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CFTC’s Selig Sees Role for Compute Futures, Rules for AI Trading Agents
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig outlined a potential role for derivatives markets in financing the artificial intelligence (AI) economy, arguing that businesses will need tools to hedge computing costs. At
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 23:46EBay Courts Recommerce Customers as Revenue Rises 14%
EBay is leaning into generative artificial intelligence and specialized commerce to drive engagement amid double-digit revenue growth. The eCommerce marketplace reported third-quarter earnings results Wednesday (Oct. 28), showing revenue of
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 23:17AI Hardware Investment Drives 3.4% Growth in US Economy
The nation’s real gross domestic product growth accelerated in the third quarter, driven by gross private domestic investment, including information processing equipment, according to a data released Thursday (Oct. 29) by the Bureau of Econ
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 22:47AI Is Stepping Up to Care for the Elderly
Most people do not think about elder care until they have to. Then they find out how expensive it is, how hard to access, and how much of it falls on whoever is closest. Artificial intelligence agents are beginning to take on parts of that
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 22:00Carvana Embraces Agentic Commerce as Revenues Jump 42%
Carvana is hoping to reap the benefits of agentic commerce as it enjoys record revenues. The online used vehicle marketplace reported quarterly earnings Wednesday (Oct. 28) showing $8 billion in revenue, a 42% increase year over year. “In t
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 21:53Collective’s AI Back Office Gives Solo Business Owners Time Back
Watch more: Need to Know With Collective’s Hooman Radfar Hooman Radfar is building Collective for business owners who are also the people doing the work. A consultant might be the company’s only employee, responsible for finding clients, ma
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 21:00DoorDash Will Pay $17 Billion to Acquire Instacart
DoorDash is set to acquire online grocery delivery platform Instacart in a deal worth $17 billion. The acquisition, announced Thursday (Oct. 29), creates a combined entity offering grocers and retailer access to DoorDash’s delivery network
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 20:25Kipp Targets US Expansion After LTVCo Acquisition
FinTech platform Kipp plans to accelerate its expansion in the United States after being acquired by an investor group led by The Lifetime Value Company (LTVCo) and its founders, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) press release emaile
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 20:00Better Technology Alone Won’t Give Software the Final Say
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Maverick Payments’ Bill Christensen The human who approves a merchant account may eventually review fewer files, but the cases left on that person’s desk will demand more judgment. For Bill Christens
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 16:03i2c: Banks Can Delegate Decisions but Can’t Outsource Accountability
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Matt Pearce of i2c The last decision a bank hands to a machine will likely be one that its employees will still have to explain to a customer or regulator. Releasing an account flagged for complex fr
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 16:01AI and Embedded Finance Raise the Bar for Payment Controls
Watch more: Your Payments Got Smarter. Did Your Infrastructure? Faster payments compress the time available to catch a bad transaction, reconcile an exception or determine whether the party moving money is who it claims to be. Speedier paym
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 16:00Age Gives Financial Providers Clues to Customers’ Financial Pressures
A smaller savings balance can send the same warning to a bank while concealing very different problems for the customer. For some consumers, everyday bills are absorbing more money. For others, the income that supported their budget has fal
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 16:00FedEx Converts Digital Insights Into New Market Expansion
FedEx is using its digital insights to unlock new markets, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release detailing its results for the quarter ended Sept. 30. The company is leveraging its data to offer visibility and supply chain
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 10:25DOJ Probes Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal Over AI Competition Concerns
The Justice Department is looking into whether Nvidia’s deal to acquire Hugging Face could harm competition in the artificial intelligence industry by giving the company a control of a key distribution point, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 09:44Microsoft Sees Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerate as Copilot Usage Grows
Microsoft is seeing enterprises move beyond artificial intelligence experiments toward systems that handle business processes. The company is also expanding how it charges for AI through subscriptions and usage-based billing. CEO Satya Nade
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 09:25FTC Orders 9 Companies to Explain Pricing and Compensation Methodologies
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered nine companies to provide detailed information about their pricing and compensation methodology, the regulator said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. This data will inform the FTC’s newly
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 09:00Google Pushes AI Agents Into Commerce as Spending Pressures Cash Flow
Alphabet’s third-quarter results put a familiar fear back in focus: Big Tech’s artificial intelligence spending could outrun the earnings and cash needed to justify it. Google’s parent spent $51.4 billion on capital investments and reported
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 08:42Happen Doubles Loan Issuance Through App as Deposits Grow 22%
Borrowers who came to Happen to pay off credit cards are giving the bank additional sources of business through their savings. Happen, formerly known as LendingClub, reported that deposits grew 22% from a year earlier to $11.5 billion in th
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 07:59Paysafe Expands Digital Wallet Across Entire Euro Zone
PaysafeWallet is now available in all euro area markets, after being expanded in Eastern Europe, Paysafe said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. PaysafeWallet is a digital wallet that can be accessed through the PaysafeCard app. It bri
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 06:38PNC Bank to Expand Small Business Offerings With Embedded ADP Payroll
PNC Bank and ADP have partnered to embed ADP’s payroll and human resources capabilities in PNC’s digital banking platform, ADP said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. This integration will enable PNC’s small business clients to manage
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 05:28Amazon Expands Shop Direct Catalog to Keep Shoppers Off AI Shopping Agents
Amazon is expanding its Shop Direct initiative, which lists products from brands that don’t sell on its site, in an effort to keep shoppers coming to its site rather than using outside personal artificial intelligence agents, The Informatio
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 04:09US Foods Counts AI Gains in Seller Hours and Cases per Mile
A US Foods seller used to spend up to four hours preparing a proposal for a prospective restaurant, reading menus, spreadsheets and handwritten notes. A generative artificial intelligence tool now does that work, Amazon Web Services said in
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 04:00RBC Blocks Third-Party Personal AI Agents Over Fraud Risks
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has decided to block third-party personal AI agents from direct access to online banking and other RBC digital properties due to concerns about fraud and consumer harm, the bank told its customers in an article po
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 03:08Etsy Aims to Balance Human Creations With AI Innovations
Etsy’s CEO says the company is facing an artificial intelligence (AI)-related paradox. “For Etsy, the opportunity is to use this technology to help buyers discover items that feel uniquely right for them, and to help our sellers reach more
PYMNTS · Published 10/29/2026, 03:04