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            <title><![CDATA[Guggenheim Investments ‘Leaning Into’ BDCs, DiLorenzo Says]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mastercard, Visa and PayPal Hit With UK Competition Probe]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[PayPal Plans Job Cuts as Fintech’s New CEO Pursues Turnaround Strategy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:04:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amex Gold Card Gets More Travel Rewards at the Same $325 Annual Fee]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Visa Surges Most Since 2022 as Profit Beats Estimates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:09:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Retailers Battling Swipe Fees Are Pushing Back on Settlement]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:10:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amex Sees Higher Marketing Costs, Airline Spending Slowing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:02:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Robinhood Gets Singapore Regulatory OK for Brokerage Service]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Capital One Boosts Provision for Bad Loans, Misses Estimates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:34:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Card Fintech Mission Lane Applies to be National Bank]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:05:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ally Beats Estimates With Auto-Loan Demand Staying Strong]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:10:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Schwab Considering Prediction Markets Tied to Finance Events]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:57:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Schwab Revenue Misses Estimates Even as Client Assets Climb]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:42:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BNY Profit Beats Analyst Estimates, Fueled by Record Revenue]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gas Spending Jumped 16% for BofA Customers Amid the War in Iran]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Surane]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEC Approves Plan Removing Day-Trading Limit for Investors]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pro-Iran Group Takes Credit for Cyberattacks on Chime, Pinterest]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:14:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Robinhood, BNY Tapped to Manage Trump Accounts for Children]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:23:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chime CEO Sees Consumers’ Fuel Spending Rise 25% Amid Iran War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Citadel Securities-Backed Crypto Exchange Seeks Bank Charter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:38:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The EDX Markets website on a laptop arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. A new crypto exchange backed by firms including Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital Assets and Charles Schwab Corp. said its gone live, a move that could reshape the digital-asset landscape amid heightened US scrutiny of the sector.</media:description>
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