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.

Treasury Unveils Post-Quantum Readiness Task Force
Treasury Unveils Post-Quantum Readiness Task Force
August 25, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday (Aug. 24) the launch of a public-private initiative aimed at helping financial institutions and systems migrate from today’s widely...

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EBANX CEO Says Payments’ Next Rival May Not Be a Payments Company
EBANX CEO Says Payments’ Next Rival May Not Be a Payments Company
August 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With João Del Valle of EBANX Thirty years after longtime Intel CEO Andy Grove warned executives that a strategic...

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Instacart’s AI Assistant Turns Chitchat Into Cha-Ching
Instacart’s AI Assistant Turns Chitchat Into Cha-Ching
August 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Instacart’s advertising business is already one of the largest in retail media. The company generated more than $1 billion in ads and other revenue in...

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SEC Rulemaking Is Giving Corporate Finance a New Crypto Hurdle Rate
SEC Rulemaking Is Giving Corporate Finance a New Crypto Hurdle Rate
August 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency’s biggest enterprise problem isn’t its volatility and unpredictable returns. It’s that the risk of digital assets, spanning both the balance sheet and the compliance...

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One AI Agent, 2,395 Payments. Still No Final Say
One AI Agent, 2,395 Payments. Still No Final Say
August 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Preparing a batch of payments used to mean a person checking each invoice, confirming it matched what was approved, and grouping everything by hand. Coupa...

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Ford and GM Use Agentic Data to Drive Subscription Revenue
Ford and GM Use Agentic Data to Drive Subscription Revenue
August 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) could give automakers something they have spent years trying to build: a way to keep making money from a vehicle long after...

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Stripe and Ramp Are Betting on AI Traffic Controllers
Stripe and Ramp Are Betting on AI Traffic Controllers
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Stripe is known for processing payments. Ramp is known for managing corporate expenses. But this week, the two companies made almost identical moves: building the...

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Anthropic-Backed Ode Acquires Casper Studios to Expand Corporate AI Deployments
Anthropic-Backed Ode Acquires Casper Studios to Expand Corporate AI Deployments
August 20, 2026  |  Acquiring

Ode with Anthropic, an enterprise artificial intelligence transformation company launched by a partnership that includes Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and a consortium of global investors, has acquired AI...

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Autonomy’s New CEO Is Going After the Drivers Leases Don’t Fit
Autonomy’s New CEO Is Going After the Drivers Leases Don’t Fit
August 20, 2026  |  Subscriptions

Watch more: Need to Know With Autonomy’s Fred Weick Autonomy CEO Fred Weick isn’t trying to talk Americans out of buying cars. He’s after the...

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