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• PYMNTS | Flywire and Trustly Bring Open Banking Partnership to US (pymnts.com)
  Flywire is expanding support for open banking payments in the U.S. and Canada, in a partnership with Trustly.
• PYMNTS | Intuit Debuts AI Tools for Middle Market Companies (pymnts.com)
  Intuit has introduced AI-centered updates to its middle market financial platforms, QuickBooks Online Advanced and Intuit Enterprise Suite.
• CPI | New York City Opens Probe Into Polymarket’s Marketing Practices (pymnts.com)
  New York City lawmakers are investigating Polymarket about marketing practices across the fast-growing prediction-market industry.
• PYMNTS | Bank of America Targets India Credit Boom in Jio Credit Vent… (pymnts.com)
  Bank of America agreed to acquire as much as a 49.9% interest as a joint venture partner in Jio Credit Limited.
• CPI | German Soccer’s Ownership Model Gets Antitrust Path Forward (pymnts.com)
  Germany's competition watchdog indicated that limits on investor control can coexist with antitrust law, provided they are applied fairly.
• PYMNTS | AI Agents Just Got Their Own Company Credit Cards (pymnts.com)
  Mercury has launched Agent Cards, giving AI agents a payment credential of their own rather than borrowing a human’s.
• PYMNTS | Tokenization Builds Banks New Empires Instead of Killing Them (pymnts.com)
  “Tokenization is a technological enabler, not a determinant of institutional design,” according to summer research from the IMF.
• CPI | Microsoft Seeks Dismissal of Gamers’ Antitrust Claims Over Valv… (pymnts.com)
  Microsoft is asking a federal court to throw out antitrust allegations that it colluded with Valve to coordinate prices for PC games.
• PYMNTS | Sionic Debuts Instant Bank Pay Via Microsoft Marketplace (pymnts.com)
  Real-time payments company Sionic has launched its instant bank pay service through Microsoft Marketplace.
• PYMNTS | Russia Limits Retail Crypto to Bitcoin, Ether and Tether (pymnts.com)
  The proposed rule by the Russian central bank would allow investors to trade only bitcoin, ether and Tether’s USDT stablecoin.
• PYMNTS | Coalition for Health AI Mounts Effort Against Cyberattacks (pymnts.com)
  The Coalition for Health AI, a healthcare nonprofit focused on responsible artificial intelligence, is focusing on cybersecurity.
• CPI | States Take Aim at Meta’s Algorithms in Landmark Tech Regulatio… (pymnts.com)
  Four states are pursuing claims involving Meta's safety, while 29 states allege the company improperly collected and used children's data.
• PYMNTS | Google Reports Gemini App Is Its Fastest Product to 1 Billio… (pymnts.com)
  Google says AI app, Gemini, now has more than 1 billion monthly users and has become the fastest-growing product in the company’s history.
• CPI | Homie Takes Real Estate Antitrust Fight to Appeals Court (pymnts.com)
  Homie Technologies is asking a court to revive a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors and several real estate brokerages.
• PYMNTS | US Intelligence Chief Calls for Digital IDs for AI Agents (pymnts.com)
  Doug Cossa said the government does not yet have a unified identity system across agencies for establishing the identity of AI agents.
• PYMNTS | Wintermute Eyes $1 Billion AI Investment in Shift From Crypto (pymnts.com)
  London-based trading firm Wintermute reportedly plans to invest $1 billion in high-frequency trading and AI data center infrastructure.
• PYMNTS | ApartmentIQ Raises $25M for Real Estate Intelligence Platform (pymnts.com)
  ApartmentIQ announced the funding Tuesday (Aug. 11) along with the news that its platform has surpassed 8 million units.
• PYMNTS | Food and Housing Costs Keep Consumers in Cutback Mode (pymnts.com)
  Gas prices fell in July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, but food, housing and utility costs kept squeezing household budgets.
• PYMNTS | M&T Bank Appoints Fannie Mae Vet as AI Engineering Head (pymnts.com)
  M&T Bank has appointed Fannie Mae veteran Kalyana Bedhu as the bank’s new head of artificial intelligence (AI) engineering.
• PYMNTS | AI Recordkeeping Raises Compliance Queries for Financial Fir… (pymnts.com)
  Financial services firms are moving rapidly to deploy AI, but their use of the technology is raising a familiar regulatory problem.
• PYMNTS | Francisco Partners Buys Moneris From BMO and RBC for $1.4B (pymnts.com)
  Canadian payments and commerce firm Moneris Solutions Corp. is set to be acquired by global investment firm Francisco Partners.
• PYMNTS | Bitwise Slashes 14% of Staff Amid Crypto Prices Downturn (pymnts.com)
  San Francisco-based digital assets company Bitwise has reportedly cut 14% of its staff amid an ongoing downturn in cryptocurrency prices.
• PYMNTS | Cognition AI Eyes $40 Billion Valuation From New Funding (pymnts.com)
  Artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup Cognition AI is reportedly planning a funding round that could more than double its valuation.
• PYMNTS | Digital Shopping: A Closer Look at Brazil’s Market (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence reports on digital shopping trends in Brazil, where consumers seamlessly blend online and in-store experiences.
