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AI Helps Food Brands Spot Viral Trends Before They Peak

AI Helps Food Brands Spot Viral Trends Before They Peak
AI Helps Food Brands Spot Viral Trends Before They Peak
July 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

When Dubai chocolate went viral on TikTok in 2024, several major confectionery brands didn’t launch competing versions until after the trend had already peaked. That...

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40 Finance and Tech Giants Unite to Standardize Agentic Payments
40 Finance and Tech Giants Unite to Standardize Agentic Payments
July 15, 2026  |  News

The x402 protocol, an open standard designed to support agentic payments, has a new open-governance body that includes 40 organizations. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Nubank Names Brazil Chief Livia Chanes as Latin America CEO
Nubank Names Brazil Chief Livia Chanes as Latin America CEO
July 15, 2026  |  Personnel

Nubank has appointed Livia Chanes to the newly created position of chief executive officer for Latin America, according to a Wednesday (July 15) Bloomberg report....

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After 20 Years of ERP Consolidation, M&A Still Moves Faster Than Integration
After 20 Years of ERP Consolidation, M&A Still Moves Faster Than Integration
July 15, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The 21st century business corporation is frequently referred to as a single thing. Its executives speak in the singular: one company, one strategy, one balance...

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Open Standard Challenges Circle With Yield-Sharing Stablecoin
Open Standard Challenges Circle With Yield-Sharing Stablecoin
July 15, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The upcoming launch of Open Standard’s Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin could pose an “existential threat” to Circle’s USDC, but it depends on how things play...

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Microsoft Coaches Sales Staff to Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic on Costs and Security
Microsoft Coaches Sales Staff to Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic on Costs and Security
July 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft is intensifying its competitive strategy against artificial intelligence startups OpenAI and Anthropic, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (July 15). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Cyclops Raises $20 Million to Scale Stablecoin Platform for Payments Firms
Cyclops Raises $20 Million to Scale Stablecoin Platform for Payments Firms
July 15, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cyclops raised $20 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its stablecoin rails for the payments industry. Get the Full...

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Spreedly Gives Merchants Control of Customer Credentials
Spreedly Gives Merchants Control of Customer Credentials
July 15, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Open payment platform provider Spreedly on Wednesday (July 15) announced the launch of a standalone payment vault, a move that allows merchants to store and...

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