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Key insight: Mastercard discussed its agentic AI strategy during its earnings call.  Expert quote: “It’s early days, but engagement across the globe is energizing. The rise of agentic commerce also brings about an entirely new class of payment use cases.” —Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach  Forward look: The card network is recruiting clients to its machine-to-machine…

Oracle’s move to protect itself against a potential delay for its flagship AI data center project has Wall Street questioning whether the company can deliver the capacity needed to support its AI business. Bloomberg reported Thursday that Oracle sent a force majeure notice to Blue Owl Capital related to Project Jupiter, a planned AI data…

Mortgage Brain and Plannr have entered a partnership that will see the CRM and workflow automation platform integrate Mortgage Brain’s sourcing technology. Users of Plannr, the platform designed for the wealth sector, will be able to access Mortgage Brain’s sourcing, criteria, affordability and lender submission technology directly through the platform.  Access to Sourcing Brain,…

Consumers are watching their spending more closely, but they are not giving up the financial leeway that credit can provide. That is the larger trend emerging from recent PYMNTS Intelligence research, and new Federal Reserve Bank of New York data adds another piece of evidence. The share of consumers who applied for credit during the…

The Fed is expected to raise rates  The futures market tracking FOMC rate decisions on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange thinks it’s a foregone (90.7 percent) conclusion that the FOMC will raise rates by 25 basis points. While there is no direct connection to mortgage rates, it often influences the direction. In fact, some ex-Fed experts…

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