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Economy
Payments CEOs Say Uncertainty May Be the New Normal. But...

It might seem like a good time to take a vacation....

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Connected Economy
Strategic Listening Turns Customer Conversations Into Profitable Growth

The most impactful insights often emerge not from boardrooms or whiteboards...

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Connected Economy
Inside the Tariff Turbulence From the Epicenter of American Agriculture

In the fields of the Midwest, the real impact of geopolitical...

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Cross-border Payments
New Data: US Businesses Face Cross-Border Payments Paradox Amid Digital...

A surprising divide is emerging as digital wallets cement their status...

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Connected Economy
CE 100 Index Slips 0.2% as United Healthcare Plunges After...

The CE 100 Index barely budged in a holiday-shortened trading week,...

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Faster Payments
Corporates Pressure Banks to Accelerate Instant Payments Adoption

Tariffs are here, inflation is sticky, and supply chains and vendor...

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artificial intelligence
45% of Middle-Market Firms Report Increased Use of GenAI

GenAI is rapidly shifting from back-office experimentation to the strategic core...

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Economy
Chicago Fed: Tariff-Related Panic Buying Could Precede Economic Slump

“Panic buying” in the U.S. could create an “artificially high” level...

9 hours ago
artificial intelligence
AI Startup Mechanize Aims for 'Automation of All Work'

Will artificial intelligence (AI) eventually replace humans in the workplace? The founder...

10 hours ago
eCommerce
Temu Reportedly Cuts Back on Paid Ads After Tariff Price...

Last week, popular eCommerce retailers Shein and Temu announced plans for...

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Delivery
DHL Halts $800-Plus Orders to US Consumers Amid Tariff Pressures

DHL is suspending shipments valued at more than $800 to U.S....

12 hours ago
Economy
Tariff Could Bring 'Notable Markdowns' to Growth Forecasts Worldwide

A wave of new economic surveys and projections this week will...

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The Weekender
Money Talks, and Now It Also Has a Museum in...

Come July 1, 2026, Boston’s Seaport will welcome a new kind...

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Transportation
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman Suggests Hertz-Uber Partnership on Autonomous...

Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman — who disclosed in a Thursday (April 17) post on...

2 days ago
Google
Google Updates Workspace With More Capabilities

Google is upgrading Workspace, its rival to Microsoft 365, by embedding...

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Investments
Security Startup Pillar Raises $9 Million to Tackle AI-Specific Risks

Artificial intelligence (AI) security startup Pillar Security has raised $9 million in...

2 days ago
Banking
From Trading to Saving, Financial Platforms Eye Banking and Neobanks...

The movement by neobanks to branch into investing and credit card...

2 days ago
Google
Google to Appeal Ruling in Advertising Technology Case

Google reportedly said Friday (April 18) that it will appeal a...

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Acquisitions
Capital One Expects Discover Acquisition to Close May 18 After...

Capital One and Discover Financial Services said Friday (April 18) that...

3 days ago
B2B Payments
From PDFs to APIs: Enterprise Modernization Ditches Clunky Human Hand-Offs

There’s a systemic shift happening across the enterprise. Workflows that were...

3 days ago
Artificial Intelligence
This Week in AI: Tariffs Hit AI, Tech Giants’ Antitrust...

It’s a big week for artificial intelligence news. AI hardware is...

3 days ago
CFPB
Judge Puts Temporary Hold on CFPB Plan to Lay Off...

A federal judge reportedly blocked the Trump Administration’s plan to lay...

3 days ago
Bank Regulation
FDIC and Federal Reserve Fine Discover, Alleging Credit Card Misclassification

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve Board fined Discover Financial...

3 days ago
Fintech Investments
This Week in FinTech: From Latin America to Africa, Funding...

The FinTech landscape is being altered by the news this week...

3 days ago
Accounts Receivable
Toku Raises $48 Million to Expand AR Automation Platform in...

Toku has raised $48 million in a Series A funding round...

3 days ago
Earnings
Earnings See Businesses Embrace Working Capital Flexibility as Growth Pauses

U.S. reciprocal tariffs have upended global trade. Once fluid supply chains...

3 days ago
Technology
Researchers Unveil 3D Tech That Lets Users ‘Touch’ Virtual Items

A research team in Spain has created a novel technology that...

3 days ago
Artificial Intelligence
Johnson & Johnson: 15% of AI Use Cases Deliver 80%...

Johnson & Johnson reportedly found that 10% to 15% of artificial...

3 days ago
artificial intelligence
OpenAI Says Its Latest Reasoning Models Upgrade Agentic Capabilities

OpenAI unveiled its latest AI models this week that it says...

3 days ago
Cross-border Payments
This Is How Americans Send Billions of Dollars Abroad Every...

Citizens and residents of the United States are the world’s largest...

3 days ago
Banking
Earnings Roundup Finds Resilient Consumer Spend and Solid Credit

The four financial services companies that reported results Thursday (April 18)...

3 days ago
Retail
Inside Amazon and Walmart’s Billion-Dollar Race to Win the Last...

In environments like today’s, reactive operations might as well be useless...

3 days ago
Fintech Investments
FinTech IPO Index Gains 3.3% as Pay Later Continues Its...

The FinTech IPO Index continued to gain ground, coming off of...

3 days ago
Cross-border Payments
Singapore Businesses Embrace Digital Wallets, Consumers Still Catching Up

Cross-border payments may sound simple, but their reality is anything but....

3 days ago
Consumer Finance
Unmasking the Drivers of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living

Half of high earners juggle their finances between paychecks. This data...

3 days ago
Real-Time Payments
Real-Time Payments Surge Globally as US Raises Limits, Brazil Drives...

The growth of real-time payments has been global in scope, and...

3 days ago
Insurance
Claims Complexity Meets Digital Simplicity as Insurers Push for Instant...

The digital transformation of the insurance industry is a work in...

3 days ago
Identity theft
42% of Suspicious Banking Activity Linked to Identity Fraud

As fraudsters leverage sophisticated tactics, including artificial intelligence (AI)-powered identity manipulation,...

3 days ago