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CVS insurance arm Aetna drives Q1 earnings up 12.5%
Aetna's operating income jumped to $3.04B from $1.99B year-over-year, helped by Medicare rate increases and streamlined prior authorization hitting 95% within 24 hours.
Banks and crypto firms split on stablecoin yield in OCC rule comments
Public comments reveal fundamental disagreement over whether third-party rewards count as prohibited yield under GENIUS Act implementation.
Consumer spending runs on $18T debt, not resilience
Fed data shows falling loan demand for 8 of 10 quarters as economists keep citing mythical consumer strength while credit props up spending.
FinCEN's AML reform ignores broken reporting forms
New anti-money laundering rules demand results over volume, but CTR and SAR forms still waste compliance resources on unusable data.
Morgan Stanley launches crypto trading at 50bp, half of Robinhood
The bank's E-Trade platform undercuts Coinbase, Robinhood, and Schwab on fees as traditional finance moves into crypto.
Anthropic adds 10 finance agents, FIS partnership for AML
Claude agents now handle pitchbooks, credit memos, and loan underwriting, while FIS builds AML case investigation tools on Anthropic's platform.
Ziff Davis buys four media brands for under $20M, launches lifestyle
Digital media company acquires Dwell, Domino, Business of Home, and PopSci from distressed Recurrent Ventures to enter new vertical.
Old Navy hires Target CMO Francis as turnaround accelerates
Gap Inc. taps veteran retail executive Michael Francis as chief customer officer while Old Navy posts 3% sales growth amid broader portfolio struggles.
Criteo hits $1B media spend but revenue drops 9% in Q1
Ad tech giant crosses billion-dollar threshold for first time in Q1 while losing major clients and shedding retail media revenue.
Disney CEO makes Disney+ 'digital centerpiece' with AI recommendations
Josh D'Amaro positions streaming as the primary fan relationship hub, adding personalized content discovery and ad targeting via AI algorithms.
Ted Turner, CNN founder, dies at 87
The media mogul who created the first 24-hour news network died Wednesday after battling Lewy body dementia since 2018.
Blitzy Raises $200M At $1.4B Valuation For AI Code Generation
AI coding startup claims to complete months of development work autonomously and boost engineering velocity by 5x for enterprise clients.