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• PYMNTS | Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets (pymnts.com)
  The average Fedwire transaction carries $5.3 million, giving banks an incentive to modernize the systems that route high-value payments.
• PYMNTS | Fraud and Disputes Rank as a Top Cost for 42% of Issuers (pymnts.com)
  Fraud detection is moving closer to the center of the issuer relationship with cardholders as payments become increasingly automated.
• PYMNTS | Robinhood Takes an Option Out on Owning Customer Transactions (pymnts.com)
  Robinhood reveals a strategy: use trading, banking, credit cards, tokenized assets and AI agents to capture a customer’s financial life.
• PYMNTS | Microsoft Extends Data Center Lifespans to Soften AI Costs (pymnts.com)
  Microsoft reported strong growth in its cloud and AI businesses while also working to moderate the impact of capital expenditures.
• PYMNTS | Zuckerberg Says Billions Will Rely on Personal AI Agents (pymnts.com)
  Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is chasing his next grand ambition: an always-on AI agent for billions of people, despite expensive compute.
• PYMNTS | Binance.US Prepares Application to Launch Prediction Markets (pymnts.com)
  Cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US plans to submit an application to the CFTC for a Designated Contract Market (DCM) next month.
• PYMNTS | Freehand Raises $75M to Automate Enterprise Payments (pymnts.com)
  Freehand raised $75 million to scale its autonomous AI agents that manage supply chain spend for global enterprises.
• PYMNTS | WEX Deploys AI to Stop Fleet Fuel Fraud Before It Happens (pymnts.com)
  WEX will expand its WEXOnline platform for commercial fleets to include identifying and stopping potentially unauthorized fuel purchases.
• PYMNTS | Authorized Fraud Puts Bank Intervention to the Test (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence data shows AI and behavioral analytics moving deeper into fraud operations to combat authorized payment scams.
• CPI | US Appeals Court Reinstates AI Pricing Antitrust Case Against A… (pymnts.com)
  A federal appeals court has revived an antitrust lawsuit accusing several Atlantic City casino operators of using artificial intelligence...
• PYMNTS | Delta, DraftKings Add Sports Contests to In-Flight Entertain… (pymnts.com)
  Delta Air Lines and DraftKings teamed to offer passengers a sports-related in-flight entertainment option.
• PYMNTS | Sam Altman Voices Support for Federal AI Guardrails in DC Vi… (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with U.S. lawmakers and told reporters he supports federal AI legislation, Bloomberg reported.
• PYMNTS | DoorDash in-House Delivery Drones Cleared for Takeoff (pymnts.com)
  DoorDash says it has received permission to launch its in-house drone delivery program, with FAA air carrier certification.
• PYMNTS | Stripe’s OpenRouter Bid 70 Times Company’s Annual Revenue (pymnts.com)
  Stripe is considering buying OpenRouter for $10 billion, which is roughly 70 times OpenRouter’s annualized revenue.
• PYMNTS | Increase Debuts Bank to Help FinTechs Build Financial Produc… (pymnts.com)
  Banking infrastructure company Increase is now a bank and aims to combine a “modern bank core” with regulated banking services.
• CPI | Democratic Senators Seek SEC Investigation Into Trump Media’s P… (pymnts.com)
  Senators argue that monetizing access to presidential communications could benefit paying traders before information reaches the public.
• CPI | Publicis Challenges Naming in India Antitrust Investigation Bef… (pymnts.com)
  Publicis argues that India's competition regulator has incorrectly named its global brand, not the entity responsible for local operations.
• CPI | Appeals Court Revives AI Hotel Pricing Antitrust Lawsuit Agains… (pymnts.com)
  The ruling reverses an earlier district court decision that dismissed the claims and allows the case to proceed for further litigation.
• CPI | EU Warns FIFA Commercial Overhaul Could Violate Competition Law (pymnts.com)
  The proposal in question envisions selling a 20% interest in the new entity to investors while FIFA retains control of football governance.
• PYMNTS | BNY Adds Blockchain Capabilities to Transfer Agency Business (pymnts.com)
  BNY unveiled its digital transfer agency capabilities, designed to support digitally native funds as well as traditional asset funds.
• CPI | UK Competition Regulator Opens Microsoft 365 Subscription Probe (pymnts.com)
  The probe examines whether customers were given sufficient information about subscription changes tied to the integration of AI features.
• PYMNTS | Oregon Says BNPL Providers Need State Lending Licenses (pymnts.com)
  Oregon is reminding pay later companies they must have state lending licenses before offering their services.
• PYMNTS | ChatGPT Approaches 1 Billion Weekly Active User Milestone (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI’s flagship product, AI chatbot ChatGPT, is reportedly approaching a milestone of 1 billion weekly active users.
• CPI | Non-Party Access to Court Documents in the CAT and the High Cou… (pymnts.com)
  By: Anthony Ojukwu & Matthew Tweddell (Geradin Partners) In this blog entry for The Thicket, authors Anthony Ojukwu & Matthew Tweddell
• PYMNTS | Lawmaker Seeks Budget to Build AI Assistant for House Staffe… (pymnts.com)
  Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) has requested funding for an AI assistant to help U.S. House staff find information.
