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• PYMNTS | The Invoice Becomes the Shopping Cart in B2B Payments (pymnts.com)
  Karen Webster writes that carts, virtual cards and AI agents turn B2B buying into something faster, smarter and much harder to ignore.
• PYMNTS | Zuckerberg: AI Agents Are Advancing Slower Than Expected (pymnts.com)
  Mark Zuckerberg spent $145 billion betting on AI agents. Now he's telling his own employees the technology is running behind schedule.
• PYMNTS | Amazon to Begin Consumer Internet Service Later This Year (pymnts.com)
  Amazon has gained 29 satellites in orbit and is now ready to begin rolling out Amazon Leo, the company’s broadband service.
• PYMNTS | What Payward’s Reap Purchase Says About B2B Stablecoin Cards (pymnts.com)
  Stablecoin infrastructure firms are looking to become the newest link in the global B2B payment chains and control how money moves.
• PYMNTS | Nike Digital Drops 12% as Brands Rebalance D2C and Wholesale (pymnts.com)
  Direct-to-consumer is changing from a distribution strategy into a customer relationship strategy, as evidenced by Nike's earnings results.
• PYMNTS | Kalshi Probes Trading After Spotify Sees Song Chart Manipula… (pymnts.com)
  Kalshi is looking into whether streams of a song on Spotify were artificially boosted when there was a jump in wagers on Kalshi.
• PYMNTS | Microsoft Spends $2.5 Billion on Customer AI Deployments (pymnts.com)
  Microsoft will spend $2.5 billion on a new unit aimed at helping its customers implement artificial intelligence (AI).
• PYMNTS | Sen. Warner Demands Homeland Security Network Breach Probe (pymnts.com)
  Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has called on the DHS and the DOJ to look into a recently revealed breach of a DHS information-sharing network.
• CPI | UK Competition Watchdog Escalates £2 Billion Nexfibre (pymnts.com)
  The UK's CMA has launched an in-depth investigation into Nexfibre's proposed £2 billion acquisition of broadband provider Netomnia.
• CPI | Germany Raises Concerns Over EU Draft Merger Guidelines, Warnin… (pymnts.com)
  Germany has cautioned that the EU's overhaul of its merger assessment rules may extend beyond the framework established under existing law.
• CPI | Paramount Offers EU Concessions to Advance Warner Bros. Discove… (pymnts.com)
  Paramount has submitted commitments to EU regulators to resolve competition concerns over its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
• CPI | Getty Abandons $3.7 Billion Shutterstock Deal Following UK Comp… (pymnts.com)
  Regulatory conditions imposed by the UK's competition authority would alter the economics of the transaction, ending the $3.7 billion deal.
• PYMNTS | UBS Plans to Launch Banking Services For Wealthy Americans (pymnts.com)
  Swiss bank UBS is planning to launch a bank for wealthy Americans and is planning to trial everyday banking services for its employees.
• PYMNTS | SpaceX Built the Network an AI Device Needs. Now What? (pymnts.com)
  SpaceX reportedly showed investors a prototype AI device but Elon Musk denied it. The question is what problem a such a device would solve.
• PYMNTS | Regions Bank Ups Capital Markets Push With Frazer Lanier Buy (pymnts.com)
  Regions Bank parent company Regions Financial Corp. has expanded its services by acquiring The Frazer Lanier Company.
• PYMNTS | Google Launches Digital ID Partnership With Poland’s Autholo… (pymnts.com)
  Google has formed a digital identity partnership with ID-verification startup Authologic, allowing businesses to accept digital credentials.
• PYMNTS | Amazon and Walmart’s Summer Sale Wars Deliver a Win (pymnts.com)
  The retail battle between Amazon and Walmart heats up heading into the July Fourth holiday weekend, as shoppers seek deals.
• PYMNTS | Nike Says It’s Waiting For $986 Million Tariff Refund (pymnts.com)
  Nike is expecting an “unplanned benefit” in the form of a nearly $1 billion tariff refund, the sneaker giant revealed in an earnings report.
• PYMNTS | The AI Curiosity Shop Stocks Fish, Wine and Hard Lessons (pymnts.com)
  In The Wall Street Journal newsroom, journalists talked an AI agent into giving away a PlayStation 5, a live fish and all its inventory.
• CPI | Harmonised, But Not Uniform: The EU’s New FDI Screening Regulat… (pymnts.com)
  By: Dimitris Vallindas & Charles Corbusier (Sheppard) In this piece, authors Dimitris Vallindas & Charles Corbusier (Sheppard) discuss the
• PYMNTS | Why Consumers Are Pulling Back Before the Labor Market Does (pymnts.com)
  The latest employment data suggests the labor market is cooling without cracking. PYMNTS Intelligence points to a more consequential shift.
• PYMNTS | Law Firms Urge Brokers to Prepare for Illinois Crypto Tax (pymnts.com)
  Law firm Jones Day said brokers should prepare now for Illinois’ new tax on crypto, which is set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027.
• PYMNTS | CFOs Looking for New Growth Levers Are Targeting Idle Cash (pymnts.com)
  Idle cash is money moving too slowly through receivables, payables, settlement windows, bank accounts and enterprise systems.
• PYMNTS | Robinhood CEO Pushes UK to Adopt US-Style Retail Stock Tacti… (pymnts.com)
  Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev reportedly said the U.K. should look to the U.S. as a model for increasing retail stock ownership.
