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Microsoft’s New Security Chief Replaces Top Execs to Force an AI Overhaul

Microsoft’s New Security Chief Replaces Top Execs to Force an AI Overhaul
Microsoft’s New Security Chief Replaces Top Execs to Force an AI Overhaul
July 15, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Microsoft’s cybersecurity business is developing more artificial intelligence (AI) security products, cutting back on some of its more traditional security products, and consolidating engineering teams,...

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Mastercard Software Helps Companies Launch Custom Digital Wallets
Mastercard Software Helps Companies Launch Custom Digital Wallets
July 15, 2026  |  Mastercard

Mastercard has introduced a set of software tools and services designed to make it easier for companies to create digital wallet capabilities on both iOS and...

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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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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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