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Mastercard’s Middle-Market Play Uses Digital Innovation to Bridge Finance Gaps
Mastercard’s Middle-Market Play Uses Digital Innovation to Bridge Finance Gaps
February 19, 2025  |  Mastercard

The middle market continues to draw the attention of payments and banking companies, with Mastercard announcing a package of digital and financial management tools aimed...

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Olipop Leads CPG Sector Into ‘New Wave’ of Digital Transformation
Olipop Leads CPG Sector Into ‘New Wave’ of Digital Transformation
February 19, 2025  |  Retail

The landscape of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) has changed dramatically in the past decade. What once seemed like an unbreakable monopoly of giants like Coke, Pepsi,...

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Tether Co-Founder Reeve Collins Backs New Stablecoin Project
Tether Co-Founder Reeve Collins Backs New Stablecoin Project
February 18, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Tether Co-Founder Reeve Collins is reportedly backing a new stablecoin project called Pi Protocol that will be backed by yield-bearing real-world assets like bonds. Get...

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BitGo Launches OTC Trading Desk After Operating in Stealth Mode
BitGo Launches OTC Trading Desk After Operating in Stealth Mode
February 18, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital asset infrastructure provider and qualified custodian BitGo launched an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk that includes integrated trading, derivatives, lending and qualified custody. Get the...

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The Existential Question Behind the Musk-OpenAI Drama
The Existential Question Behind the Musk-OpenAI Drama
February 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

It’s not just another celebrity drama. Or tech bros behaving badly. Not just a case of simmering resentments or personalities clashing. No, the dust-up between...

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Blockaid Raises $50 Million to Scale Support for Blockchain Security Platform
Blockaid Raises $50 Million to Scale Support for Blockchain Security Platform
February 18, 2025  |  Investments

Blockaid raised $50 million in a Series B funding round to scale to meet the demand for its blockchain security platform. Get the Full Story...

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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Announces Launch of Thinking Machines Lab
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Announces Launch of Thinking Machines Lab
February 18, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati said Tuesday (Feb. 18) that she and a team of scientists, engineers and builders started a company called...

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Judge Denies State Attorneys General Request to Bar DOGE From Data
Judge Denies State Attorneys General Request to Bar DOGE From Data
February 18, 2025  |  Legal

A federal judge denied a request by 14 state attorneys general to temporarily bar the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing data...

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BNPL Gets Boost From Bank Partnerships and Use in Credit Scoring
BNPL Gets Boost From Bank Partnerships and Use in Credit Scoring
February 18, 2025  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Earlier this year, PYMNTS Intelligence detailed that pay-later options were drawing widespread use among consumers versus payments via traditional credit cards. Get the Full Story...

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