January 16, 2023
Regulating Artificial Intelligence Requires Balancing Rights, Innovation
By Bishop Garrison, Biden-Harris Transition Team Across the technology industry, artificial intelligence (AI) has boomed over the last year. Lensa went viral creating artistic avatar artwork generated from real-life photos. The OpenAI...
January 16, 2023
Klarna Teams With Ingenico on In-Store BNPL
Klarna has partnered with payments terminal firm Ingenico to expand its buy now, pay later service at in-store checkout. The partnership will “facilitate the roll out of Klarna’s flexible payment...
January 16, 2023
FTX Venture Backers Look To Deflect Crypto Diligence Scrutiny
Blue chip investors’ relations with LPs and regulators have been strained by the FTX fiasco. They are now trying to save face and promising to do better next time around....
January 13, 2023
Growing Scrutiny, Layoffs Mark Next Leg of Post-FTX Crypto Contagion
It’s been a choppy start to the new year for the crypto industry. This, as millions of customers are out of their entrusted money and thousands are out of a...
January 13, 2023
TeamApt Rebrands as Moniepoint; Opens London Office
TeamApt Inc. has become Moniepoint Inc., rebranding to reflect the name of its flagship digital banking product. In a press release announcing the rebranding on Friday (Jan. 13), the Nigerian FinTech company...
January 13, 2023
Biometric Authentication Can Help Merchants Reduce Fraud, but It’s Not...
Facial biometrics, bolstered by other advanced ID technology, may help merchants fight fraud with fewer recognition errors. As fraud continues to rise in 2023, merchants spend billions combatting scams, hacks...
January 13, 2023
FTX Venture Backers Look to Deflect Crypto Diligence Scrutiny
Blue chip investors’ relations with LPs and regulators have been strained by the FTX fiasco. They are now trying to save face and promising to do better next time around....
January 12, 2023
Butter Raises $22M to Help Subscription Merchants Combat Accidental Churn
FinTech Butter Payments has raised $22 million in Series A funding to fight accidental churn. Accidental churn — in which payments are falsely declined in an effort to stem fraud...
January 12, 2023
DOJ Investigating Saber Stablecoin Exchange Founders
The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating the founders of Solana stablecoin exchange Saber Labs. The investigation targets brothers Ian and Dylan Macalinao, CoinDesk reported Wednesday (Jan. 11), citing people familiar with...
