A growing number of consumers will be able to shop for groceries in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, check out on DoorDash, and have their orders delivered from local grocery stores in as little as an hour.
This experience is enabled by the new DoorDash app in ChatGPT, the companies said in a Wednesday (Dec. 17) press release.
The DoorDash app in ChatGPT is live for select users and will expand to...
The Federal Reserve Board said Wednesday (Dec. 17) that it withdrew a 2023 policy statement and issued a new statement regarding the treatment of certain banks, with the aim of facilitating “responsible innovation.”
The 2023 policy statement allowed board-supervised state member banks to participate only in activities permissible for banks supervised by other federal bank regulators,...
Fiserv completed its acquisition of StoneCastle Cash Management and will integrate the company’s institutional deposit network with the Fiserv ecosystem.
This integration will expand Fiserv’s ability to deliver insured deposit funding solutions and will extend the capabilities of its ecosystem that includes core account processing, digital banking and payments platforms, the company...
Caroline D. Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will join crypto payments company MoonPay as chief legal officer and chief administrative officer upon the conclusion of her role at the CFTC.
MoonPay announced the appointment in a Wednesday (Dec. 17) press release, saying Pham has overseen “a pivotal year of market modernization, regulatory...
Big Tech’s artificial intelligence (AI) push is accelerating on multiple fronts, from productivity agents embedded in everyday software to deeper bets on infrastructure, content and consumer hardware.
Google’s CC AI Agent
Google has announced CC, a new AI agent integrated across Gmail, Google Calendar, and Drive designed to help users plan and manage their daily workflow. The agent...
Google launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) model called Gemini 3 Flash on Wednesday (Dec. 17), saying this model is “built for speed” and will be available across the company’s products.
The company rolled out Gemini 3 Flash globally to developers in the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, Gemini CLI and Google Antigravity; to enterprises in Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise; and to...
Predictions of a cashless world have circulated for decades, yet physical money continues to anchor daily commerce across much of the globe.
Visa’s 2026 outlook highlighted just how large that footprint remains. The company estimated that roughly $11 trillion in cash is still in circulation worldwide.
“Paper money is not going to disappear any time soon since there is just so much of...
Mastercard and Interchecks have partnered to expand the adoption of account-to-account (A2A) payments.
The collaboration brings together Mastercard’s Open Finance capabilities and Interchecks’ Pay by Bank solution, the companies said in a Wednesday (Dec. 17) press release.
As part of this partnership, Interchecks will leverage Mastercard’s Open Finance verification tools and network...
Amazon has formed a new organization that will bring together its artificial intelligence (AI) models, silicon development and quantum computing.
The company’s artificial general intelligence (AGI) team will be included in the organization, as will the Nova AI models and the Graviton, Trainium and Nitro products, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a Wednesday (Dec. 17) message shared with...
Co-branded credit card startup Imprint is now a billion-dollar company.
The new valuation — at $1.2 billion, to be precise — came as the company raised $150 million in a Series D round announced Wednesday (Dec. 17).
Imprint says it will use the funding to expand beyond credit into debit, secured cards and flexible financing, and to power its loyalty programs and connecting brands to...