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White House Convenes Meeting With Crypto and Prediction Market CEOs

White House Convenes Meeting With Crypto and Prediction Market CEOs
White House Convenes Meeting With Crypto and Prediction Market CEOs
August 16, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency and prediction market executives are reportedly meeting with Trump administration officials this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Italy’s Cheese Bank Finds Climate Risk Has a Rind
Italy’s Cheese Bank Finds Climate Risk Has a Rind
August 15, 2026  |  Banking

On Wall Street, “cheese” is slang for money. In Italy, they decided the metaphor needed collateral. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Mastercard Seeks Deal Over Card Losses Left by Brazilian Bank Collapse
Mastercard Seeks Deal Over Card Losses Left by Brazilian Bank Collapse
August 14, 2026  |  Mastercard

Mastercard is proposing to pay half the amount demanded by Brazilian merchant acquirers that were impacted by the collapse of Will Financeira, also known as...

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Nvidia Uses $500 Billion Financing Initiative to Dispel AI Bubble Fears
Nvidia Uses $500 Billion Financing Initiative to Dispel AI Bubble Fears
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia’s $500 billion artificial intelligence financing initiative that was announced Monday (Aug. 10) aims to assure the company’s investors that there is plenty of financing...

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PayPal Reopens Sale Talks With Stripe After Rejecting First Offer
PayPal Reopens Sale Talks With Stripe After Rejecting First Offer
August 14, 2026  |  Acquiring

PayPal Holdings is in talks with a group that includes Stripe and Advent International, negotiating to sell itself at a price potentially higher than the...

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Block and PayPal Find More Revenue in Merchant Loans
Block and PayPal Find More Revenue in Merchant Loans
August 14, 2026  |  Working Capital

A merchant that once represented a stream of transaction fees can now represent a lending relationship, and second-quarter earnings results show payments platforms putting more...

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Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI
Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI and Google both released faster artificial intelligence models this week. Both put speed at the center of the pitch, and both are starting to...

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OpenAI Appoints Former Wiz Executive Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer
OpenAI Appoints Former Wiz Executive Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer
August 14, 2026  |  Personnel

OpenAI appointed former Wiz executive Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, according to a Thursday (Aug. 13) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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