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Chinese tech company Baidu, best known for its search engine, also operates cloud, mapping and other internet-based services.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Baidu plans…

Key insights: Square is offering an AI assistant to U.K. merchants. What’s at stake: Square is hoping to tap into merchant demand for better technology in an…

Key insights: Klarna has added peer-to-peer transfers. What’s at stake: Best known in the U.S. as a buy now/pay later lender, Klarna is diversifying its product mix…

Key insights: PNC has partnered with Extend to expand virtual cards, an older payment option that has gained steam in recent years.  What’s at stake: Banks and…

With Visa and Mastercard attempting to bring agentic commerce to a wider audience, Stripe is adding its own set of tools.Processing ContentStripe has launched Agentic Commerce…

Fraud and misrepresentation remain persistent challenges in the mortgage industry and Freddie Mac is responding by bringing Quality Control Advisor Plus to the market, a tool…

JetBlue Airways just announced changes to its loyalty program, TrueBlue — and like most updates, it’s a mixed bag. In this case, families and top-tier Mosaic…

Key insight: Bank of America has added gen AI to help business banking staff.  What’s at stake: Improvements in time and personalized service.Forward look: Citigroup and Temenos…

Key Insights: Stripe will issue Hyperliquid’s stablecoin. What’s at Stake: The payment fintech is battling banks to capture the market. Forward Look: Early Warning, other banks are planning…

President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” raised the state and local tax deduction, known as SALT, to $40,000 for 2025. The change comes less than a…