AI is reshaping retail as Walmart and Costco expand AI commerce. Onton’s $7.5M seed round positions it to redefine how consumers search, decide, and shop online.

Regulators propose lowering the community bank leverage ratio to 8% and extending the grace period, a shift that could impact bank capital, lending and compliance.

AI hype has by no means vanished, but within cross-border payments, the tone has visibly shifted, with the technology beginning to show results. 

The insurance industry is running out of people. AI may fill the gap, but only if carriers rethink roles, training, and the future of underwriting.

The OCC’s new guidance gives banks permission to hold small amounts of crypto for operational use—clearing the way for modernized financial institutions.

Obex, a new incubator for stablecoins designed to support and finance teams building yield-generating stablecoins on the Sky Protocol, has launched out of San Francisco.