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Platforms Lure SMBs Seeking Capital From Alternative Lending Options

Platforms Lure SMBs Seeking Capital From Alternative Lending Options
Platforms Lure SMBs Seeking Capital From Alternative Lending Options
August 08, 2025  |  Loans

PYMNTS Intelligence has long chronicled the challenges facing smaller firms navigating the storms of economic volatility. Capital, of course, offers up a buffer against the...

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BBVA Begins Acting as Independent Custodian for Binance Clients
BBVA Begins Acting as Independent Custodian for Binance Clients
August 08, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Spanish bank BBVA is reportedly acting as an independent custodian for clients of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, helping those customers hold assets off the exchange. Get...

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This Week in AI: ChatGPT Gets an Upgrade; Expedia Embraces AI
This Week in AI: ChatGPT Gets an Upgrade; Expedia Embraces AI
August 08, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

From the release of GPT-5 to travel platform Expedia implementing artificial intelligence throughout its business to rental car companies using the tech to assess damage...

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OpenStore Shifts Focus From Shopify Aggregator to Menswear Brand
OpenStore Shifts Focus From Shopify Aggregator to Menswear Brand
August 08, 2025  |  eCommerce

Shopify aggregator OpenStore is reportedly in the midst of a reorganization in which it is shutting down more than 40 Shopify stores, liquidating remaining inventory,...

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UK’s FCA Seeks Feedback on Future Open Banking Standard-Setting Body
UK’s FCA Seeks Feedback on Future Open Banking Standard-Setting Body
August 08, 2025  |  Regulation

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will continue to engage with the industry as it works to establish a new standard-setting body for open banking...

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Data Shows Most Consumers Are Managing Credit Despite Pressures
Data Shows Most Consumers Are Managing Credit Despite Pressures
August 08, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

The conventional wisdom is that consumers in the United States, burdened by debt, are trapped in a cycle of using credit to get what they...

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Google Finance to Add AI-Powered Charting Tools and Market Data
Google Finance to Add AI-Powered Charting Tools and Market Data
August 08, 2025  |  Google

Google is testing a new version of Google Finance that includes features powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Meta’s New TBD Lab to Lead Development of Next Llama
Meta’s New TBD Lab to Lead Development of Next Llama
August 08, 2025  |  Meta

Many of the artificial intelligence (AI) researchers who joined Meta as part of that company’s high-profile recruiting efforts are reportedly working in a new team called TBD...

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JPMorgan Adds Plaid to Growing Roster of Private Company Research
JPMorgan Adds Plaid to Growing Roster of Private Company Research
August 08, 2025  |  Markets

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has begun research coverage of Plaid Inc. amid its broader push to expand its private research. Get the Full Story Complete...

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