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LexisNexis Launches AI Tool That Adapts to Changing Fraud Patterns
Science & Technology

LexisNexis Launches AI Tool That Adapts to Changing Fraud Patterns

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has launched Emailage Adaptive, an AI-powered fraud detection solution designed to continuously adjust to changing fraud patterns without requiring manual recalibration.

Danske Bank and Mastercard Complete Denmark’s First AI Agent Payment
Fintech & Ecommerce

Danske Bank and Mastercard Complete Denmark’s First AI Agent Payment

Danske Bank and Mastercard have completed Denmark’s first payment in which an AI agent carried out both the purchase and the payment on behalf of a consumer, marking an early live test of agentic commerce inside a regulated Nordic bank.

Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Google Face Antitrust Suit Over Alleged Pact to Slow AI Development
Science & Technology

Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Google Face Antitrust Suit Over Alleged Pact to Slow AI Development

Four of the industry’s leading AI labs: Anthropic, OpenAI, Elon Musk’s xAI (referred to in the filing as SpaceXAI), and Google, are facing a proposed federal class action accusing them of illegally coordinating to slow the pace of AI model improvement, a move the plaintiffs say violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank Partner With Fireblocks to Explore Stablecoins in Korea
Blockchain & Crypto

Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank Partner With Fireblocks to Explore Stablecoins in Korea

Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with digital asset infrastructure provider Fireblocks to explore opportunities for digital assets, mainly stablecoins, in South Korea.

Amazon Blocks Meta Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Its Platform
Fintech & Ecommerce

Amazon Blocks Meta Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Its Platform

Amazon has cut off Meta’s new Muse AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com, deepening an industry-wide standoff over who controls the customer relationship as AI agents purchase on consumers’ behalf.

CloudTech Group Launches RooRooEx Digital Asset Trading Platform
Blockchain & Crypto

CloudTech Group Launches RooRooEx Digital Asset Trading Platform

CloudTech Group has launched RooRooEx, a digital asset trading platform for professional investors, high-net-worth individuals and retail customers. Its initial target markets are Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.

Google Confirms Gemini Autonomously Breached Three Companies in May Test
Science & Technology

Google Confirms Gemini Autonomously Breached Three Companies in May Test

Google has confirmed that its Gemini AI model accessed three real companies’ systems during a cybersecurity evaluation in May, marking the first known case of the company’s AI autonomously carrying out such an act.

Saudi Arabia Ends mBridge Participation After Completing CBDC Payment Trial
Blockchain & Crypto

Saudi Arabia Ends mBridge Participation After Completing CBDC Payment Trial

Saudi Arabia has ended its participation in mBridge, a China-led cross-border payments project using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), after completing a proof of concept in May 2025.

ECB Launches Pontes to Settle Tokenised Assets in Central Bank Money
Blockchain & Crypto

ECB Launches Pontes to Settle Tokenised Assets in Central Bank Money

The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched Pontes, a new service designed to allow wholesale transactions in tokenised assets to be settled using central bank money.

Polymarket Faces Scrutiny Over Response to $10 Million Fraud Attempt
Society & Lifestyle

Polymarket Faces Scrutiny Over Response to $10 Million Fraud Attempt

Polymarket is drawing scrutiny over how it handled a fraud scheme on its US platform, according to a Wall Street Journal report published September 20. The report, based on interviews with current and former employees and investors, describes a pattern of compliance failures and legal challenges the company has faced while pursuing rapid growth.

Trump Plans New Agency and Chief to Oversee US AI Push
Science & Technology

Trump Plans New Agency and Chief to Oversee US AI Push

US President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he will name a new artificial intelligence “czar” to lead an “AI Force,” an agency he compared to the Space Force he created during his first term. The announcement came in a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday.

Huawei Prompts Banks to Own Their AI With Fintelligent Launch
Fintech & Ecommerce

Huawei Prompts Banks to Own Their AI With Fintelligent Launch

Huawei has launched a new AI platform for banks to own their artificial intelligence (AI) stack. 

Fintech Funding Roundup: Paymob, Kastle, Sprive & Latvia’s Investment Platforms
Fintech & Ecommerce

Fintech Funding Roundup: Paymob, Kastle, Sprive & Latvia’s Investment Platforms

Fintech funding kept moving this week — here’s a look at four of the latest raises in payments infrastructure, agentic AI for lenders, consumer mortgage technology, and general Baltic investment sector.

Coinbase and Kalshi File for US Stock Perpetuals: How Crypto-Style Trading Moves Into Equities
Blockchain & Crypto

Coinbase and Kalshi File for US Stock Perpetuals: How Crypto-Style Trading Moves Into Equities

Popular crypto exchange Coinbase and prediction market Kalshi have both filed proposals to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks.

Merchants Using Ant’s AI for Payment Integration Quadruple
Fintech & Ecommerce

Merchants Using Ant’s AI for Payment Integration Quadruple

The number of merchants using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to integrate payment services with Ant International has quadrupled over the past 12 months, the company noted. As the demand grows, the company plans broader rollout of AI-native tools across payments, foreign exchange, treasury, and credit operations.

Influencers See UPI MDR Introduction as Vital Step for Ecosystem Monetization: GlobalData
Finance & Economics

Influencers See UPI MDR Introduction as Vital Step for Ecosystem Monetization: GlobalData

The Indian government announced on September 15, 2026, that a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), fee charged for processing digital payments, will apply to Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions for the first time in nearly six years.