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• PYMNTS | ChatGPT Hits 1 Billion Users Faster Than Any App in History (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI’s ChatGPT app reached 1 billion global monthly active users faster than any other app, about three years after its launch.
• PYMNTS | CLARITY Act Nears Senate Floor Ahead of Recess Deadline (pymnts.com)
  The CLARITY Act crypto bill was reported by the Senate Banking Committee and was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar.
• PYMNTS | Dollar General Attracts All Income Groups Amid Economic Pres… (pymnts.com)
  Dollar General’s core customers are cutting back on food purchases and other household expenses due to numerous cost pressures.
• PYMNTS | Google Fights Impersonation Scams With Fake-Call Detection T… (pymnts.com)
  Google has introduced a fake-call detection feature designed to combat impersonation fraud enabled by spoofed phone numbers and deepfakes.
• PYMNTS | Macy's AI Closes the Sale Before Shoppers Walk Away (pymnts.com)
  Macy's is testing whether a conversational AI assistant can reduce cart abandonment by talking to shoppers before surfacing products.
• PYMNTS | Microsoft Scout Ushers in New Category of AI Autopilots (pymnts.com)
  Microsoft has begun rolling out an “always-on personal agent” called Microsoft Scout that is integrated across Microsoft 365 apps.
• CPI | Arizona Attorney General Sues MultiPlan, Major Insurers Over Al… (pymnts.com)
  Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit against MultiPlan and eight of the nation’s largest health insurance companies...
• PYMNTS | Experian Readies Agentic AI to Overhaul Legacy Lending (pymnts.com)
  Experian has announced the upcoming launch of a trusted agentic artificial intelligence (AI) layer within the Experian Ascend Platform.
• CPI | Paramount Skydance Seeks EU Clearance for $110 Billion Warner B… (pymnts.com)
  Paramount Skydance Corp has formally requested approval from EU antitrust regulators for its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
• CPI | Bernie Sanders Prepping Bill To Give the Public 50% Stakes in A… (pymnts.com)
  Senator Bernie Sanders plans to introduce legislation the create a sovereign wealth fund by taking a 50% stake in the largest AI companies.
• CPI | Adidas UK Sues Mastercard and Visa in Latest Challenge Over Car… (pymnts.com)
  Adidas’ UK operations have launched separate lawsuits against Mastercard and Visa in London’s High Court, adding to the growing list of...
• CPI | Hausfeld Expands Competition Litigation Team in Washington (pymnts.com)
  Hausfeld has appointed Daniel J. Walker as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, bolstering the firm's antitrust practice.
• CPI | Microsoft Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over Alleged PC Game Prici… (pymnts.com)
  Microsoft is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging an anticompetitive arrangement with Valve, the operator of the Steam gaming platform.
• CPI | Judge Certifies Class of Students in Financial Aid Antitrust La… (pymnts.com)
  A federal judge certified a class in a lawsuit alleging colleges favored wealthy applicants in admissions decisions.
• PYMNTS | Mastercard Names New CFO Amid Larger Leadership Reshuffle (pymnts.com)
  Mastercard has announced several leadership changes, including naming its finance chief to a newly created role.
• PYMNTS | NY, EU Regulators Agree to Collaborate on X-Border Stablecoi… (pymnts.com)
  New York state’s financial watchdog has formed a stablecoin-related partnership with the European Banking Authority.
• PYMNTS | 3 Takeaways as AI Moves Into Banks’ Daily Operating Machinery (pymnts.com)
  Artificial intelligence is emerging in the financial services realm as both banking product and workplace tool.
• PYMNTS | FNBO Accelerates Kansas City Push With Blue Ridge Bank Deal (pymnts.com)
  First National of Nebraska, with its subsidiary FNBO, plans to acquire Blue Ridge Bancshares and subsidiary Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co.
• PYMNTS | Banks Are Sitting on the Most Powerful AI Dataset in Finance (pymnts.com)
  Nvidia released a blueprint for banks and FinTechs to collapse their fragmented AI systems into one model trained on data they already own.
• PYMNTS | Payfina Connects Credit Union Customers to RTP Network (pymnts.com)
  Instant payments solutions company Payfina says it is now integrated with The Clearing House’s RTP network.
• PYMNTS | White House Executive Order Seeks Access to New AI Models (pymnts.com)
  A new White House executive order, signed by President Donald Trump Tuesday (June 2), seeks access to new AI models before their release.
• PYMNTS | SoFi Launches AI Coach to Personalize Financial Planning (pymnts.com)
  SoFi Plus members can now get personalized help and financial insights through an AI-powered, chat-based platform.
• PYMNTS | Stellar CEO: Tokenization Will Proceed Even if Clarity Act S… (pymnts.com)
  Denelle Dixon said that while the passage of the Clarity Act will help, tokenization adoption will likely continue even if the bill fizzles.
• PYMNTS | OnePay Looks Beyond Walmart’s Ecosystem to Fuel Expansion (pymnts.com)
  Walmart-backed FinTech company OnePay aims to continue growing its financial app by adding more users beyond those from Walmart.
• PYMNTS | NMI Acquires Fee Navigator for AI Pricing Intelligence (pymnts.com)
  Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI said it has acquired pricing intelligence provider Fee Navigator.