• PYMNTS | Delaware Proposes New Legal Framework for Autonomous Agents (pymnts.com)
  If adopted, the initiative would establish one of the first formal legal frameworks for “agentic commerce.”
• PYMNTS | Microsoft’s AI Subscription Prices Probed by UK Regulator (pymnts.com)
  Regulators in the United Kingdom are investigating whether Microsoft misled customers about its subscription options pricing.
• PYMNTS | SoFi Cross-Selling Grows as Members Drive 51% of New Products (pymnts.com)
  Cross-selling emerged as a key point of discussion during SoFi’s Wednesday (July 29) second-quarter earnings call.
• PYMNTS | German Financial Regulator BaFin to Monitor Banks’ AI Use (pymnts.com)
  Germany’s financial regulator wants to pay closer attention to the banking sector’s artificial intelligence (AI) use.
• PYMNTS | Frontier AI Finds Cracks in the Math Behind Bank Security (pymnts.com)
  An Anthropic report shows that frontier AI is already beginning to test the math that banks use to secure the financial system.
• PYMNTS | Data Center Gold Rush Sparks Big Paydays for Electricians (pymnts.com)
  AI data center construction is reportedly drawing skilled trade workers into remote areas with some of the highest pay seen in the industry.
• PYMNTS | InvestFi Raises $20 Million to Help Credit Unions Reclaim De… (pymnts.com)
  InvestFi raised $20 million for its embedded investing platform that lets credit unions offer digital investing within online banking.
• PYMNTS | Credit Unions Win Trust but Rewards Win the Swipe (pymnts.com)
  Credit unions win recurring bill payments but lose discretionary spending, where rewards, not trust, determine which card members reach for…
• PYMNTS | Visa Direct Modernizes Government Payouts Stuck in Check Era (pymnts.com)
  Visa Direct’s Curtis Webb says existing infrastructure can accelerate government payout delivery while reducing costs and complexity.
• PYMNTS | Age and Income Miss the Real Divide in Financial Health (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds that age and income alone provide an incomplete picture of household financial health.
• PYMNTS | Thredd’s McCarthy Says Payments Will Govern Agentic Enterpri… (pymnts.com)
  The agentic enterprise will be defined by how well it governs AI autonomy, Thredd CEO Jim McCarthy writes in a new PYMNTS eBook.
• PYMNTS | Western Union Pursues AI as Falling Migration Hits Revenue (pymnts.com)
  Western Union is sharpening its focus on digital and artificial intelligence as it faces unexpected headwinds, executives said.
• PYMNTS | The Cost of Showing Up Is Changing the Price of Labor (pymnts.com)
  The latest Wage to Wallet report findings show hourly workers doing exact math on what it costs to get paid, and when.
• PYMNTS | Okta Inks Permiso Purchase to Expand Identity Threat Defense (pymnts.com)
  Okta plans to add identity threat detection and response capabilities to its identity management platform by acquiring Permiso Security.
• PYMNTS | Apple Ends Tim Cook Era With 1.5 Billion Subscriptions, AI P… (pymnts.com)
  Apple’s Q2 earnings delivered record revenue, but the stock’s decline showed investors want answers on growth, costs and product supply.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI Cuts Prices on to Make High-Volume Work Economical (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI has cut the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%, cut the price of GPT-5.6 Terra by 20% and provided faster performance of GPT-5.6 Sol.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Puts AI Agents to Work as Sales Top $200 Billion (pymnts.com)
  CEO Andy Jassy detailed how Amazon is moving agentic AI from experimentation into shopping, workplace tools, contact centers and security.
• PYMNTS | Coinbase’s Trading Slump Shows Financial Platforms Need Users (pymnts.com)
  Coinbase is gaining market share, but its Q2 results show the business is still earning like a trading platform.
• PYMNTS | Mets Partner With Novig in First MLB Prediction Market Deal (pymnts.com)
  Novig and the New York Mets have signed an agreement they say is the first partnership between a MLB franchise and a prediction market.
• PYMNTS | OCC Releases Compliance Guide for New CBLR Framework (pymnts.com)
  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a revised compliance guide for the community bank leverage ratio (CBLR) framework.
• PYMNTS | FTC Puts Digital Health’s Growth Playbook on Trial (pymnts.com)
  The real target of the FTC’s lawsuit against Hims & Hers is the very operating model that turned digital health into a consumer category.
• PYMNTS | JPMorgan Warns CLARITY Act Delays Could Undermine Crypto (pymnts.com)
  JPMorgan is warning that delays in passing CLARITY Act crypto legislation present a setback for that market.
• CPI | Film Producers Raise Antitrust Concerns Over Paramount-Warner D… (pymnts.com)
  A coalition of documentary film producers is urging British regulators to closely examine the proposed merger between Paramount...
• PYMNTS | Encore AI Raises $30 Million to Expand Enterprise AI Platform (pymnts.com)
  Agentic customer interaction platform Encore AI will use the funds to expand the global deployment of its enterprise AI program.
• PYMNTS | Simile Raises $200 Million for AI Digital Twin Service (pymnts.com)
  Simile raised $200 million for its artificial intelligence product that can simulate and predict human behavior.