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Cryptocurrency
DOJ Charges 2 Brothers With ‘Cutting-Edge Scheme’ to Steal Cryptocurrency

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of an indictment Wednesday (May 15) charging two brothers...

eCommerce
EBay to Launch QR Code-Based Feature for Generating Product Listings

EBay has unveiled a new “resell on eBay” feature designed to make it easier for...

Faster Payments
Fed Surveys Find Lasting Appeal for Faster, Digital Transactions (and...

We’ll take it as a feather in the cap to be cited by the...

Partnerships
Paymentology and Audax Partner on Cards-as-a-Service Solution

Paymentology and Audax Financial Technology have partnered to enable financial institutions in Southeast Asia and...

Partnerships
Shopify and Astound Digital Partner to Improve Digital Commerce

Shopify and Astound Digital have partnered to improve retailers’ digital commerce efforts. Through the partnership, the...

artificial intelligence
Google’s AI Search Feature Fuels Content Traffic Concerns

Google’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search summaries could significantly impact online publishers by driving...

Economy
Inflation Cools; Prices Still 22% Higher Than Before the Pandemic

April’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data shows that inflation’s torrid pace is cooling, at...

Buy Now Pay Later
Celerant and Sezzle Expand Collaboration, Add In-Store BNPL Options

Celerant Technology now enables the users of its eCommerce platform to offer their customers buy now, pay later...

Buy Now Pay Later
Klarna and Nets Team on BNPL for Nordic eCommerce Merchants

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna and payments service provider Nets partnered to bring more payment options to...

Digital-First Banking
Lydia Launches European Banking Super App Called Sumeria

French payments app Lydia has launched a European banking super app called Sumeria. The company...

VISA
Visa Recasts Digital Wallet Landscape at Intersection of Identity and...

Throughout history, the number seven has held significant importance. There are seven days of...

Investments
Cover Genius Raises $80 Million to Grow Embedded Protection Offering

InsurTech Cover Genius has raised $80 million in Series E funding to grow its...

Startups
Mastercard Selects 5 Startups for Blockchain and Digital Assets Program

Mastercard has selected five startups from around the world to participate in its Start...

Acquisitions
TransNetwork Acquires Inswitch to Facilitate Cross-Border Payments in Latin America

TransNetwork has acquired Inswitch to accelerate the development of its digital product suite for cross-border payments in...

artificial intelligence
AI Regulation: Senators Unveil AI Plan, Open AI CEO Wants...

A growing chorus of lawmakers and technology leaders are calling for new regulations to...

Loans
NYCB Sells $5 Billion in Loans to JPMorgan

New York Community Bank (NYCB) is selling $5 billion in loans to J.P. Morgan Chase. The...

Cross-border Payments
Block-Owned TBD and Chipper Cash Partner on Cross-Border Payments in...

Block-owned TBD and African FinTech Chipper Cash partnered to facilitate B2C and B2B cross-border payments across 40 African...

Cryptocurrency
This Week in Web3: Crypto Payment Rails and Regulatory Clarity

As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in the1800s, “families are always rising and falling in America.”...

Security & Fraud
Customer Satisfaction Concerns Drive eCommerce Merchants’ Security Upgrades

Ninety-five percent of eCommerce merchants have either already started enhancing their anti-fraud resources or...

Personnel
Anthropic Adds Instagram Co-Founder Mike Krieger as Chief Product Officer

Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger has joined artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic as its chief product officer. In his new...

Apple
Apple Previews Eye Tracking and Other Accessibility Tools

Imagine being able to control your iPhone not with your hand, but with your...

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