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Cryptocurrency
Report: Coinbase Asset Management Creating Tokenized Money Market Fund

Coinbase Asset Management is reportedly creating a tokenized money market fund....

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Bank Regulation
FDIC Vice Chairman Travis Hill: Basel III Endgame Needs Re-Proposal

The Basel III Endgame proposal requires “broad and material changes,” and...

1 hour ago
artificial intelligence
Microsoft Taps Lumen to Meet AI Data Center Demands

Microsoft has launched a partnership with telecommunications company Lumen Technologies. The...

1 hour ago
Legal
Telecom Subsidy Ruled Unconstitutional, May Go to Supreme Court

A monthly charge on American phone bills that subsidizes telecom services...

2 hours ago
Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike Sends $10 Gift Cards to Teammates, Partners After Outage

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike sent $10 gift cards to IT workers on...

3 hours ago
News
From AI to Esports: Digital Evolution Goes for Gold at...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to transform the landscape of the...

3 hours ago
Banking
Wells Fargo Won’t Renew Naming Rights on Philadelphia Sports Arena

The Wells Fargo Center sports arena in Philadelphia will have a...

3 hours ago
Social Commerce
LTK Begins Video-First Transformation of Platform for Creators, Businesses

LTK, a platform for creators and their businesses, is transforming its...

5 hours ago
Earnings
Chipotle’s Loyalty Gamification Drives Record-Breaking Digital Sales

As restaurants look to boost digital engagement, Chipotle is seeing that...

5 hours ago
Mobile Payments
Prósperos Launches Mobile Financial Platform for Spanish-Speaking Consumers in US

Prósperos has announced the general availability of its mobile financial platform...

5 hours ago
VISA
Visa’s Earnings Spotlights Momentum in B2B Virtual Card Acceptance

Visa’s earnings call Tuesday (July 23) night offered up insight into...

5 hours ago
Investments
Morgan Stanley Buys Stake in UK Payments Firm Sokin

British payments firm Sokin is planning to expand following an investment...

6 hours ago
Economy
US Business Activity Reaches Highest Level in 27 Months

U.S. business activity rose to its highest level in 27 months...

6 hours ago
Google
Google Readies to Move Retailers to Upgraded Merchant Center

Google is moving all retailers to a new version of its...

6 hours ago
Partnerships
NAB and Plenti Team on Pay by Bank for Loan...

Australian bank NAB has launched a collaboration with FinTech lender Plenti. The partnership, announced Wednesday (July...

6 hours ago
Connected Economy
Crisis as Catalyst: What AT&T, CrowdStrike Incidents Say About Recovery...

Never let a crisis go to waste, as the adage goes....

6 hours ago
Security & Fraud
Security Summit Alerts Tax Professionals to Growing Threat of Identity...

The Security Summit has issued a stern warning to tax professionals,...

7 hours ago
Investments
Lakera Raises $20 Million to Provide Security for GenAI Applications

Lakera has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round...

7 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Salesforce and Workday Team to Develop AI Employee Service Agent

Salesforce has launched an AI-focused partnership with enterprise software firm Workday....

7 hours ago
Connected Economy
Delta Reportedly Facing $500 Million Loss From CrowdStrike Outage

Delta Air Lines is reportedly facing a half-billion dollar hit after last...

8 hours ago
Acquisitions
Fortis Acquires MerchantE’s NetSuite Payments Division

Fortis has acquired MerchantE’s NetSuite payments division, saying this move will accelerate the...

8 hours ago
Retail
PYMNTS Data Shows Married Parents Driving Retail Trends

Married parents are emerging as the leading demographic for apparel retailers,...

8 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
Crypto Company Fold Set to Go Public in SPAC Merger

Fold, which describes itself as a “bitcoin financial services company” is...

9 hours ago
B2B Payments
Cart.com Launches Standalone Warehouse, Transportation Management Systems

Cart.com has made its proprietary warehouse and transportation management systems available...

9 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Global AI Regulation Heats Up: Watchdogs Unite, Tech Giants Push...

Competition authorities from the United States, European Union and United Kingdom...

9 hours ago
Retail
Best Buy CMO Jennie Weber Says Customers Want Inspiration, Not...

As Best Buy looks to turn its sales around, the electronics...

9 hours ago
Retail
English, Welsh Retailers Call for Crackdown as Shoplifting Leaps 30%

Shoplifting surged by 30% in England and Wales over the last...

10 hours ago
Investments
Dental-Care AI Startup Pearl Raises $58 Million

Pearl, an AI startup focused on the dental industry, has raised...

10 hours ago
Retail
Shop Talk: High-End Confectionary Proves Resilient as Shoppers Seek Affordable...

As consumers cut back on many premium products in the face...

11 hours ago
Bank Regulation
UK Banks Face New Restrictions on Branch Closures

Great Britain’s financial regulator has just made it harder for banks...

11 hours ago
B2B Payments
Billie Begins Adding B2B BNPL to Stripe Platform in Europe

Billie’s B2B buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution has been integrated...

11 hours ago
Google
B2B Marketers Avoid ‘Cookiepocalypse’ as Google Reverses Third-Party Data Plans

Google’s years-long effort to remove third-party cookies on Chrome was once...

11 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Colin Kaepernick Launches AI Company Focused on Creators

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)...

12 hours ago
Earnings
Fiserv: Clover Revenues Are Up 29% in 2024

Fiserv’s momentum with its Clover point of sale technologies continues to...

12 hours ago
ANTITRUST
Spanish Competition Regulator Probes Apple App Store

Spain’s antitrust regulator has opened an investigation into Apple’s App Store. The probe, announced Wednesday...

13 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Musk Polls X Users: Should Tesla Invest in AI?

Elon Musk is asking users of his social media platform if his...

13 hours ago
Security & Fraud
Mastercard Doubles Fraud Detection Rate With Generative AI

Mastercard has unveiled a new approach to identify compromised payment cards,...

13 hours ago
Connected Economy
CrowdStrike: Content Update Glitch Caused Worldwide IT Crash

CrowdStrike says a glitch in test software led to last week’s massive...

14 hours ago