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Fifth Third Backs Payload’s Embedded Payments Expansion

Fifth Third Backs Payload’s Embedded Payments Expansion
Fifth Third Backs Payload’s Embedded Payments Expansion
August 21, 2026  |  Investments

Payload has secured a strategic investment led by Fifth Third to expand its embedded payments platform, Payload said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Apple Cuts Vision Pro Roles to Focus on Smart Glasses Push
Apple Cuts Vision Pro Roles to Focus on Smart Glasses Push
August 21, 2026  |  Apple

Apple is realigning some teams as it shifts its focus to new devices and artificial intelligence (AI), Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 21), citing unnamed sources....

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Nscale Targets $3 Billion IPO as AI Data Center Demand Soars
Nscale Targets $3 Billion IPO as AI Data Center Demand Soars
August 21, 2026  |  IPO

Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, aims to raise as much as $3 billion in an initial public offering that could take...

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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
August 21, 2026  |  Blockchain

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Apollo Global Management Hit by Social Engineering Attack and Data Breach
Apollo Global Management Hit by Social Engineering Attack and Data Breach
August 21, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Apollo Global Management disclosed Friday (Aug. 21) that it suffered a social engineering attack that led to a data breach. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Former JPMorgan COO Matt Zames to Advise Social Security Administration on Modernization
Former JPMorgan COO Matt Zames to Advise Social Security Administration on Modernization
August 21, 2026  |  Personnel

Former JPMorgan Chase Chief Operating Officer Matt Zames will become an advisor to the Social Security Administration Monday (Aug. 24) to help modernize the agency,...

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Nvidia Pays $6 Billion to License Poolside AI Model-Development Software
Nvidia Pays $6 Billion to License Poolside AI Model-Development Software
August 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia will pay $6 billion to license Poolside’s artificial intelligence model-development software, Model Factory, and will make offers to hire 109 Poolside employees who were...

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Walmart Tap to Pay Rollout Begins Monday
Walmart Tap to Pay Rollout Begins Monday
August 21, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Walmart will soon begin rolling out tap to pay as a payment option at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations, the company said in a Friday...

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