Nearly half of shoppers expect free shipping on every order While 45% of US adults expect free shipping on any order, 16% of those consumers will not make a purchase if they have to pay for shipping content-na1.emarketer.com/nearly-half-... #DigitalMarketing #eCommerce #Retail

Pulte says Fannie, Freddie eyeing assumable or portable loans Word is that Trump is unhappy with Pulte, so all of this might be academic www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/fhfas-p... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

6 ways bank-fintech tie-ups have changed since Synapse collapse Insights from Patrick Slain of Stearns Bank, Sarah Biller of Fintech Sandbox and Jason Henrichs of Alloy Labs Alliance. www.americanbanker.com/news/6-ways-... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Was Waller’s ‘skinny’ account clarification a walk-back? The Federal Reserve governor set out to clarify that only institutions with a banking charter would be eligible for a tailored master account. Does that jibe with the Fed’s “embrace” of disruption? buff.ly/iPhhrv1 #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Automotive, media, and finance favor linear TV over streaming This year, media and entertainment brands will spend nearly twice as much on linear TV ads (10.0%) as they will on over-the-top (OTT) streaming services (5.4%) content-na1.emarketer.com/automotive--... #DigitalMarketing

Banks, consumer groups push back against stablecoin yield Bank groups warn interest yield on stablecoins could trigger trillions in deposits to flee the banking system. www.americanbanker.com/news/banks-c... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #StableCoin

How to Track Your Brand in the Age of #AI At a BoF Insights breakfast in London, senior executives gathered to explore how algorithms, viral moments and AI are rewriting the rulebook of brand building — and how leaders need to change the way they measure success. buff.ly/JKqdIN2 #DigitalMarketing

U.S. Treasury greenlights staking for #CryptoCurrency #ETFs The decision provides long-awaited clarity for asset managers, paving the way for yield-bearing ETFs by mid-2026. ambcrypto.com/u-s-treasury... #FinTech #FinServ #Investing #DigitalAssets

Former member of Congress and current chairman of Forbright Bank John Delaney calls on lawmakers to pass several reforms that would allow banks to take back market share that has been lost to nonbank competitors. buff.ly/7xbGcV3 #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

A group of mission-driven bankers is feeding information into generative AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude on Monday, in hopes of retraining the public-facing models to better understand what their banks do. buff.ly/kMxpgFN #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

#HealthCare firm apparently hit by major cyberattack exposing over a million medical records - how to find out if you're affected Hacker claims to have stolen files from Doctor Alliance www.techradar.com/pro/security... #CyberSecurity #HealthTech

Visa, Mastercard take another crack at a fee settlement The deal could also change acceptance rules, giving merchants an opportunity to avoid higher priced cards. www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Upward raises $8m Seed+ to expand fintech infrastructure The funding will fuel Upward’s mission to make it radically faster and easier for businesses to launch and operate financial products fintech.global/2025/11/10/u... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Military experts warn security hole in most #AI chatbots can sow chaos Adversaries are likely to exploit a natural flaw in AI chatbots to inject instructions for stealing files, distorting public opinion or otherwise betraying trusted users buff.ly/fg0j3WO #CyberSecurity #Privacy

How banks and fintechs are offering help during gov shutdown One #FInTech that is bringing its tech and network to banks during the ongoing shutdown is SpringFour, a financial health fintech that connects consumers to vetted nonprofits and community resources buff.ly/I1s81vo #FinServ #Banking

Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware The latest example is a political consultant who works for left-wing politicians in Italy, who came out as the most recently confirmed victim of Paragon spyware in the country. techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w... #CyberSecurity #Privacy

How #AI will affect jobs at banks' front, middle, and back offices, according Sopnendu Mohanty, group CEO of the global advisory and investment firm GFTN. www.businessinsider.com/banking-jobs... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Careers

China accuses U.S. of stealing $13 billion in #Bitcoin Beijing just accused Washington of pulling off a $13B Bitcoin heist. www.thestreet.com/crypto/polic... #CyberSecurity #CryptoCurrency

$50M of new capital primes small Georgia bank, Barwick Bank, for growth Barwick has grown from a single branch and $13 million of assets in 2020 to six branches and more than $640 million today. www.americanbanker.com/news/50m-of-... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Employee data most at risk from unapproved #AI use 35% of US employees who use unapproved AI tools at work have shared employee data, the most commonly shared category of potentially sensitive information content-na1.emarketer.com/employee-dat... #LLMs #DigitalMarketing #CyberSecurity

Afterpay confronts new fraud type Fraudsters are posing as merchants and consumers to make fraudulent purchases and stick Afterpay with the bill, according to a Block executive. www.paymentsdive.com/news/afterpa... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Building trust in #AI through a new global governance framework A global governance framework could ensure AI development is less fragmented, enabling everyone to share in its growth. www.weforum.org/stories/2025... #GRC #Regulation #Innovation

State Street buys private-sector inflation data provider, PriceStats State Street hopes to give its investors an edge as they evaluate a quickly evolving macroeconomic environment. www.americanbanker.com/news/state-s... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Investing

