April 19, 2024
Making Sense of Why FIs Are Tokenizing Real-World Assets
The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) is emerging as more than just a token exercise. It’s another function of the blockchain landscape that has captured the imagination of various players...
April 19, 2024
The AP/AR Modernization Mandate: From Self-Assessment to Better B2B Payments
Modern technology makes modern business strategies possible. And with the news on Thursday (April 18) that Mastercard is bringing its commercial cards to mobile wallets, gaining a competitive edge by...
April 19, 2024
Banks Leverage FinTech Partnerships to Ride Digital Transformation Wave
The digital transformation of banking continues to reshape how financial institutions (FIs) are meeting the evolving expectations of consumers. And central to this evolution are partnerships, which play a pivotal...
April 18, 2024
Wagestream Raises $21.8 Million to Expand Financial Well-Being App
Wagestream, a financial well-being app focused on frontline workers, has raised 17.5 million pounds (about $21.8 million) in a funding round. That total includes an investment of 7 million pounds...
April 18, 2024
Ramp Valued at $7.6 Billion Following Series D Round
Spend management platform Ramp says it is now a $7.6 billion company. The firm on Thursday (April 18) announced it had reached that valuation as it wound down a $150 million Series D-2 funding round....
April 18, 2024
CEO Says KeyBank Is ‘Back to Playing Offense’
Liquidity continues to dominate Q1 earnings season for banking. Saying his company can finally “play offense,” Cleveland-based KeyBank CEO Chris Gorman presented a solid balance sheet and a cautious take...
April 18, 2024
Regulations, Innovations and AI Define This Week in Big Tech
Big Tech companies, including Meta, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, aren’t getting any smaller. Not only do these businesses represent many of the world’s most valuable public companies by market capitalization,...
April 18, 2024
Choke Points, Competitiveness, and Competition
By Thorsten Käseberg1 Over the last 10 years, “choke points” have become a standard notion for trade and security policymakers in our conflict-driven, globalized interdependent world. Choke points may...
April 18, 2024
Google’s Restructuring Shows AI’s Impact on Finance Function
Amid a changing business landscape, digital innovation is reshaping the growth calculus for organizations. And with the news Wednesday (April 17) that Google CFO Ruth Porat is restructuring the tech giant’s finance...