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• PYMNTS | Fifth Third Begins Comerica Account Migration After Merger (pymnts.com)
  Fifth Third Bank sent welcome packages to Comerica customers this week following the $10.9 million merger of the two banks.
• CPI | EU Signals ChatGPT, Roblox Could Face Expanded Digital Services… (pymnts.com)
  EU regulators are considering whether to classify ChatGPT and Roblox under the bloc's oversight regime for the largest online services.
• CPI | OpenAI, Trump Administration Discuss Voluntary AI Safety Testing (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Trump administration officials to discuss voluntary safety testing for advanced AI systems.
• CPI | SAP Says German Antitrust Authority Ends Preliminary Review Wit… (pymnts.com)
  Germany's federal competition authority has decided not to open formal antitrust proceedings against software company SAP.
• PYMNTS | Hippo CEO Says Growth Starts With the Risks It Won’t Take (pymnts.com)
  Hippo CEO Rick McCathron shares why the insurer’s expansion is giving it more business to choose from, not less control over what it writes.
• CPI | Keystone Launches Washington Antitrust Practice With 2 Former D… (pymnts.com)
  Consulting firm Keystone has opened a Washington office anchored by antitrust economists Malika Krishna and Brian Clark.
• PYMNTS | Entersekt Promotes Operations Chief Clare Conway to CEO (pymnts.com)
  Fraud prevention and payments security company Entersekt has named current COO Clare Conway as its new CEO.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Narrows AI Ambitions as Retail Rivalry Intensifies (pymnts.com)
  Amazon’s decision to wind down several of its AI models may be an attempt to move its AI spending toward areas where it has strength.
• PYMNTS | Stripe Helps Data Firm Dune Accept Stablecoin Payments (pymnts.com)
  The new integration means Dune’s enterprise customers can now pay for data products and APIs in stablecoins.
• PYMNTS | Consumer Spending Outpaces War Impact for 1.5% GDP Growth (pymnts.com)
  GDP growth slowed in the second quarter, according to an advance estimate released Thursday (July 30) by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• PYMNTS | Mastercard Says Cards Will Power Agentic Commerce (pymnts.com)
  Mastercard says agentic commerce will increase demand for credit card fraud protection and dispute resolution capabilities.
• PYMNTS | Taco Bell Sales Briefly Move South After Parasite Outbreak (pymnts.com)
  Taco Bell sales fell this month following a parasite outbreak tied to the chain, as discussed by parent firm Yum Brands on an earnings call.
• PYMNTS | Silicon Valley’s AI Giants Go Shopping Off Their Turf (pymnts.com)
  Cognition, Midjourney and OpenAI are acquiring startups that none of them would have called their core business two years ago.
• PYMNTS | Lloyds Banking Group Mobilizes 800 AI Models to Slash Costs (pymnts.com)
  Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a key role in Lloyds Banking Group’s new strategic plan that runs through 2030.
• PYMNTS | Pagaya Is Earning Less per Dollar, and Making More Money (pymnts.com)
  Embedded platforms need to be embedded somewhere, and it might as well be across banks, car dealerships and capital markets.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Contends With Unplanned Overspending on AI (pymnts.com)
  Amazon has reportedly uncovered instances of “catastrophically expensive” cost overruns caused by errors in AI deployment.
• PYMNTS | State AGs Expand AI Enforcement With Consumer Protection Laws (pymnts.com)
  State attorneys general are relying on consumer protection, licensing, privacy and advertising laws to police AI products.
• PYMNTS | Carvana Slashes Customer Service Costs Through AI Agent (pymnts.com)
  Automotive eCommerce firm Carvana reported it set records in retail units sold, quarterly Q2 net income during the second quarter.
• PYMNTS | Airlines’ AI-Powered Pricing Could Mean Fewer Cheap Fares (pymnts.com)
  Travelers reportedly could soon face more trouble finding low-cost seats as airlines adopt AI-powered pricing practices.
• PYMNTS | Method Debuts Tool to Keep Lenders and Borrowers Connected (pymnts.com)
  Financial connectivity platform Method has released a tool to provide lenders with ongoing post-origination monitoring.
• PYMNTS | zerohash Launches Agentic Finance Tools for Platforms (pymnts.com)
  Onchain infrastructure firm zerohash has launched products that allow AI agents and intelligent applications to initiate transactions.
• PYMNTS | Nacha Reports Q2 Same Day ACH Payments Surged 29.5% (pymnts.com)
  Same Day ACH adoption accelerated in the second quarter as users sought its fast, safe payment capabilities, Nacha said Thursday (July 30).
• PYMNTS | Plaid Says Better Approvals Beat Costly Recoveries (pymnts.com)
  Plaid’s Shaffer Bond says stronger account verification, ownership checks and better data can curb fraud before the payment is made.
• PYMNTS | Debit Data Shows Which Banks Get Everyday Payments Right (pymnts.com)
  Justin Monk of FIS says debit issuers must pair better data and fraud controls with features consumers can understand and use.
• PYMNTS | Kaon Uses AI to Build a Different Video Story for Every View… (pymnts.com)
  Kaon CEO Jay Dang says his platform generates new story worlds in real time, giving each viewer content shaped around their behavior.
