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• PYMNTS | Amazon Envisions Automated Stations to Process Packages Fast… (pymnts.com)
  Amazon is developing an automated delivery-station concept that could process packages at about 2.5 times faster.
• PYMNTS | Instacart’s AI Assistant Turns Chitchat Into Cha-Ching (pymnts.com)
  Instacart’s Cart Assistant already drives bigger orders. Now, Instacart wants to sell ads inside those conversations.
• PYMNTS | Elastic Closes Deductive AI Deal to Deliver Incident Investi… (pymnts.com)
  Elastic completed its acquisition of Deductive AI, saying the move will help Elastic set the standard for production incident investigation.
• PYMNTS | General Intuition Aims to Raise Capital to Power AI Robotics (pymnts.com)
  General Intuition, which is developing a robotics AI model, is reportedly finalizing a funding round that would value it at $6 billion.
• PYMNTS | Stablecoin KYC Debate Moves to Exchanges and Wallets (pymnts.com)
  Federal regulators are trying to apply customer identification rules for stablecoins that can circulate through wallets and exchanges.
• PYMNTS | Australian Businesses Favor AI for Back-Office Tasks (pymnts.com)
  Anthropic’s customers in Australia tend to use the tool for back-office tasks, the company’s country head said.
• CPI | nVent Bets $1.75 Billion on Data-Center Power Demand (pymnts.com)
  nVent Electric will acquire Maverick Power as data center construction drives demand for increasingly sophisticated electrical systems.
• CPI | Squire Patton Boggs Adds Former FTC Antitrust Lawyer (pymnts.com)
  Squire Patton Boggs has added former Federal Trade Commission lawyer Ernest Eric Elmore to its antitrust and competition practice.
• CPI | Tacoma Sues Fire-Truck Makers in Expanding US Antitrust Fight (pymnts.com)
  The lawsuit includes REV Group and several affiliated manufacturers, as well as Oshkosh Corp. and its Pierce Manufacturing unit.
• CPI | California Breaks Off Paramount Talks Over $110 Billion Warner … (pymnts.com)
  This escalates an antitrust challenge that has emerged as a major obstacle to one of the media industry’s largest pending combinations.
• PYMNTS | Goldman Sachs Safeguards Apprenticeship Culture in AI Era (pymnts.com)
  Goldman Sachs is looking to ensure against overreliance on AI tools, which could lead to a loss of knowledge within the institution.
• PYMNTS | Flagright Advances ACH Security as Nacha Preferred Partner (pymnts.com)
  Flagright has become a Nacha Preferred Partner for ACH Compliance, Fraud Monitoring, and Risk and Fraud Prevention.
• PYMNTS | Pay.com Raises $28M to Bring Rewards Platform to US (pymnts.com)
  Australia’s Pay.com is launching in the U.S. as PayRewards and lets American businesses earn rewards on all payments.
• PYMNTS | Gemini Teams With Apex to Expand Prediction Market Footprint (pymnts.com)
  Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is expanding its prediction markets business in collaboration with Apex FinTech Solutions.
• PYMNTS | Walmart NFC Rollout Accelerates Move to Wallet-Based Checkout (pymnts.com)
  Walmart’s decision to enable NFC payments adds one of the country’s largest retail footprints to the contactless checkout market.
• PYMNTS | SEC Rulemaking Is Giving Corporate Finance a New Crypto Hurd… (pymnts.com)
  For finance teams, the question is whether a stablecoin, tokenized security or digital-asset rail can earn its way onto a balance sheet.
• PYMNTS | Brazil’s Itaú Wins Preliminary US Charter to Serve Wealthy C… (pymnts.com)
  Brazil-based bank Itaú Unibanco Holdings S.A. has secured preliminary approval from the OCC to establish a new U.S. bank.
• PYMNTS | US-EU Business Investment Gap Expands Thanks to AI (pymnts.com)
  U.S. corporate spending on new equipment and facilities is expected to jump 40% by the end of next year, compared to 12% in Europe.
• PYMNTS | Nvidia Considers Backing Perplexity at $30 Billion Valuation (pymnts.com)
  Nvidia is considering taking part in a new funding round for AI startup Perplexity that would value the company at more than $30 billion.
• CPI | Zillow, Redfin Settle FTC Antitrust Case Over Rental Listings D… (pymnts.com)
  The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Zillow Group Inc. and Redfin that would require Redfin to rebuild its...
• PYMNTS | UPS Invests $2 Billion to Future-Proof Global Supply Chains (pymnts.com)
  UPS reportedly plans to invest more than $2 billion in its international, healthcare and supply chain businesses through 2028.
• PYMNTS | Cross-Border Payouts Become the Next Platform Advantage (pymnts.com)
  Cross-border trade is moving faster than the payment infrastructure built to carry it. For platforms serving SMBs, that mismatch turns into…
• PYMNTS | Hugging Face Considers $13 Billion Sale of Its AI Platform (pymnts.com)
  Artificial intelligence startup company Hugging Face has reportedly been considering a sale that could value it at $13 billion.
• PYMNTS | UK FinTech Funding Drops to Lowest Level in Decade (pymnts.com)
  U.K. FinTech investments have reached a 10-year low, though the U.K. still holds the top position for FinTech investment for Europe.
• PYMNTS | FIS Says Purchase Data Will Push Payments Beyond Transactions (pymnts.com)
  FIS SVP Jakob Harrison says payments companies must preserve the trust businesses require while responding quickly to changes in tech.
