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Stripe Is Acquiring OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion to Own Both Sides of the AI Economy

By Sachin Mohan | August 20, 2026

Stripe is building the economic infrastructure for AI, and together with OpenRouter we'll help businesses maximize profitability.

Synchrony Is Bringing Its Financing and Rewards Programs Into ChatGPT

By Sachin Mohan | August 18, 2026

"AI is creating an opportunity to reimagine the entire commerce experience, from how customers discover products to how they pay, earn rewards, and build loyalty."

Bank of America Has Committed $250 Billion to US Infrastructure

By Sachin Mohan | August 13, 2026

"Meeting America's growing infrastructure needs requires mobilizing capital at scale across increasingly interconnected sectors."

S&P Global Expands Microsoft 365 Copilot With Proprietary Market Data

By AIM | August 13, 2026

S&P Global is expanding its Microsoft collaboration to bring proprietary financial and energy intelligence into Microsoft 365 Copilot workflows.

EverQuote and Waniwani Are Building the Distribution Layer for Agentic Insurance

By Sachin Mohan | August 12, 2026

"Discoverability and engagement are being redefined in real time as AI agents take on a larger role."

HSBC Just Created a Chief AI Officer Role for Its Legal Function

By Sachin Mohan | August 11, 2026

"Meaningful AI transformation happens when deep domain expertise is paired with enterprise capability and leadership focus."

Global Payments Is Running AI Across Four Layers of Its Payment Stack Simultaneously

By Sachin Mohan | August 10, 2026

"We are accelerating the adoption of AI across our products and operations while also establishing a strong foundation to lead in the emerging era of Agentic commerce."

Fiserv and Stuut Are Automating the Finance Function That Still Runs on Spreadsheets

By Sachin Mohan | August 6, 2026

"Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to improve customer experiences while optimizing working capital."

Visa Is Spending $2.4 Billion to Stop AI-Powered Fraud

By Sachin Mohan | August 5, 2026

"BioCatch will help our clients stop fraud before it reaches the point of payment."

Lloyds Is Betting Almost $3 Billion in AI Cost Savings by 2030

By Sachin Mohan | July 31, 2026

Lloyds' new strategic plan through 2030 is described as an evolution of existing businesses rather than a structural transformation.

Workiva Launches AI Agents for Finance and Compliance. Every Output to Be Audit-Ready.

By Sachin Mohan | July 30, 2026

"We're staying true to what our customers have always counted on us to deliver."

Interactive Brokers Just Opened Its AI Integration to Any Tool Built on the MCP Standard

By Sachin Mohan | July 29, 2026

"Interactive Brokers has long offered open APIs that let clients connect their accounts to the tools and systems they choose."

Corpay Built a Payment Card That AI Agents Can Issue Themselves

By Sachin Mohan | July 29, 2026

"Agentic commerce is creating a new frontier for business payments."

NatWest Turned a 100-Day Customer Campaign Process Into a One-Day Operation

By Sachin Mohan | July 29, 2026

"All 60,000 employees now have access to AI tools as part of their daily work."

Ameriprise's AI Strategy Has a $1 Billion Foundation Behind It

By Sachin Mohan | July 28, 2026

"That foundation allows us to innovate faster and bring new capabilities.”

Interactive Brokers Says Its AI Trading Tool Went Viral Before It Was Even Announced

By Sachin Mohan | July 22, 2026

"We are very visible in the drop-downs of the AI chatbots as one of the companies that you can connect the chatbot to."

Bank of America Adds Gen AI to EricaAssist, Cuts Call Times by Nearly a Minute

By Sachin Mohan | July 22, 2026

"EricaAssist reflects our high tech, high touch approach."

Wall Street's Most Profitable AI Trade Is a Bond Morgan Stanley Designed.

By Sachin Mohan | July 21, 2026

"Dollar amounts that used to be $1bn, $2bn, $5bn are now $10bn or $20bn and higher."

UnitedHealth Group Optum Appoints Shobhit Varshney as Chief AI Officer

By Mukundan Sivaraj | July 17, 2026

Shobhit Varshney joins UnitedHealth Group Optum as Chief AI Officer to lead AI strategy, platform, and delivery as the healthcare company expands enterprise AI initiatives.

FIS Joins Project Glasswing to Strengthen Security of Its Financial Infrastructure

By Ridhika Basnet | July 17, 2026

FIS is testing Mythos 5, Anthropic's most advanced frontier model, to scan and evaluate its own systems as part of the security initiative.