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New York Regulator Proposes Licensing Rules for BNPL Lenders

New York Regulator Proposes Licensing Rules for BNPL Lenders
New York Regulator Proposes Licensing Rules for BNPL Lenders
July 15, 2026  |  BNPL

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) posted a notice of proposed rule making regarding buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders together with the text of the proposed regulation...

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Revolut Gets Preliminary UAE Crypto License Nod Weeks After Banking Win
Revolut Gets Preliminary UAE Crypto License Nod Weeks After Banking Win
July 15, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Revolut furthered its expansion strategy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by gaining in-principle approval to provide crypto services in the country. Get the Full Story Complete...

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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
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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