Connected Economy

The innovations in technology, connected devices, software, payments and cellular technology make it possible for people and businesses to connect with each other and do business via any device, an in any digital or physical location safely, securely, and in real time. This integration of the digital and physical worlds will transform the economy across the ten pillars that today represent its key cornerstones – pillars that are already experiencing the impact of disruptive innovation as new blended, digital-first experience-driven ecosystems are now taking shape.

Investors Ramp up Bets on the Agent Economy
Investors Ramp up Bets on the Agent Economy
March 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are moving beyond simple automation to ease the human bottleneck across finance and enterprise workflows. Led by Sphinx Labs’ $7.1 million...

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Cascading Middle East Risks Make Geopolitics an Operations Problem
Cascading Middle East Risks Make Geopolitics an Operations Problem
March 02, 2026  |  Supply Chain

Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are disrupting physical supply chains and critical digital infrastructure. The impact goes beyond stranded tennis professionals. Amazon Web Services...

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White House Moves to End Federal Use of Anthropic’s Claude AI
White House Moves to End Federal Use of Anthropic’s Claude AI
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The White House is telling federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) products, a sharp escalation in a dispute that started inside the...

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Morgan Stanley Wants to Build the Back Office of Tokenized Real-World Assets
Morgan Stanley Wants to Build the Back Office of Tokenized Real-World Assets
February 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital assets have gotten boring enough that their growth is now buried in procedural filings, not viral social media headlines. Take, for example, the news...

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CFOs Capture B2B Payments Digitization Value by Targeting Year-Two Gap
CFOs Capture B2B Payments Digitization Value by Targeting Year-Two Gap
February 27, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The biggest risk in B2B payments today isn’t failing to modernize. It’s assuming that modernization alone delivers value. The real test arrives in what many...

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Block Strategy Points to AI Shaping Corporate Infrastructure
Block Strategy Points to AI Shaping Corporate Infrastructure
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

It was probably one of those moments where you remember where you were when you heard it. Block announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that it will...

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CFOs Turn Trade Finance Into a Balance-Sheet Advantage
CFOs Turn Trade Finance Into a Balance-Sheet Advantage
February 27, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Trade finance has a dirty secret. While containers can be tracked in real time across the world’s oceans, the documentation required to release those goods...

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Agentic Commerce Pushes ‘Know Your Human’ Into Verification Processes
Agentic Commerce Pushes ‘Know Your Human’ Into Verification Processes
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the service of agentic commerce searches for products, compares prices, negotiates terms and, in some cases with agents, executes transactions on...

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TD Bank Scales AI to Fix AML Program
TD Bank Scales AI to Fix AML Program
February 26, 2026  |  Earnings

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are playing a key role in TD Bank Group’s “No. 1 priority,” its U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) remediation program,...

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