• PYMNTS | Visa and BBVA Show AI Agents Can Pay on Card Rails (pymnts.com)
  Spain-based global financial group BBVA said it has completed its first AI agent-initiated transaction in collaboration with Visa.
• PYMNTS | Swift Helps UK Banks Speed Consumer X-Border Payments (pymnts.com)
  Global messaging network Swift is working with four U.K. banking giants to improve cross-border consumer payments.
• PYMNTS | Visa Lets Banks Access Its In-House Cybersecurity Capabiliti… (pymnts.com)
  Visa debuted Visa Threat Intelligence Platform, a solution designed to help financial institutions spot cyberthreats and prevent fraud.
• PYMNTS | SpaceX Investors Get Preview of Musk's AI Handset (pymnts.com)
  SpaceX has created a handset-style device aimed at transforming how people interact with AI and showed it to investors ahead of its IPO.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI Floats Giving Government 5% Share in Company (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has argued that giving the government a 5% stake in the company is the best way to share the benefits of AI.
• CPI | Google Loses Final Appeal Over €4.1 Billion EU Android Antitrus… (pymnts.com)
  Alphabet-owned Google has lost its final appeal against a €4.1 billion EU antitrust penalty tied to its Android mobile operating system...
• PYMNTS | Real-Time Payments Reshape South America’s Economy (pymnts.com)
  Real-time payments are turning South America into an economic force, with Pix surpassing card giants and new networks gaining fast.
• PYMNTS | Core Banking’s Mission Is Keeping Up With Instant Expectatio… (pymnts.com)
  The banks best positioned for the future connect customer data, payments and decision-making across a unified technology foundation.
• PYMNTS | Two in Three Consumers Need More Than a Job to Feel Secure (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds that the households under the most pressure are falling further behind on savings and emergency readiness.
• PYMNTS | The Issuer Risk Playbook: Building Trust, Fueling Growth (pymnts.com)
  The Issuer Risk Playbook: Building Trust, Fueling Growth - A PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by VIsa DPS
• PYMNTS | ZEN.COM Launches Mastercard Click to Pay in Europe, Singapore (pymnts.com)
  European FinTech ZEN.COM announced it has expanded its financial platform to include Mastercard Click to Pay.
• PYMNTS | Klarna Expands App Features With Money Wellness Partnership (pymnts.com)
  Klarna users can now access a free financial health check delivered by financial well-being provider Money Wellness through the Klarna app.
• PYMNTS | LexisNexis and Promon Help Brands Fight Mobile App Fraud (pymnts.com)
  LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Promon are working together to help organizations protect their mobile apps from fraud.
• PYMNTS | eDO Taps Visa to Allow AI Agents to Purchase Travel (pymnts.com)
  Travel subscription company eDreams ODIGEO (eDO) is working with Visa to enable AI agents to initiate transactions on its platforms.
• PYMNTS | geoSurge Raises $12 Million to Help Brands Secure AI Visibil… (pymnts.com)
  geoSurge raised $12 million in a seed round to help brands shape how they are seen in generative AI systems.
• CPI | Cooperation in a Crisis: The ACCC’s New Streamlined Authorisati… (pymnts.com)
  By: Jade Tan & Peta Stevenson (Mallesons) In this piece for Malleson's Pulse blog, authors Jade Tan & Peta Stevenson examine Australia's new
• PYMNTS | Easing Gas Prices Boost Consumer Sentiment for July Fourth (pymnts.com)
  Gas prices heading into the Fourth of July weekend are the highest they’ve been in four years but lower than recent highs, AAA said.
• PYMNTS | Digital Shopping Evolves as Consumer Use of AI Grows (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence reports AI, mobile and payments are reshaping shopping as consumers average 55 digital shopping days monthly.
• PYMNTS | Starling Bank Cuts 130 Jobs Amid AI Adoption and Restructuri… (pymnts.com)
  Starling Bank reportedly plans to cut about 130 jobs as it automates roles and restructures its banking and technology operations.
• PYMNTS | The Enterprise Gives AI Models a Path to Consumer Loyalty (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds that workplace AI exposure helps determine which AI tools consumers use in their personal lives.
• PYMNTS | 36% of SMBs Turn to FinTechs for Cross-Border Payments (pymnts.com)
  SMBs increasingly see FinTech providers as a practical way to simplify global commerce, according to PYMNTS Intelligence research.
• PYMNTS | Fuel Costs Push Employers to Rethink Worker Benefits (pymnts.com)
  Higher gasoline prices are prompting companies to rethink how they attract and retain hourly and gig workers.
• CPI | HCLTech Lands $1.14 Billion AI Services Deal With Major Europea… (pymnts.com)
  HCLTech has signed a $1.14 billion strategic technology services agreement with a Europe-based Fortune Global 50 company, marking...
• CPI | Belgium Opens Competition Probe Into Google’s Ad Practices (pymnts.com)
  The Belgian Competition Authority has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Google over suspected conduct in the online...
• CPI | DOJ, FTC Urge States to Help Investigate Potential Oil Market M… (pymnts.com)
  Federal antitrust officials said they are closely watching US oil markets for signs of illegal coordination or monopolistic conduct...
• CPI | EU Files Additional Antitrust Charges Against Vivendi Over Laga… (pymnts.com)
  EU Files Additional Antitrust Charges Against Vivendi Over Lagardère DealThe European Commission has expanded its antitrust...