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Gold Falters as Treasury Yields Rise
Gold prices slipped on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, as a climb in U.S. Treasury yields weighed on the precious metal. The move highlights the inverse relationship between bullion a…
Visa and Mastercard Back AI Payments Alliance
Visa and Mastercard have joined the Agentic Payments Alliance, a newly formed coalition focused on AI commerce. The card networks are part of an initial group that also includes…
PPRO and BLIK Partner to Bring Local Payments to Agentic Commerce
PPRO has announced a new partnership with BLIK, the Polish payment system, to support the rise of agentic commerce. The collaboration aims to make BLIK available within the emer…
Citi Launches Custody+ for Real-Time Institutional Services
Citi Investor Services has rolled out Custody+, a new suite designed to support institutional clients as settlement cycles shorten and trading hours extend across global markets…
Should You Ditch Big Banks for a Fintech Stock?
For generations, the bedrock of U.S. finance has been the big money-center banks. Institutions like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have long anchored the system, offering a …
ANZ warns of scam-coaching rise that trains victims to fool banks
Australia's ANZ bank has issued a fresh alert about a disturbing new scheme known as "scam-coaching," in which criminals do not simply pose as legitimate entities but actually c…
Unlimit Crypto secures Cyprus licence under EU's MiCA
Global financial infrastructure firm Unlimit has announced that its crypto arm, Unlimit Crypto, has obtained a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) licence from the Cyprus Secur…
Stripe to acquire AI firm OpenRouter for $7 billion
Payments infrastructure giant Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence gateway company, in a deal valued at $7 billion, according to a Bloomberg repor…
Spot Crypto ETFs vs Direct Ownership: Key Differences
The approval of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds has drawn new investors into the digital asset space. For many, the immediate question isn't which token to buy, …