• PYMNTS | Healthcare Costs Push Consumer Confidence Down 9 Points (pymnts.com)
  Recurring medical expenses are testing household budgets, but clearer billing and flexible payment tools could ease the pressure.
• PYMNTS | How Top Card Issuers Build High Customer Lifetime Value (pymnts.com)
  Drawing on two years of data from nearly 1,000 banks, FinTechs and credit unions, PYMNTS Intelligence maps the four-step sequence.
• PYMNTS | Real-Time Payments Move Into More Markets and More Workflows (pymnts.com)
  Real-time payments are expanding geographically in markets like Brazil and Colombia, and commerciall for, U.S. banks and businesses.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI Reaches 1 Billion Active Users as AI Becomes Daily Ha… (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI’s models now reach over 1 billion active users and more than 2 million businesses, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said.
• PYMNTS | Fed Moves to Give Mutual Banks More Flexibility to Raise Cap… (pymnts.com)
  The Federal Reserve is seeking comment on a proposal that it said would modernize rules for mutual banking organizations.
• PYMNTS | Friend’s New Pendant Gives OpenAI’s Screenless Future a Voice (pymnts.com)
  AI hardware startup Friend relaunched its AI pendant this week with a built-in voice, a steep price hike and a new subscription for memory.
• PYMNTS | FDIC Order Forces Lineage to Rebuild Capital and Earnings (pymnts.com)
  Lineage Bank, which was a partner bank for Synapse, has reached a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
• PYMNTS | AutoNation CEO Bets Resilient Buyers Will Fuel Rebound (pymnts.com)
  Automotive retailer AutoNation said the industry is “in good shape,” despite declines in sales the company saw in the second quarter.
• PYMNTS | Project Agorá Says It Cuts Cross-Border Payments to 80 Secon… (pymnts.com)
  Real-value testing (RVT) of tokenization of wholesale cross-border payments demonstrated an average time of about 80 seconds.
• PYMNTS | AI Gives Cybersecurity a Backlog CFOs, CISOs Can’t Patch Away (pymnts.com)
  The widening gap between vulnerability discovery and remediation is forcing CFOs and CISOs to rethink cybersecurity.
• PYMNTS | Global Regulatory Changes Slow Apple’s Services Growth (pymnts.com)
  The growth of Apple’s Services has reportedly been impacted by regulatory changes in several countries affecting the company’s App Store.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Completes $50 Billion Investment in OpenAI (pymnts.com)
  Amazon completed a $50 billion investment in artificial intelligence startup OpenAI that the two companies announced in February.
• PYMNTS | New York Sues Kalshi in Fight Over Prediction Market Regulat… (pymnts.com)
  Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Kalshi, claiming the platform is operating an illegal gambling business.
• PYMNTS | Bank of America Moves to Buy MDSec in Cybersecurity Push (pymnts.com)
  Bank of America plans to enhance its cybersecurity capabilities in the United Kingdom and globally by acquiring MDSec Consulting Limited.
• PYMNTS | Federal Data Shows Consumer Spending Outruns Income (pymnts.com)
  Consumers kept spending in June even as wages and incomes grew more slowly, extending a pattern that puts more pressure on them.
• PYMNTS | Mastercard and Amex Turn B2B Payments Into Living Control La… (pymnts.com)
  Mastercard and American Express are embedding spending rules, supplier verification and invoice data directly into transactions.
• PYMNTS | Senate Bill Aims to Map AI’s Impact on US Workforce (pymnts.com)
  A bipartisan group of senators is advancing legislation to require the government to collect information on how AI impacts the workforce.
• PYMNTS | Circle Adds New York Trust Charter to Growing Slate of Licen… (pymnts.com)
  Circle Internet Trust Company has received a limited purpose trust charter from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
• PYMNTS | Labor Economy Workers Have Shifted Their Spending (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence reports how 60 million Labor Economy workers are changing their spending, shopping and payment choices.
• PYMNTS | The Labor Economy Follows a Different Consumer Playbook (pymnts.com)
  Wage to Wallet Index: The Labor Economy Follows a Different Consumer Playbook - A PYMNTS Intelligence and Workwhile collaboration
• PYMNTS | Banks Move Credit Decisions to the Transaction Level (pymnts.com)
  New PYMNTS Intelligence shows how AI is blurring the lines between banking, credit and commerce with each transaction.
• PYMNTS | AI Agents Need Rules Before They Can Run Payments (pymnts.com)
  Assigning work to AI agents requires clear rules and defined decision rights, Bottomline’s Colin Swain writes in a new PYMNTS eBook.
• PYMNTS | Retailers Report 69% Increase in Phone Scams as Shoplifting … (pymnts.com)
  Efforts by American retailers to prevent shoplifting appear to be paying off, but external theft and fraud cases on the rise.
• PYMNTS | 49% of Credit Unions See AI as an Acquisition Tool (pymnts.com)
  Credit unions can capture that demand by starting with simple advisory tools, new PYMNTS Intelligence research finds.
• PYMNTS | IBM CEO Foresees Quantum Computing Growth by 2029 (pymnts.com)
  IBM’s CEO Arvind Krishna says quantum computing will soon be a source of growth “I think that in 2028 or 2029.”