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• PYMNTS | Senators Want Probe Into Amazon, Walmart Made in USA Claims (pymnts.com)
  Two senators are asking the FTC to investigate how Amazon and Walmart handle “Made in America” claims on their apps and websites.
• CPI | Apple Eases EU Tracking Rules After Antitrust Scrutiny (pymnts.com)
  Apple is adjusting a privacy feature that has drawn antitrust scrutiny over whether it gives the iPhone maker an advantage over rivals.
• CPI | FTC Moves to Restrict Beretta’s Board Influence in Ruger Invest… (pymnts.com)
  The FTC moved to limit Beretta's influence over rival gunmaker Rutger. as the Italian firearms group seeks to raise its ownership stake.
• CPI | Justice Department Open to Talks With AI Labs on Safety Coordin… (pymnts.com)
  The US Justice Department sees little immediate antitrust concern in artificial-intelligence companies working together on safety measures.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores (pymnts.com)
  Amazon’s proposed $6.8 billion same-day delivery expansion may help counter the local fulfillment advantage Walmart already enjoys.
• CPI | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Adds Skadden Antitrust Partner in Brus… (pymnts.com)
  Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has hired competition lawyer Michael Frese as a partner in Brussels, adding merger-control experience.
• PYMNTS | Experts Say Potential Frontier AI Slowdown Won’t Slow Adopti… (pymnts.com)
  Frontier AI labs say their models are outrunning their controls, but experts told PYMNTS a slowdown in development won’t slow adoption.
• CPI | Paramount Threatens California Exit as Warner Bros. Antitrust F… (pymnts.com)
  Paramount is preparing to leave California as its dispute with state officials over the company’s acquisition of Warner Bros. intensifies.
• CPI | Lawmakers Question AI Industry Push for Antitrust Waiver (pymnts.com)
  A proposal to give leading AI companies limited protection from antitrust rules is encountering resistance in Washington.
• PYMNTS | St. Luke’s Turns Patient Interactions Into an Agentic AI Use… (pymnts.com)
  St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City used agentic AI to shift routine work, prepare complex cases for clinicians and save on labor.
• PYMNTS | House Passes Bill to Give Police More Tools Against Elder Fr… (pymnts.com)
  The House approved legislation aimed at giving law enforcement more resources to investigate financial scams targeting older consumers.
• PYMNTS | Department Stores Move Upmarket as Luxury Struggles (pymnts.com)
  The upmarket push is showing up at department stores, where the objective is to get customers to spend more without jumping into luxury.
• PYMNTS | S&P Acquires OpenZeppelin to Expand Risk Assessment (pymnts.com)
  S&P Global is acquiring blockchain security company OpenZeppelin as it expands its risk assessment business to on-chain financial products.
• PYMNTS | Plaud Plans to File IPO for AI Note-Taking Startup in 2028 (pymnts.com)
  AI startup Plaud, which designs note-taking devices and software, is reportedly planning to file for an IPO in 2028.
• PYMNTS | Fed Rate Hike Is Making Corporate Cash Too Expensive to Igno… (pymnts.com)
  The Federal Reserve’s first rate increase in years changes more than borrowing costs for CFOs and treasurers.
• PYMNTS | FDA Keeps Radiology AI Revenue Tied to Premarket Clearance (pymnts.com)
  The FDA is keeping a firm regulatory gate between a new radiology algorithm and its ability to generate revenue in the United States.
• PYMNTS | Mastercard and Alchemy Partner on Everyday Agentic Payments (pymnts.com)
  Mastercard and Alchemy, a provider of blockchain infrastructure, partnered on an agentic payment option that will roll out this week.
• PYMNTS | Weeks-Old AI Startup Emulate Approaches $4 Billion Valuation (pymnts.com)
  A month-old startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers is reportedly close to landing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding.
• PYMNTS | Revolut Hackers Issue $3 Million Ransom for Customer Data (pymnts.com)
  Hackers claiming to have breached British FinTech Revolut have now reportedly issued a $2.9 million ransom demand.
• PYMNTS | Port of LA Fended Off 120 Million Cyberattacks in August (pymnts.com)
  The Port of Los Angeles reportedly blocked more than 120 million cyberattacks during August, representing an ongoing threat.
• PYMNTS | Costco and DoorDash Launch Same-Day Delivery in US (pymnts.com)
  Costco is now available on the DoorDash Marketplace across the U.S., marking an expansion of the global partnership.
• PYMNTS | European Companies Shift Treasury to Mobile With BofA CashPro (pymnts.com)
  Bank of America’s digital platform for treasury, CashPro App, was used by European firms to approve more than 100 billion euros in payments.
• PYMNTS | 90% Link Fraud Infrastructure to Faster Customer Onboarding (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds companies modernizing payments report lower fraud losses, fewer failed payments and reduced operating costs.
• PYMNTS | X-Border Payments Bundle Local Rails to Tackle Fragmentation (pymnts.com)
  Sebastian Fantini of EBANX says payment bundles offer a way to manage collection problems confronting firms selling across emerging markets.
• PYMNTS | Mastercard Says Consumer Choice at the Center of Agent Pay (pymnts.com)
  Mastercard U.S. Co-President Chiro Aikat expects trust, loyalty, ease of use and control to determine the adoption of agentic commerce.
