Adyen Ties Loyalty to Payments as In-Person Volume Climbs 28%

Adyen Ties Loyalty to Payments as In-Person Volume Climbs 28%
Adyen Ties Loyalty to Payments as In-Person Volume Climbs 28%
August 13, 2026  |  Earnings

Adyen’s first-half results were driven heavily by merchants already on its platform sending it more payment volume, with in-person transactions growing faster than the company’s...

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AI Just Made Retail’s Long Tail Pay Off
AI Just Made Retail’s Long Tail Pay Off
August 13, 2026  |  Retail

For two decades, retail discovery has rewarded whatever already sold. A product with more buyers gets more visibility, more visibility brings more buyers, and the...

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DeepSeek Introduces Peak-Hour Pricing That Quadruples Current Levels
DeepSeek Introduces Peak-Hour Pricing That Quadruples Current Levels
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek is adding peak-hour pricing for its flagship V4 models that will quadruple the current levels, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers
Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers
August 13, 2026  |  BNPL

Airwallex is adding Affirm’s installment payment options to its checkout platform, giving merchants in 35 countries a way to offer pay-over-time financing to eligible customers...

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CodeRabbit Raises $143 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Govern AI-Generated Code
CodeRabbit Raises $143 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Govern AI-Generated Code
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Inside engineering organizations, the sequence of software development is changing. Developers, product managers, background agents and connected systems can now generate code or open pull...

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DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
August 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which was created earlier this year, will have about 500 attorneys by Aug. 24 and will continue...

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What IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for the $100 Million CFO
What IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for the $100 Million CFO
August 13, 2026  |  Technology

CFOs with a soft spot for science fiction have traditionally viewed quantum computing as something both intriguing conceptually and consequential enough to monitor. No matter...

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SEC Tees Up New Crypto Regulations as CLARITY Act Continues to Languish
SEC Tees Up New Crypto Regulations as CLARITY Act Continues to Languish
August 13, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will consider a potentially significant overhaul of crypto regulation Friday (Aug. 14), moving to establish formal exemptions that could...

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S&P 500 Companies Claim First Payouts From $100 Billion Tariff Refund Wave
S&P 500 Companies Claim First Payouts From $100 Billion Tariff Refund Wave
August 13, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

More than 40 S&P 500 companies reported $9.6 billion in tariff refunds in the past quarter or so, with about $2.1 billion in cash already...

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