacCarthy & Carl Schonander (Brookings
• PYMNTS | Banks Turn Treasury Platforms Into Growth Engines (pymnts.com)
  Corporate cash management is taking a role in bank earnings as companies seek better control over payments, liquidity and working capital.
• PYMNTS | MoneyLion Debuts Program for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers (pymnts.com)
  MoneyLion has introduced a membership program it says is designed to help consumers earn more from their paychecks.
• PYMNTS | ECB Joins US Banks in Warning Stablecoins Could Drain Deposi… (pymnts.com)
  The European Central Bank is warning that widespread adoption of stablecoins could pull retail deposits out of traditional banks.
• PYMNTS | Procurify Deploys Fully Agentic Procurement Platform (pymnts.com)
  Procurify completed the transformation of its platform into a fully agentic procurement platform by adding three more agents.
• PYMNTS | Crypto Market Regulation Is Running Out of Time at the Finis… (pymnts.com)
  Negotiations around the Clarity Act are set to come to a head this week, and SEC-versus-CFTC jurisdiction remains politically central.
• PYMNTS | Chime Expands Banking App to Include Investment Services (pymnts.com)
  Banking app Chime says it now offers an investment option that lets members buy stocks and exchange-traded funds.