Global consumers are actively avoiding US products over #Tariffs 40% of global consumers say they’ve gone out of their way to spend less on US products in response to tariffs, with Canadian consumers leading the way content-na1.emarketer.com/global-consu... #DigitalMarketing #Kakistocracy

Fiserv grilled over ex-CEO Senate Democrats are digging into former Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano’s past leadership of the payments processor. www.paymentsdive.com/news/senator... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Affirm 'firing on all cylinders' with earnings beat Expanded agreements with Amazon and Shopify should help extend market share gains, according to analysts. www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #BNPL #Payments #PayTech

Shift4 founder to keep stake Jared Isaacman, who was renominated this week to lead NASA, plans to remain the largest shareholder of the payments processor he founded in 1999. www.paymentsdive.com/news/shift4-... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

PNC boosts branch investment to $2B, plays down more M&A PNC is aiming to build density in certain markets where it currently operates, largely in faster-growing regions, while also pulling back from its legacy footprint. www.americanbanker.com/news/pnc-boo... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Apple sets sights on travel spending The tech company is embedding its digital wallet as a method of payment at many stages in the travel process in a bid to attract more consumer use. www.paymentsdive.com/news/apple-d... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Santander launches portal for U.S. businesses going global Santander's Navigator Global digitizes market-entry expertise for U.S. businesses. www.americanbanker.com/news/santand... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Consumer Reports pushes #Stablecoin rules The consumer advocacy group said Genius Act regulations must protect consumers from potential risks in the stablecoin market. www.paymentsdive.com/news/consume... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Toast mulls eat-and-run options The software firm is contemplating a system that lets restaurants store customer payment cards to give diners a quicker exit after they finish a meal. www.paymentsdive.com/news/toast-r... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

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U.S. Bank sees stablecoin opportunity in trade finance The bank is still exploring stablecoin options outside of custody services www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Regulators are holding back secure digital identity verification Existing law already provides the tools that would allow an across-the-board upgrade in digital identity verification, with benefits to banks and consumers alike. buff.ly/wgJvaLG #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Cotribute and Corelation launch AI agents for credit unions Forty-six percent of credit unions expect #AI to affect customer experience, but implementation is slow so far. www.americanbanker.com/creditunions... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #AgenticAI

Amazon sues Perplexity over #AI shopping agents The mass e-commerce company — which alleges Comet agents are covertly making purchases for users — is open to third-party #AgenticCommerce, but on its own terms. www.retaildive.com/news/amazon-... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #AgenticAI

Omnichannel Marketing: A Short Guide For Growing B2B Tech Brands www.forbes.com/councils/for... #DigitalMarketing

Another bank tried to buy Comerica before Fifth Third deal An unnamed bank tried to buy Comerica in September, weeks before the bank's board decided that Fifth Third would be the ideal acquirer, according to a new regulatory filing www.americanbanker.com/news/another... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Wells Fargo, PNC tell Trustly to stop screen scraping customer data Screen scraping puts consumer security and fraud detection efforts at risk, the bankers say. www.americanbanker.com/news/wells-f... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

JPMorgan, BofA flag Trump debanking order in SEC filings The nation’s two largest banks said they are “responding” to requests from government agencies and other parties regarding their policies toward discontinuing financial services www.bankingdive.com/news/jpmorga... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Gen Z's love for 'finfluencers' is creating the perfect storm for brands fortune.com/2025/11/07/g... #DigitalMarketing #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Files this under What Could Possibly Go Wrong? As auto delinquencies rise, CFPB seeks to cut oversight Banks object to reduced supervision of nonbanks, arguing that the Dodd-Frank Act specifically requires consistent oversight of banks and nonbanks. buff.ly/nc2wlaF #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

What KeyBank's new embedded banking boss, Eric Girard, has planned Girard hopes to make embedded finance easier to use for small businesses. www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

BofA’s Moynihan pledges growth, ‘no excuses’ At the bank’s investor day Wednesday – its first since 2011 – executives outlined investments in payments capabilities, credit card features and market expansion as levers to fuel consumer growth. buff.ly/U4Gytg3 #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Nuclear codes, voicemail hacks and businesses going bust. These are some of the biggest password blunders www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/e... #CyberSecurity

White-label stablecoins are the next evolution of money #Stablecoins are changing the nature of money, moving it out of the realm of public good and into the branded private sector. www.americanbanker.com/opinion/whit... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Judge rejects $425M settlement in Capital One class action The class action case could go to trial in July 2026 if it's not resolved before that time. www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-r... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

#AgenticAI will shake up charge-backs. What banks need to know As agentic commerce takes off, charge-offs will initially spike, then start to ease. www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #AI

OCC’s Gould leans away from ‘ostrich’ approach Under Jonathan Gould’s leadership, the agency aims for “a more balanced approach” to innovation and not a “focus on a parade of horribles,” he said. www.bankingdive.com/news/occ-gou... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking