News & Trends

The Weekender
MIT Student Invents Breakthrough Art Restoration Technique

Ever since he was a child, Alex Kachkine has been fascinated...

4 seconds ago
Cryptocurrency
BVNK and Bitwave Partner to Help Enterprises Adopt Stablecoin Payments

BVNK and Bitwave have partnered to help enterprise finance teams send and...

8 hours ago
B2B Payments
PhotonPay Adds Physical Mastercard Commercial Credit Card to Global Payment...

PhotonPay has added a physical Mastercard Commercial Credit Card to its portfolio of...

9 hours ago
Partnerships
Citi and Ant International Pilot AI-Enhanced FX Risk Management Solution

Citi and Ant International are piloting a jointly developed, artificial intelligence-enhanced...

11 hours ago
Economy
Consumer Sentiment Rose in July, Though Inflation Concerns Continue

Consumer sentiment inched up in July to reach its highest level...

12 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
Trump Signs GENIUS Bill as Private Stablecoins Corner CBDCs in...

It finally happened. On Friday (July 18), at a White House...

12 hours ago
Buy Now Pay Later
UK’s FCA Proposes New Protections for BNPL Borrowers

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority proposed new protections for buy...

13 hours ago
Earnings
American Express Likes What It Sees in ‘Wait and See’...

American Express isn’t waiting for the economy to make up its...

13 hours ago
Artificial Intelligence
This Week in AI: AI Startups Hit Fundraising Gold

Fortunes are being spent in artificial intelligence (AI), with Perplexity, Thinking...

14 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Meta Rejects European Commission’s AI Code of Practice, Citing ‘Overreach’

Meta will not sign the European Commission’s code of practice for...

14 hours ago
Meta
Meta Continues AI Focus by Adding 2 Ex-Apple Researchers

Meta reportedly continued its artificial intelligence (AI)-focused hiring spree by adding...

15 hours ago
Earnings
Regions Financial: Tech Investments Drove 10% YOY Revenue Growth

Regions Financial Corp.’s investments in technology and talent drove 10% year-over-year...

16 hours ago
artificial intelligence
OpenAI Transforms ChatGPT Into an AI Agent

OpenAI is rolling out a major update that transforms ChatGPT from...

16 hours ago
Earnings
Truist Accelerates Push Into Digital Lending

Amid macro uncertainty, shifting interest rate dynamics and a skeptical market,...

17 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
Crypto Market Reaches All-Time High After House Passes 3 Bills

The total value of the cryptocurrency market hit an all-time high...

18 hours ago
artificial intelligence
Perplexity AI Hits $18 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round

Perplexity AI, the generative AI search startup, has secured $100 million...

21 hours ago
Retail
Retailers Rely on Modern POS to Beat Uncertainty

Watch more: Unified Commerce Starts With the Modern POS The traditional...

24 hours ago
Banking
Customer Metrics Define the Anatomy of Excellence for Card Issuing

Achieving best-in-class status as a modern card issuer is paramount for...

24 hours ago
SMBs
Small Businesses Say Credit Card Rewards Don’t Cut It

For millions of smaller businesses across America, the ubiquitous credit card...

24 hours ago
Amazon
Speed Versus Spend: Who Shopped Amazon and Walmart’s Deal Days...

As consumer prices inch up amid the Trump administration’s global tariffs agenda,...

24 hours ago
Opinion
Payments Firms Accelerate Automation to Conquer Second-Half Headwinds

Companies are using AI to streamline identity and business verification and...

1 day ago
Fintech Investments
Opendoor Mania Leads FinTech IPO Index Up 2.5%

Is it a legit run? A passing fad? A meme stock?...

1 day ago
self service retail
Nearly Half of Self-Checkout Thieves Are Repeat Offenders

The promise of frictionless retail through self-checkout once faltered, but a...

1 day ago
artificial intelligence
Fed Governor Lisa Cook: AI Set to Reshape Labor Market

The Federal Reserve is not only studying how artificial intelligence (AI)...

1 day ago
Streaming
Netflix to Roll Out Interactive Ads Later This Year

Netflix said Thursday (July 17) that it expects advertising revenue to...

1 day ago
Faster Payments
Wyoming Tests Use of State-Issued Stablecoin for Contractor Payments

Wyoming reportedly tested its planned state-issued stablecoin, the Wyoming Stable Token (WYST),...

1 day ago
Cryptocurrency
GENIUS Act Set for President’s Signature

The U.S. House voted Thursday (July 17) to approve the three...

1 day ago
Banking
Bank of England Asks Lenders to Assess Dependence on US...

The Bank of England reportedly asked some banks to assess their...

1 day ago
Economy
US Retail Sales Rebound as Consumers Navigate a ‘Wait-And-See’ Economy

Retail spending in the United States showed signs of resilience in...

1 day ago
Retail
Tapped-Out Consumers Shape Summer Retail’s Innovation Bets and Price Wars

The summer of 2025 is emerging as a crucible for global...

1 day ago
Digital Payments
Blue Remit and TerraPay Partner to Facilitate Global Remittances

Blue Remit and TerraPay have partnered to create a remittance experience that...

1 day ago
B2B Payments
PairSoft and Finexo Renew Partnership on Embedded Payments for Accounts...

PairSoft and Finexio have renewed their partnership allowing users of PairSoft’s...

1 day ago
Real-Time Payments
The Clearing House Says RTP’s Limit Increase Drove 195% Spike...

The Clearing House’s RTP® Network processed $481 billion in the second...

2 days ago
Amazon
Amazon Eliminates Hundreds of Cloud Computing Jobs

Amazon has reportedly cut hundreds of jobs in its Amazon Web...

2 days ago
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Standard Treasury to Go Public With Cantor Fitzgerald-Affiliated SPAC

Bitcoin Standard Treasury Co. (BSTR) plans to go public through a...

2 days ago
artificial intelligence
Virginia Becomes First State to Use Agentic AI for Regulatory...

Virginia is launching a pilot program that will use artificial intelligence...

2 days ago
Cryptocurrency
Crypto ATMs Seized in UK Money-Laundering Probe

A British regulator has seized seven cryptocurrency ATMs in a money...

2 days ago
Walmart
Walmart Extends US Supply Chain Changes to Global Operations

Walmart is reengineering its global supply chain with a focus on...

2 days ago