September 07, 2023
Klarna Taps Into Travel Sector With APEXX Partnership

Klarna and payments orchestration platform APEXX have teamed to offer flexible payment options to merchants worldwide. APEXX’s Connect service, which lets merchants host buy now, pay later (BNPL) services through a single application programming interface...

September 07, 2023
China Could Ban iPhone Use for State Agencies and Companies

China is reportedly planning a wide-ranging ban on Apple iPhones for government workers. As Bloomberg reported Thursday (Sept. 7), the ban would apply to sensitive departments of state-owned companies and government agencies, which have...

September 07, 2023
Some Economic Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Their Expected...

Artificial intelligence is a general-purpose technology which will result in disruptive innovation across the economy for many decades to come. AI deserves the superlatives that are often associated with it...

September 07, 2023
You Are What You Eat: Nurturing Data Markets to Sustain...

Generative AI (GenAI) has enormous potential but raises thorny issues. To get to grips with these issues, it’s important to focus on the underlying drivers of the problems and the...

September 07, 2023
Why It’s Time for Credit Unions to ‘Double Down’ on...

Two heads are frequently better than one, and good things often come in pairs. That could be why, when Brian Scott, chief growth officer at credit union service organization PSCU, was asked...

September 06, 2023
Fed’s Beige Book Portends Slowdown for Main Street Retail Mainstays

Modest growth is in the cards, and for Main Street stalwarts among smaller businesses — namely in retail — the pressure is mounting. The Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book shows...

September 06, 2023
STACK and Billd Team to Help Contractors Secure Working Capital

Construction payment provider Billd is working with software platform STACK to improve working capital access.  The companies announced in a news release Wednesday (Sept. 6) that Billd’s financing solutions are now part of the STACK Takeoff...

September 06, 2023
Tokenization Must Prove Useful in Order to Scale

Can tokenizing real-world assets power the future of connected experiences and streamline global payments? Proponents of Web3 technologies say it can, while other tech-centric observers believe that if an innovation...

September 06, 2023
Norway’s Strise Raises $10.8 Million to Expand AML Offering

Strise has raised $10.8 million to bring its anti-money laundering technology to new markets. London-based venture capital firm Atomico, which led the Series A round, announced the funding for the Norwegian company...