• PYMNTS | Polymarket Challenges Traditional Futures With Block Trade (pymnts.com)
  Polymarket has closed its first on-chain institutional block trade tied to artificial intelligence compute infrastructure.
• PYMNTS | OpenFX Acquires Payments Infrastructure Firm Embed (pymnts.com)
  Cross-border payments company OpenFX is set to acquire Dutch payments infrastructure business Embed in the third quarter.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Moves Prime Day to June as Consumers Cut Back (pymnts.com)
  Amazon’s Prime Day will take place a few weeks earlier than usual this year, kicking off June 23 and running through June 26.
• PYMNTS | MoneyGram Debuts MGUSD Stablecoin for Blockchain Payments (pymnts.com)
  MoneyGram has launched its own stablecoin, MGUSD, for people who need to move money but don't have access to traditional financial services.
• PYMNTS | Fiserv Co-President Says AI Could Be Shortcut to Modernizati… (pymnts.com)
  Fiserv Co-President Dhivya Suryadevara says AI is reshaping how banks manage workflows and deploy customer-facing services.
• PYMNTS | Huntington Bank Joins Push to Make Big Payments More Resilie… (pymnts.com)
  Huntington’s decision to join CHIPS reflects a broader reassessment of how banks manage liquidity, continuity and client growth.
• PYMNTS | Payment Inquiries Rise as Faster Payouts Promise Relief (pymnts.com)
  Slow payouts are creating headaches for businesses while forcing consumers to absorb late fees, financial stress and delayed purchases.
• PYMNTS | Financial Stress Changing What Consumers Value in Credit Car… (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds financially stressed consumers value control and liquidity management in credit cards more than rewards.
• PYMNTS | How Routing Architecture Shapes Payments Performance (pymnts.com)
  The Orchestration Advantage: How Routing Architecture Shapes Payments Performance - A PYMNTS Intelligence and Spreedly collaboration
• PYMNTS | Payments Orchestration for Enhanced Business Growth (pymnts.com)
  New research shows how payment orchestration can optimize payment processes and minimize disruptions to improve sales outcomes.
• PYMNTS | 63% of SMBs See Cards as Their Best Refund Protection (pymnts.com)
  PYMNTS Intelligence finds many SMBs want to reduce their reliance on cash and checks, creating an opening for credit cards.
• PYMNTS | JPMorgan Chase Woos Wealthy Investors for Record SpaceX IPO (pymnts.com)
  JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will host a discussion about SpaceX’s IPO that will be simulcast to 90 of the bank’s locations in 26 states.
• PYMNTS | OppFi Ruling Gives Bank-FinTech Partnerships a Win, Not Clar… (pymnts.com)
  A California court delivering a major victory for the bank-partnership lending model. However, the court left a central debate unresolved
• PYMNTS | Apple to Scrap Vision Pro Successor and Focus on Smart Glass… (pymnts.com)
  Apple has dropped its plans for a successor to its Vision Pro mixed reality headset and will focus instead on smart glasses.
• PYMNTS | Fed Beige Book Signals Margin Squeeze for Consumer Brands (pymnts.com)
  Companies are having mixed results in passing on higher costs, the Federal Reserve said in its May Beige Book released Wednesday (June 3).
• PYMNTS | Employees Say Claude Is the AI They Can’t Work Without (pymnts.com)
  Workplace exposure helps millions discover AI tools, but habit and utility are emerging as separate forces, PYMNTS Intelligence has found.
• PYMNTS | Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Land Anthropic IPO (pymnts.com)
  Anthropic has selected Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to lead its IPO, with JPMorganChase also involved in the deal.
• PYMNTS | Altman Aims to Shape AI Collaborations in Washington Meetings (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with lawmakers and White House officials a day after President Donald Trump signed an AI-focused executive order.
• PYMNTS | Stablecoins Are Just Wildcat Banking With Better Wi-Fi (pymnts.com)
  Stablecoins are often framed as unprecedented territory, but the U.S. spent centuries absorbing new forms of money-like instruments.
• PYMNTS | Shopify Resolves 2-Hour Outage Impacting Storefronts, Checko… (pymnts.com)
  Shopify has resolved a two-hour outage that started Wednesday morning (June 3). The company said it is continuing to monitor the situation.
• CPI | EU Court Rejects Vivendi Challenge Over Information Requests in… (pymnts.com)
  Vivendi has suffered a legal setback after an EU court allowed authorities to seek information regarding the firm's takeover of Lagardère.
• CPI | Compass Faces New York Antitrust Inquiry Following $1.6 Billion… (pymnts.com)
  The New York Attorney General’s Office is conducting an inquiry into Compass’ position in the New York residential real estate market.
• CPI | Meta Wins Partial Court Victory Over EU Digital Markets Rules (pymnts.com)
  An EU court ruled that Facebook Marketplace was wrongly subjected to key provisions of the bloc's landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA).
• CPI | NYDFS, European Banking Authority Forge Stablecoin Oversight Pa… (pymnts.com)
  The New York Department of Financial Services and the European Banking Authority have agreed to coordinate oversight of stablecoin markets.
• CPI | Australian Competition Regulator Approves Ampol’s $1.1 Billion … (pymnts.com)
  Australin regulators have approved Ampol's acquisition of EG Australia, but only after requiring the sale of dozens of fuel retail sites.