Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to remove Cook from Fed

A panel of DC Circuit Court judges ruled late Monday that the president had not met the stringent statutory requirements to block a lower court injunction, which allowed Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain at her post as her lawsuit challenging her dismissal is litigated.

Stephen Miran confirmed to Fed board

The Senate voted 48 to 47 to confirm Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board, just ahead of the central bank’s rate setting committee meeting.

Mastercard accelerates AI shopping ahead of the holidays

The card brand has added several tools that expand “agentic commerce,” which adds artificial intelligence-based automation to shopping, service and checkout, innovation that’s becoming popular with payment companies.