Pfizer at U.S. All Stars Conference: growth shifts beyond covid

A payment used to begin with a person making a decision: swiping a card, approving a transfer, or authorizing a purchase. Increasingly, that decision is being embedded into software. As programmatic payments become more common—and as agentic AI expands their reach—financial institutions must adapt to a landscape where transactions may be initiated by systems acting…

I’ve been cooking professionally for most of my life. But if you’d told the teenager peeling potatoes after school that one day he’d have his own pizzeria —and operate it out of a Smart car, no less — I’m not sure he would have believed you. As a sophomore in high school, I wasn’t running…

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‘It’s important to be transparent’: Citing potentially alarming cybersecurity risks, the ChatGPT maker has paused the launch of Astra, its next-generation autonomous AI agent.

A consumer receives a gift card, spends part of it a month later, and then leaves the remaining balance in limbo on a forgotten or misplaced card. For merchants and gift card programs, this kind of breakage has long been viewed as an unavoidable part of offering prepaid products. But what if those lingering balances…

Key takeaway: Interest in de novo banking appears to be picking up as regulators seek to streamline the chartering process. Supporting data: Seven startup banks have opened so far this year, up from five in all of 2025. Expert quote: “There is such a need for new charters right now. [The regulators] recognize it and…