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Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits

Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
February 27, 2026  |  Blockchain

Barclays is looking to build a blockchain platform that could handle stablecoin payments and tokenized deposits, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 27), citing unnamed sources. Get...

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Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Project Prometheus, an artificial intelligence lab co-founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Google executive Vikram Bajaj, is raising “tens of billions of dollars”...

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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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Duolingo Bets on User Growth to Outpace AI Disruption
Duolingo Bets on User Growth to Outpace AI Disruption
February 27, 2026  |  Earnings

Duolingo said Thursday (Feb. 27) that it plans to shift its focus from financial growth to user growth amid a challenge posed by artificial intelligence....

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This Week in Stablecoins: FinTech, Big Tech and Regulation
This Week in Stablecoins: FinTech, Big Tech and Regulation
February 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins are out there; now they just need to work. The next phase for stablecoins may focus less on issuance and more on interoperability in...

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Front Desk and Help Desk Are Now Manned by AI
Front Desk and Help Desk Are Now Manned by AI
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The corporate front desk and the internal help desk are becoming faster, smarter and always on. New data from RingCentral and ServiceNow shows AI systems...

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InComm Payments and SKUx Launch Blockchain Aid Payments Platform
InComm Payments and SKUx Launch Blockchain Aid Payments Platform
February 27, 2026  |  Partnerships

InComm Payments and SKUx announced Friday morning (Feb. 27) a strategic partnership to improve how digital payments are distributed for humanitarian aid and other applications...

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Making Digital Payments Feel Human Is Next Competitive Edge
Making Digital Payments Feel Human Is Next Competitive Edge
February 27, 2026  |  Digital Payments

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