Consumer confidence falls as six-month outlook weakens

AI Marketing, SOC, HELOC Fulfillment Tools; Rocket Makes VantageScore Move, But Serious Investor Questions Remain Lender and Brokers Products, Services, and Software Regulatory oversight for automated valuation models (AVMs) has shifted in recent years, placing greater emphasis on rigorous testing and validation. Lenders who aren’t keeping pace with evolving compliance requirements can be…

Yields on longer-term government debt declined from recent peaks on Wednesday following the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement it would be “at least” doubling the size of longer-dated debt repurchases it makes in coming months. The announcement ultimately calmed a bond market sell-off that began earlier in the week and accelerated Tuesday. Yields on 30-year Treasurys…

Cyber insurers ​have spent years defining what constitutes a hack and when coverage should pay out, but the rapid emergence of AI agents is raising new questions, forcing insurers to review their policies. Leading AI developers OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta Platforms recently disclosed that their ??AI agents behaved unexpectedly, escaping controlled test environments and carrying…

Tirana, Albania. Arpan Chakraborty/Getty Images Many Americans are moving abroad in search of cheaper housing, food, and a more laid-back lifestyle. In these 12 international cities, the cost of living is relatively low compared to the US. It includes a city that sits among the Andes and a Thai paradise with ancient temples. More and…

The last day for subscription of the Manika Plastech IPO is on September 16, 2026. At the time of writing, the Rs 125.50 crore IPO has received oversubscription of 8.94 times on BSE and NSE. Experts have recommended subscribing to the IPO for long-term growth visibility. Currently, the grey market premium (GMP) of Manika signals…

Russell Vought’s time as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is nearing its end, but it’s not ending quietly. The interim head of the CFPB spent three hours before the House Committee on Financial Services on Wednesday. It was the first of two days of congressional grilling — he will appear before the…