Anthropic’s AI tool sparks cybersecurity panic
Cybersecurity stocks tumbled after Anthropic unveiled a new vulnerability scanner, prompting vendors to defend their runtime protection platforms.
What Stripe would get by acquiring PayPal
There’s speculation about a potential deal, which could boost Stripe’s merchant appeal and accelerate its agentic commerce strategy. But payment experts also say Stripe could face a bidding war that includes AI companies.
Why banks see opportunity in advising art collectors
After a long price correction in the art market, Bank of America is expanding its advisory services for collectors — and it’s not alone.
Fincen seeking advisors for panel on modernizing AML
Banks, trade groups and regulators are eligible to join a group convened by Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or Fincen, which will weigh in on anti-money-laundering rules, Bank Secrecy Act modernization and implementation of a recently passed stablecoin bill.
How the New York Stock Exchange deploys Anthropic’s Claude
The stock exchange is using the artificial intelligence extensively throughout the organization, including in development of a distributed ledger for tokenized securities.
Inside Visa’s quest to go beyond card swipes
Andrew Torre, the card network’s president of Value-Added Services, said demand for security, agentic commerce and better processing are creating demand for technology and consulting.
Payments processor Stripe expresses interest in PayPal
Stripe, which is closely held and is among the industry’s most valuable companies, has expressed preliminary interest in a potential acquisition of the digital payments pioneer or its assets.
In retail banking, a positive work culture is a huge force multiplier
A negative work environment with unhappy employees is going to adversely impact the customer experience, even when employees don’t voice their dissatisfaction out loud. Bank managers need to create a positive culture.
Trump talks housing, affordability at State of the Union
President Donald Trump talked about institutional single family home ownership and housing affordability, as well as inflation, but left credit card rate caps, debanking and even crypto alone at the State of the Union address.
Can Trump fire nearly all CFPB staff? Appeals court isn’t sure
Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struggled to find a resolution to an injunction issued last year that halted reductions-in-force by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.