Robotics AI Firm Dexmal Seeks $3 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round

Robotics AI Firm Dexmal Seeks $3 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
Robotics AI Firm Dexmal Seeks $3 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
August 21, 2026  |  Investments

Dexmal, a Chinese firm developing embodied artificial intelligence to control robots, is seeking a valuation of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) in a funding round,...

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Banks Prepare Payments for AI Commerce
Banks Prepare Payments for AI Commerce
August 21, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

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Credit Union Chatbot Adoption Jumps From 3% to 46%
Credit Union Chatbot Adoption Jumps From 3% to 46%
August 21, 2026  |  SMBs

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be climbing the strategic agenda at credit unions, but the most consequential gap is no longer one of awareness. It is...

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83% of Financial Firms Rate ID Systems Highly Despite Customer Friction
83% of Financial Firms Rate ID Systems Highly Despite Customer Friction
August 21, 2026  |  Digital Identity

Financial firms have confidence to spare in digital identity systems, even when the results leave plenty of room for improvement. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Ross Posts 13% Sales Jump as Inflation Drives Shoppers to Off-Price Retailers
Ross Posts 13% Sales Jump as Inflation Drives Shoppers to Off-Price Retailers
August 20, 2026  |  Retail

Off-price retailer Ross Stores saw “robust” sales growth in the quarter ended Aug. 1 as both existing customers and new ones sought prices lower than...

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Anthropic Aims for Largest-Ever IPO
Anthropic Aims for Largest-Ever IPO
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic expects its initial public offering to reach a record high, equaling or surpassing the one set by SpaceX, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 20), citing...

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CFTC Readies Own Crypto Market Rules as Congress Stalls CLARITY Act
CFTC Readies Own Crypto Market Rules as Congress Stalls CLARITY Act
August 20, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

If Congress doesn’t pass the CLARITY Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will use its existing authorities to begin establishing a crypto asset market...

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Google Launches Preferred Source Button for Publisher Websites
Google Launches Preferred Source Button for Publisher Websites
August 20, 2026  |  Google

Google has released a new interactive button that publishers can embed on their pages to enable readers to select them as a preferred source of information,...

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Banks Add Branches as Physical Networks Lift Digital Sales
Banks Add Branches as Physical Networks Lift Digital Sales
August 20, 2026  |  Banking

For the first time in years, the U.S. bank branch count is moving up meaningfully, and some of the biggest banks are putting billions of...

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