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Trump’s Global Tariffs Position CFOs as New Supply Chain Architects

Trump’s Global Tariffs Position CFOs as New Supply Chain Architects
Trump’s Global Tariffs Position CFOs as New Supply Chain Architects
April 09, 2025  |  CFO

Less than 24 hours after announcing sweeping tariffs, President Trump on Wednesday (April 9) gave a 90-day reprieve to most countries on the “retaliatory” tariffs that...

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Uncertainty Overload: Tariffs Cast Shadow on FinTech Funding and Growth
Uncertainty Overload: Tariffs Cast Shadow on FinTech Funding and Growth
April 07, 2025  |  Opinion

So far, there have been 10 Mondays in the Trump administration, each possessing its own variety of manic behavior. “Manic Mondays,” we’ve been calling them....

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Stripe Applies for US Banking License to Expand Merchant Acquiring Capabilities
Stripe Applies for US Banking License to Expand Merchant Acquiring Capabilities
April 04, 2025  |  Banking

Stripe’s application for a Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) charter has been accepted by the state of Georgia’s Department of Banking and Finance, bringing...

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Price Chaos Looms as Sweeping US Tariffs Upend Global Commerce
Price Chaos Looms as Sweeping US Tariffs Upend Global Commerce
April 04, 2025  |  Economy

There are days when a plunge in the markets clears the air, and when sweeping global policy changes — from the top down, via the...

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From Minutes to Money: Telecom Firms Bank on Financial Services
From Minutes to Money: Telecom Firms Bank on Financial Services
March 31, 2025  |  Mobile

The mobile phone’s increasing penetration into global markets is helping blur the lines between telecom and financial services, where digital banks, and especially neobanks, are...

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Bisignano Tells Senate SSA Hearing: ‘I’ve Spent My Career Protecting PII’
Bisignano Tells Senate SSA Hearing: ‘I’ve Spent My Career Protecting PII’
March 25, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

Fiserv CEO and Chairman of the Board Frank Bisignano is among the Trump administration nominees being considered by the Senate Finance Committee to join the...

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Apple’s Siri: Once a Pioneer, Now an AI Laggard
Apple’s Siri: Once a Pioneer, Now an AI Laggard
March 20, 2025  |  Mobile Commerce

When Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Siri, debuted in 2011, it was revolutionary for giving users the ability to “talk” to their smartphone. Siri’s capabilities...

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Only a Tiny Minority of SMBs Think Tariffs Will Have a Positive Impact on Operations
Only a Tiny Minority of SMBs Think Tariffs Will Have a Positive Impact on Operations
March 17, 2025  |  SMBs

The ultimate impact of the tariff war being waged around the globe — which, depending on the day, seems like a game of one-upmanship —...

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