• CPI | US Judiciary Prepares New AI Guidance for Federal Courts (pymnts.com)
  The US federal judiciary is preparing additional guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in the courts as judges weigh the...
• CPI | Latham Expands Antitrust Practice With Paris Partner Hire (pymnts.com)
  Latham & Watkins has hired competition lawyer Victor Levy as a partner in Paris, expanding its European antitrust practice as companies...
• CPI | EU Regulators Poised to Block UPM-Sappi Paper Venture (pymnts.com)
  EU antitrust regulators are preparing to reject a €1.42 billion paper joint venture between Finland’s UPM-Kymmene and South Africa-listed...
• CPI | China Opens Competition Probes Into Meituan, Alibaba Travel Uni… (pymnts.com)
  Chinese regulators have opened investigations into businesses linked to Meituan and Alibaba as authorities intensify scrutiny of...
• CPI | AI Giants Face Antitrust Suit Over Coordinated Push to Slow Dev… (pymnts.com)
  A group of paying artificial-intelligence customers has sued Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google, alleging the technology...
• CPI | Paramount Nears Deal With California Officials Over $111 Billio… (pymnts.com)
  Paramount Skydance is nearing an agreement with California officials that could remove a major obstacle to its $111 billion acquisition...
• CPI | Newsom Signs Sweeping California Data Center Oversight Package (pymnts.com)
  California is imposing a new layer of oversight on data centers as the artificial-intelligence boom drives demand for electricity, water...
• PYMNTS | DoorDash Gives 10,000 Employees an AI Data Analyst (pymnts.com)
  DoorDash built an AI agent for its own staff, who can ask it questions that were previously the purview of the company’s data team.
• CPI | Frozen-Potato Producers Must Face Most Price-Fixing Claims, Jud… (pymnts.com)
  Four of North America’s largest frozen-potato producers must defend claims in a class action accusing them of coordinating prices.
• CPI | Russia Opens Antitrust Cases Over Generic Versions of Pfizer’s … (pymnts.com)
  The proceedings involve Apixanta and Apiklis, which complainants allege were introduced before the original medicine patent expired.
• CPI | Paramount Reaches Deal With States, Clearing Major Hurdle to Wa… (pymnts.com)
  Paramount Skydance has reached a settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general challenging its planned acquisition of Warner Bros.
• CPI | Google Faces €403 Million EU Privacy Penalty Over Location Trac… (pymnts.com)
  Google has been ordered to change how it handles location information after Ireland’s privacy watchdog imposed a €403 million penalty.
• PYMNTS | Meta’s Muse Tops ChatGPT as AI Agents Head for Checkout (pymnts.com)
  The next contest will be harder: persuading shoppers to hand an AI agent their passwords, inbox and payment method.
• CPI | Korea Antitrust Regulator Weighs Tougher Inspection Rules After… (pymnts.com)
  South Korea is tightening its investigations after court actions involving Coupang and Hanwha interrupted separate antitrust inquiries.
• PYMNTS | Fed Data Shows Consumers Shift Spending to Homes, Vacations (pymnts.com)
  Consumers are still spending, but August data show changes in large purchases and how much households expect to spend on necessities.
• PYMNTS | Mastercard Helps Danske Bank With Agentic Transaction (pymnts.com)
  Using Mastercard’s Agent Pay, Danske was able to complete a transaction in which an AI agent made both the purchase and payment.
• PYMNTS | 5 Crypto Launches That Bet on Clarity but Are Still Going (pymnts.com)
  Despite the Clarity Act’s failure in the Senate, cryptocurrency and blockchain companies continue to scale.
• PYMNTS | Bank of America Bankrolls AI Ventures After Initial Skeptici… (pymnts.com)
  Bank of America is reportedly ramping up investments in AI ventures after initially being skeptical of the industry’s prospects.
• PYMNTS | Priority Technology Board Backs CEO’s Go-Private Deal (pymnts.com)
  Priority Technology Holdings has agreed to be taken private by an investor group led by Chairman and CEO Thomas Priore.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Bars Meta’s Muse AI Agent From eCommerce Marketplace (pymnts.com)
  Amazon blocked Meta’s new personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, from its eCommerce site due to security and privacy concerns.
• PYMNTS | JPMorgan Inks $20B Partnership With Qatar Investment Authori… (pymnts.com)
  J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is forming a $20 billion partnership with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).
• PYMNTS | Docusign Processes 1 Million Contracts a Day on Small AI Mod… (pymnts.com)
  According to a Microsoft customer case study, Docusign was able to cut AI processing costs by using small, task-specific models.
• PYMNTS | ECB Expands Digital Euro Efforts With Pontes Tokenization To… (pymnts.com)
  The European Central Bank is expanding its digital euro efforts with its new Pontes solution, which uses tokenization.
• PYMNTS | Kastle Raises $24 Million to Help Lenders Adopt Agentic AI (pymnts.com)
  Kastle, an agentic AI platform for consumer lenders, has raised $24 million to expand and deepen its platforms' capabilities.
• PYMNTS | AI Credit Pays Off Only When Customers Choose to Use It (pymnts.com)
  AI credit pays off only when customers use it, enabling flexible repayment, purchase-level pricing and decisions cardholders can understand.