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Gig Economy
Upwork: Demand for AI Talent Drove Record Revenue in 2024

Work marketplace Upwork earned record revenue in 2024 and attributed its...

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Regulation
European Commission Withdraws Draft Rules on Technology Patents, AI Liability...

The European Commission (EC) will stop pursuing three draft rules that...

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Earnings
Bitcoin Trading Boosts Robinhood Crypto Transaction Revenues 700%

The crypto and stock market surges leading into the presidential election...

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artificial intelligence
OpenAI to Release GPT-4.5 Within Weeks, GPT-5 Within Months

OpenAI will release GPT-4.5 within weeks and GPT-5 within months, CEO Sam...

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Healthcare
Walgreens Continues Efforts to Divest Healthcare Clinic Chain VillageMD

Walgreens Boots Alliance-backed healthcare clinic chain VillageMD is reportedly working with...

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Apple
Report: Apple Explores Robots for Smart Home Applications

Apple is reportedly exploring both humanoid and non-humanoid robots for smart...

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artificial intelligence
AI Action Summit: Global AI Regulations Tilting Toward Growth

This week’s AI Action Summit, which brought together world leaders and...

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Amazon
Amazon Mobile Shopping App Features Products From Other Sites

Amazon is testing a new feature that enables users of the Amazon...

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CFPB
CFPB Lays Off Dozens of Employees as Headquarters Remains Closed

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reportedly sent termination notes to dozens...

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Bank Regulation
Court Battle Could Reshape Consumer Financial Data Landscape

The fight over the CFPB’s status and, in particular, the future...

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artificial intelligence
Adobe Debuts ‘Production Quality’ Video AI Offerings

Adobe has rolled out its new artificial intelligence (AI) video offering as...

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Apple
Apple TV+ App to Be Offered for Android Devices

Apple is reportedly making its Apple TV+ app available for Android...

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Healthcare
CVS Unveils AI-Powered App in New Digital-First Strategy

Digital personalization in the healthcare industry is critical to elevate the...

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Accounts Receivable
Chaser Integrates With Sage to Bolster Automated AR Management

Accounts receivable (AR) platform Chaser said it has launched an integration...

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Banking
JPMorgan Chase Begins About 1,000 Layoffs While Continuing to Hire

JPMorgan Chase reportedly began a round of layoffs that is expected...

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Economy
Trump Steel/Aluminum Tariffs Could Drive Up Car Insurance Costs

President Trump wants new tariffs on steel and aluminum, which could...

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Earnings
Burger King Owner Plans Remodels Amid ‘Challenging Consumer Backdrop’

Burger King’s kingdom is getting a makeover following a slight uptick...

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artificial intelligence
AI Startups: Anthropic Nears OpenAI in Fundraises but Lags Far...

Anthropic, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI engineers, is in...

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Investments
Suger Raises $15 Million to Streamline Cloud Marketplace Sales Process

Suger raised $15 million in a Series A funding round to...

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Economy
January’s Inflation Shows Essential Expenses Erode Consumers’ Purchasing Power

It’s not just about the eggs. Consumers were already feeling the...

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Personnel
Kroger Appoints PepsiCo Veteran David Kennerley as Incoming CFO

Kroger said Wednesday (Feb. 12) that PepsiCo veteran David Kennerley will...

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Regulation
CFPB Director Nomination Tops Trump’s Picks to Lead Financial Regulators

Three weeks in, President Donald Trump’s second term has been anything...

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artificial intelligence
Alibaba Reportedly Revitalized by China’s AI Fever

Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly led to a turnaround...

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Payment Methods
Zelle Marks $1 Trillion Milestone as P2P Payment Use Jumps

Last year appears to have been a landmark one for peer-to-peer...

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B2B Payments
Corpay Introduces Multi-Currency Accounts to Help Businesses Manage Cross-Border Payments

Corporate payments company Corpay’s Cross-Border business has launched a new solution...

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Politics
DOGE Staffer Mistakenly Given Editing Access to Treasury Payments

When Elon Musk began digging into the U.S. Treasury, one phrase...

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CFPB
Trump Names New CFPB Head Amid Regulatory ‘Limbo’

President Trump has named a new CFPB director while the agency...

16 hours ago
Regulation
White House Weighs Folding FDIC Into Other Agencies

The Trump administration is reportedly considering plans to shrink one of...

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retail
Health and Beauty Products Draw Retail Shoppers Into Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Merchants selling on multiple channels is now the norm. However, PYMNTS...

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Transportation
Vehicle Transport Startup Targets Industry's Service Reliability Problem

Getting from point A to point B is the name of...

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Consumer Insights
Zillennials Choose Access Over Car, Home Ownership

While their millennial peers may have been the first to embrace...

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Authentication
To Stamp Out Authentication-Based Fraud, Banks Want Metal Cards

Fraud is escalating, with 87% of banks reporting a rise in...

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artificial intelligence
82% of US Workforce Believes GenAI Boosts Productivity

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is changing the way we work, and a...

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SMBs
Sales Prospects Brighten as Small Businesses Find Life in Loyalty...

Thus far into 2025, the year has been an eventful one...

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artificial intelligence
AI Summit: EU, France to Invest $320 Billion in AI...

This week’s AI Action Summit in Paris — the artificial intelligence...

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Ridesharing
Lyft's 2024 Success Driven by Customer Focus, Price Lock Service

One of the key factors behind Lyft’s success in 2024 was...

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Delivery
DoorDash: ‘Great Digital Experiences’ Drive More Orders of Retail Goods

DoorDash is seeing a growing share of consumers order from not...

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Blockchain
Witnesses Fault ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ of Digital Assets at Congressional...

At a subcommittee hearing on the current state and future potential...

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