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Mastercard Predicts AI Will Be ‘Meaningful’ Tailwind in APAC for 2026

Mastercard Predicts AI Will Be ‘Meaningful’ Tailwind in APAC for 2026
Mastercard Predicts AI Will Be ‘Meaningful’ Tailwind in APAC for 2026
December 15, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Mastercard found that the Asia-Pacific region is seeing stable growth amid tariff and artificial intelligence-related upheaval. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Sony Says AWS-Powered AI Platform Processes 150,000 Inference Requests Per Day
Sony Says AWS-Powered AI Platform Processes 150,000 Inference Requests Per Day
December 15, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Sony’s internal enterprise artificial intelligence platform, which is powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI services, is processing 150,000 inference requests per day and is...

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Volt Teams With BVNK to Offer Merchants Stablecoin Pay-Ins
Volt Teams With BVNK to Offer Merchants Stablecoin Pay-Ins
December 15, 2025  |  Partnerships

Money movement platform Volt has launched a partnership with stablecoin payment infrastructure provider BVNK. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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PolyAI Raises $86 Million to Bolster Conversational AI Platform
PolyAI Raises $86 Million to Bolster Conversational AI Platform
December 15, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Conversational artificial intelligence startup PolyAI raised $86 million in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Cross-Border Payments Become a Strategic Chessboard for CFOs
Cross-Border Payments Become a Strategic Chessboard for CFOs
December 15, 2025  |  Cross-border Payments

Digital wallets, compliance tooling and payment innovations are helping chief financial officers move from checkers to chess with their cross-border strategies. Get the Full Story...

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Square Pilots Cash Rounding Functionality After Penny Production Ends
Square Pilots Cash Rounding Functionality After Penny Production Ends
December 15, 2025  |  SMBs

Square is piloting a cash rounding functionality with sellers in the United States to help them deal with the end of the penny. Get the...

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Hong Kong Crypto Exchange HashKey to Raise $206 Million in IPO
Hong Kong Crypto Exchange HashKey to Raise $206 Million in IPO
December 15, 2025  |  IPO

Cryptocurrency exchange HashKey is set to raise $206 million after pricing its initial public offering, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 15), citing an unnamed source. Get...

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Enterprise AI Matures as Companies Move Pilots to Unified Platforms
Enterprise AI Matures as Companies Move Pilots to Unified Platforms
December 15, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

In 2025, enterprises reported meaningful gains from AI pilots, but fragmented deployments quickly ran into rising costs, governance gaps and operational complexity once adoption moved...

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UK Eyes Rules to Keep ‘Dodgy Actors’ Out of Crypto
UK Eyes Rules to Keep ‘Dodgy Actors’ Out of Crypto
December 15, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

The United Kingdom is reportedly set to begin regulating cryptocurrencies starting in October 2027. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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