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Blockchain
Banking Circle Unveils Stablecoin Settlement After Landing Crypto License

Luxembourg-based financial services company Banking Circle said it has launched stablecoin settlement services. Get...

artificial intelligence
CFOs Suffer From Consumption as Tech Teams AI Tokenmaxx

Enterprise software helped redefine corporate billing and make it CFO-friendly. Annual licenses, multi-year agreements...

artificial intelligence
DeepSeek Pitches Deep Discounts Amid Fierce AI Competition

DeepSeek has begun offering developers discounts amid increasing competition in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) space....

Meta
Meta’s Purchase of AI Startup Manus Halted by China

The Chinese government has halted Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) startup...

Payments Innovation
The Intelligent Spend Shift: How Card Platforms Can Prepare for...

Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants can already recommend products, compare prices and automate routine purchasing...

Consumer Finance
Affirm: Agentic Credit Rewrites the Rules of Consumer Lending

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Affirm’s Libor Michalek Get the Full Story...

Data
Green Dot Says the New Data Moat Is Speed

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Green Dot’s Akhil Gupta Get the Full...

Data
Maverick Says Data Without Intent Is Just Expensive Storage

Watch more: What’s Next In Payments With Maverick Payments’ Justin Downey Get the Full...

artificial intelligence
AI Agents Move From Demo Day to Desk Work

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to move from conference-room promise to operating-room reality...

Real-Time Payments
63% of Firms Face Check Fraud as Paper Payments Linger

The biggest obstacle to real-time payments adoption may not be fraud, but the fear...

Real-Time Payments
Visa Says Payouts Should Move at the Speed of Need

Watch more: Visa Direct With Visa’s Jim Filice Get the Full Story Complete the...

artificial intelligence
Alibaba Embeds Voice AI Into Chinese Vehicles

Chinese tech giant Alibaba plans to add its Qwen AI model into several vehicle...

financial apps
Musk’s X Money App Moves Closer to Public Debut

Elon Musk’s payments-and-banking-focused “everything app” is reportedly moving closer to reality amid multiple unanswered...

Fraud Prevention
JPMorgan and ACI Team to Combat Real-Time Payment Fraud

ACI Worldwide and JPMorgan Chase have launched a partnership to combat payment fraud. Get...

Regulation
UK Calls on Social Platforms to Crack Down on Finfluencers

England’s financial watchdog said social media platforms are not properly policing illegal financial promotions....

Consumer Finance
Nearly a Third of US Drivers Have Negative Equity on...

Buying a car in America has gotten harder for a large portion of drivers....

Regulation
CFTC Takes NY State to Court Over Prediction Markets

Federal regulators are suing New York State over its enforcement of prediction markets. Get...

Cryptocurrency
President Trump Warns Banking Sector Against Halting CLARITY Act

President Donald Trump is warning bankers not to hold up new cryptocurrency legislation. Get...

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