Figure’s Blockchain Marketplace Tops $1 Billion Weekly Loan Applications After Record Q2

Figure’s Blockchain Marketplace Tops $1 Billion Weekly Loan Applications After Record Q2
Figure’s Blockchain Marketplace Tops $1 Billion Weekly Loan Applications After Record Q2
August 13, 2026  |  Earnings

Blockchain-native capital marketplace Figure Technology Solutions saw its Consumer Loan Marketplace volume leap 132% to $4.3 billion in the second quarter as both prospects and...

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Citi Plans to Acquire Kard to Deliver More Personalized Rewards
Citi Plans to Acquire Kard to Deliver More Personalized Rewards
August 13, 2026  |  Acquiring

Citi’s U.S. Consumer Cards business plans to expand its customer engagement and commerce media capabilities by acquiring Kard Financial, a commerce media and rewards platform for...

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AI Just Got Its First 24/7 TV Channel
AI Just Got Its First 24/7 TV Channel
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Fairground AI Creator TV is a channel that runs entirely artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video 24 hours a day, seven days a week, interrupted only by...

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Chime Weighs Adding Stablecoin Wallet to Consumer Banking App
Chime Weighs Adding Stablecoin Wallet to Consumer Banking App
August 13, 2026  |  Blockchain

Chime Financial is considering adding stablecoins as a feature in its consumer banking app, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 13), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full...

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Databricks Raises $5 Billion to Expand Enterprise AI Agent Platform
Databricks Raises $5 Billion to Expand Enterprise AI Agent Platform
August 13, 2026  |  Investments

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) company Databricks raised $5 billion in a strategic funding round at a $190 billion valuation, the firm said in a Thursday (Aug. 13) press...

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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Built an AI-Native Department. Mid-Market CFOs Can Start Smaller.
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Built an AI-Native Department. Mid-Market CFOs Can Start Smaller.
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Most mid-market CFOs are not going to build OpenAI’s finance stack. They do not have the same engineering resources, access to frontier models or appetite...

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Microsoft Unifies Consumer and Enterprise Copilot in Push for Single Platform
Microsoft Unifies Consumer and Enterprise Copilot in Push for Single Platform
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has begun combining its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a single product, starting a gradual transition that will culminate in a super app...

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Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart
Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart
August 13, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon’s latest Alexa demonstration looked almost trivial: photograph a refrigerator, ask what groceries are missing, and let artificial intelligence assemble the shopping list. Get the...

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Jobless Claims Tick Up Amid Summertime Slowdown
Jobless Claims Tick Up Amid Summertime Slowdown
August 13, 2026  |  Economy

Jobless claims inched up last week in a move Bloomberg reported could be due to seasonal employment patterns. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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