• PYMNTS | How SoCalGas Eliminates 50,000 Checks With Digital Payouts (pymnts.com)
  A recent PYMNTS Intelligence Embedded Finance Tracker® explored the hidden business costs of slow, check-based disbursements.
• PYMNTS | Payment Choice Helps Decide Where US Shoppers Buy (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds payment acceptance plays a role in merchant selection for nearly two-thirds of U.S. shoppers.
• PYMNTS | AI Agents Become the API Economy’s Biggest New Customers (pymnts.com)
  This week’s Prompt Economy examines how AI agents reshape financial APIs and need infrastructure that can support machine-led interactions.
• PYMNTS | Banks Double Down on nCino AI Agents After Using Initial Cre… (pymnts.com)
  Early adopters of nCino’s agentic solutions and AI initiatives have used up their first bundles of credits and have come back for more.
• PYMNTS | Intuit Says 75% of Enterprise Customers Deploy AI Agents Mon… (pymnts.com)
  Businesses and accountants are deploying the AI tools offered as part of Intuit Intelligence, Intuit Chairman and CEO Sasan Goodarzi said.
• PYMNTS | Canada’s BMO and Scotiabank Beat Earnings Targets (pymnts.com)
  Canadian banks are not being harmed by the effects of new U.S. tariffs that impact some of their customers.
• PYMNTS | Block Links Square, Cash App to Create Local Business Network (pymnts.com)
  Neighborhoods connects sellers who use Block’s Square with customers who use Cash App. Neighborhoods, has added 30,000 more sellers.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Clothing Share Doubles as Walmart Loses Ground (pymnts.com)
  Amazon’s share of U.S. clothing spending has doubled since 2019 while Walmart’s share has continued to edge lower.
• CPI | California AG Says No Paramount Settlement Talks Scheduled (pymnts.com)
  California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there are no settlement discussions currently scheduled with Paramount Skydance over...
• CPI | Judge Lets Antitrust Case Against 32 US Universities Move Forwa… (pymnts.com)
  A federal judge has allowed an antitrust lawsuit accusing 32 US universities of using early-decision admissions policies to curb...
• PYMNTS | Cybersecurity Firms Weigh Internet Access for Frontier AI Te… (pymnts.com)
  AI labs and cybersecurity firms are considering ways to give AI models controlled access to the internet during testing.
• PYMNTS | Priority Partners NFL’s Buccaneers to Update Ticketing Proce… (pymnts.com)
  Priority will provide a new ticketing payment process for the Buccaneers, while also deploying its Passport treasury orchestration solution.
• CPI | CoStar Hit With Consolidated Antitrust Challenge Over Property … (pymnts.com)
  Several lawsuits accuse CoStar Group of suppressing competition, even as the company seeks to dismiss a case alleging it fixed rent prices.
• CPI | Express Scripts Wins Dismissal of Nonprofit Pharmacy’s Antitrus… (pymnts.com)
  Express Scripts prevailed in an dispute brought by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, as it could not pursue claims from earlier litigation.
• CPI | Google Courts Lawyers With Gemini AI Built for Legal Work (pymnts.com)
  Google is betting that attorneys will increasingly rely on AI to handle research, drafting and other time-intensive parts of legal work.
• CPI | Draghi, Business Leaders Form Group Focused on European Competi… (pymnts.com)
  The organization, called the Rhine Group, plans to develop proposals addressing Europe’s economic and technological challenges.
• CPI | India Opens Second Antitrust Front Against Global Fragrance Mak… (pymnts.com)
  India’s competition regulator is investigating three of the world’s biggest fragrance producers over allegations of coordinated pricing.
• PYMNTS | Gatik Raises $200 Million to Expand Autonomous Trucking Model (pymnts.com)
  Autonomous trucking company Gatik has raised $200 million in new funding to expand its model linking distribution centers and stores.
• PYMNTS | Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions (pymnts.com)
  The next working-capital advantage is in real-time settlement, automated reconciliation and better cash data.
• PYMNTS | OpenPayd and Circle Settle X-Border Fiat Payments Near-Insta… (pymnts.com)
  OpenPayd has integrated with Circle Payments Network, enabling businesses to make near-instant cross-border fiat payments.
• PYMNTS | Alice Raises $140M to Advance AI-Focused Cybersecurity Platf… (pymnts.com)
  AI-focused cybersecurity company Alice will use the financing to advance its platform, designed to test, defend and monitor AI models.
• PYMNTS | Anthropic Readies Over $30 Trillion Revenue Forecast for Inv… (pymnts.com)
  Anthropic is preparing to tell investors that it anticipates potential revenues of more than $30 trillion.
• PYMNTS | FDIC: Bank Return on Assets Nears Highest Level Since 1984 (pymnts.com)
  FDIC-insured commercial banks and savings institutions reported a return on assets ratio of 1.37% in the second quarter.
• PYMNTS | Stable Consumer Confidence Hides an E-Shaped Spending Divide (pymnts.com)
  Consumers still plan to spend on services, but softer discretionary intentions and unequal savings suggest differences across households.
• PYMNTS | The Corporate Bank Account Is Becoming an Event Stream (pymnts.com)
  A customer payment may settle in seconds while reconciliation, liquidity allocation, FX management and forecasting move on separate clocks.