• PYMNTS | Global Digital Shopping Index: The New Brazilian Shopper (pymnts.com)
  Global Digital Shopping Index: The New Brazilian Shopper - A PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa Acceptance Soultions collaboration
• PYMNTS | Veriff and Uphold on Verifying Customers for the Life of the… (pymnts.com)
  Veriff’s Hubert Behaghel and Uphold’s Christopher Adjei-Ampofo say identity verification is a continuing part of the financial relationship.
• PYMNTS | Social Media Sales Growth Increases for 46% of SMBs (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS data over the past four years shows social media posted a 13-percentage-point gain in the share of SMBs reporting higher sales.
• PYMNTS | Freight Brokers Want AI That Shows Up Already Working (pymnts.com)
  Freight Hero CEO André Luis Martins Filho says freight brokers don’t want to configure AI themselves. They want the outcome delivered.
• PYMNTS | Citi Plans to Acquire Kard to Deliver More Personalized Rewa… (pymnts.com)
  Citi’s U.S. Consumer Cards business plans to expand its customer engagement and commerce media capabilities by acquiring Kard Financial.
• PYMNTS | Figure’s Marketplace Tops $1B Weekly Loan Applications (pymnts.com)
  Blockchain-native capital marketplace Figure Technology Solutions saw its Consumer Loan Marketplace volume leap 132% to $4.3 billion.
• CPI | Apple Loses Supreme Court Bid to Pause Epic App Store Proceedin… (pymnts.com)
  The US Supreme Court rejected Apple Inc.’s latest attempt to halt lower-court proceedings in its long-running dispute with Epic Games...
• PYMNTS | Chime Weighs Adding Stablecoin Wallet to Consumer Banking App (pymnts.com)
  Chime asked blockchain technology companies to submit proposals to provide their stablecoin wallet services.
• PYMNTS | Databricks Raises $5 Billion to Expand Enterprise AI Agent P… (pymnts.com)
  Data and artificial intelligence company Databricks raised $5 billion in a strategic funding round at a $190 billion valuation.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI CFO Built an AI Department. Mid-Market CFOs Can Too (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI pushed for a zero-day close and continuous forecasting, but AI’s biggest payoff may be reducing decision latency, not headcount.
• PYMNTS | Microsoft Unifies Consumer and Enterprise Copilot (pymnts.com)
  Microsoft has begun combining its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a single product, starting a transition to a super app.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Ca… (pymnts.com)
  Amazon is trying to move competition in grocery away from the place where Walmart is strongest, such as stores and local fulfillment.
• CPI | Australia Reworks Big Tech News Levy After Publisher Backlash (pymnts.com)
  Australia has revised a landmark plan requiring major technology platforms to financially support domestic journalism, reversing part...
• PYMNTS | Adyen Ties Loyalty to Payments as In-Person Volume Climbs 28% (pymnts.com)
  Adyen’s results show it getting more volume from existing merchants while extending into loyalty, billing and other commerce functions.
• CPI | PayPal Ends Federal Antitrust Challenge to Merchant Payment Rul… (pymnts.com)
  A federal judge concluded the plaintiffs had not established the direct injury needed to pursue their case.
• CPI | EU Antitrust Regulators Clear Atlas-KPS Battery Deal (pymnts.com)
  European Union regulators approved a battery joint venture between U.S. investment firms Atlas Holdings and KPS Capital Partners.
• CPI | Romania Fines Seed and Crop-Protection Firms $18 Million in Pri… (pymnts.com)
  An investigation found agreements that restricted how distributors priced agricultural seeds and crop-protection products.
• PYMNTS | DeepSeek Unveils Peak-Hour Pricing, Quadrupling Current Leve… (pymnts.com)
  The pricing adjustment announced Thursday by the artificial intelligence (AI) company will take effect on Sunday (Aug. 16).
• CPI | Glenmark to Pay $15.3 Million to Settle Humana Antitrust Claims (pymnts.com)
  Glenmark Pharmaceuticals will pay $15.3 million to settle antitrust claims brought by Humana Inc. over price fixing and market allocation.
• PYMNTS | Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers (pymnts.com)
  Airwallex is adding Affirm’s installment payment options to its checkout, giving merchants a way to offer financing to U.S. customers.
• CPI | Pacific Seafood Faces $789 Million Claim in Crab Price-Fixing A… (pymnts.com)
  Commercial fishermen seek $789 million from Pacific Seafood and other buyers accused of conspiring to suppress prices paid at the dock.
• PYMNTS | What IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for the CFO (pymnts.com)
  IBM’s new quantum computing advantage claims don’t mean mid-market CFOs should start cutting checks for quantum dashboards.
• PYMNTS | SEC Tees Up New Crypto Regulation as CLARITY Act Languishes (pymnts.com)
  The SEC will consider a significant overhaul of crypto regulation Aug. 14 that could allow digital asset projects to raise capital.
• PYMNTS | One Dog’s Cancer Vaccine Just Became a Real Company (pymnts.com)
  A Sydney entrepreneur used ChatGPT to design a cancer vaccine for his dying dog. The question now is whether that outcome is repeatable.
• PYMNTS | Paysafe Wallet Users Rise 8% as iGaming Volume Accelerates (pymnts.com)
  Paysafe’s second quarter showed a widening difference between user growth and payment volume in its consumer business.
• PYMNTS | Amex Expands Virtual Travel Cards to Contractors and Guests (pymnts.com)
  Amex is expanding the availability of virtual cards for businesses, as more firms use digital payments to manage expenses and reduce fraud.