As enterprises confront AI agent sprawl, xpander wants them to own their own control and context layer

Where xpander is trying to separate itself from products such as LangSmith and CrewAI is in treating the underlying agent ...
Seeking Alpha

FSCO: A 30% Discount That Hides A Growing Credit Problem

FS Credit Opportunities trades at a 30% discount to NAV, reflecting market skepticism about its opaque, private credit-heavy portfolio. FSCO's non-accruals have risen from 3% to 4.8%, and 22% of ...
CNN

I’ve covered credit cards for 10 years, and for my first card I’d pick one of these 4

Opening your first credit card is an important step in building your financial future, but choosing the right one doesn’t have to be complicated. The best starter credit cards are easy to use, light ...
Finextra

Credit Exclusion Isn't an On-Ramp Problem Anymore. It's a Continuity Problem.

For a decade, one number has anchored nearly every conversation about credit access in this country: the tens of millions of American adults the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau identified in 2015 ...
Bloomberg

Private Credit Has an Affiliation Problem

Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it’s us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent ...
The Atlantic

Does Your Credit Card Even Plunk?

Physical credit cards should be a thing of the past. Over the past few years, touchless services such as Apple Pay have driven a boom in the digital-payment industry: Digital wallets now account for ...
Reuters

Samsung launches first US credit card with Barclays, signals ambitions for deeper financial services push

NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics on Monday launched its first U.S. co-branded credit card with Barclays, deepening its push into the financial services space in the country and ...
Fox Business Network

More Americans are relying on credit cards to buy groceries, new study finds

American families are increasingly being pushed past their financial limits at the grocery checkout counter, turning to credit card debt just to keep food on the table, according to a new study. Data ...
The New Republic

Higher Grocery Costs Are Creating a Vicious Cycle of Household Debt

Higher grocery prices have plagued consumers for years, with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran exacerbating the spike in costs over the past several months. But what began with higher prices at the ...
USA Today

Had it with credit card rates? Here's a hack for lowering them

You fume about the 20% interest rate on that credit card, even as you fault yourself for running up the balance. But have you ever considered asking for a lower rate? Credit card interest rates hover ...
journalgazette

No credit history? No problem. How Gen Z can build one from scratch

(BPT) - The postgraduation season is seen as a major milestone, but it's just one of many moments when young adults begin taking greater control of their finances. Whether they're starting a new job, ...