Digital businesses that don’t keep their promises to consumers can pay a heavy price if caught by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Enforcement actions in cases involving unfair and deceptive practices by digital businesses have produced tens of millions of dollars in consumer redress or...
PayPal is “exploring strategic options” for its venture capital arm, a company spokesperson told Fortune in a report posted Tuesday (June 16). “As part of our continued efforts to sharpen our focus, we are exploring strategic options for our corporate venture capital arm, PayPal Ventures,”...
Many artificial intelligence (AI) startups use annual recurring revenue as a metric for their growth. However, this increasingly common practice has become one of the least-trusted measurements of success in the AI space, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (April 7). “The startup world has always been...
S&P Global Ratings said artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to impact software companies on a case-by-case basis rather than causing a sector-wide decline in credit ratings, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 12). The software companies most at risk of credit rating downgrades are those with near-term maturities...
December 04, 2025
Uruguay-based FinTech Prometeo on Thursday (Dec. 4) introduced Name Match, a new ownership-evaluation feature within its Bank Account Verification API designed to improve payment accuracy and reduce fraud for businesses moving money across U.S. bank accounts. The capability adds a new layer to Prometeo’s verification flow by checking whether a beneficiary’s name aligns with the […]
June 10, 2025
Everyone seems to have an opinion on trade policies and tariff rates these days. But the ones that matter are from the companies that need to plan in accordance with...
June 02, 2025
Small businesses are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistants to slash their technology development expenses while maintaining competitive digital capabilities, according to industry practitioners. AI coding assistants are...
April 03, 2025
The tariffs announced by the President Donald Trump administration Wednesday (April 2) are now a reality, and a trade war is a real possibility. For middle-market firms, supply chain changes...
June 17, 2026
PayPal is “exploring strategic options” for its venture capital arm, a company spokesperson told Fortune in a report posted Tuesday (June 16). “As part of our continued efforts to sharpen our focus, we are exploring strategic options for our corporate venture capital arm, PayPal Ventures,” the spokesperson said, per the report. “We don’t have additional […]
April 07, 2026
Many artificial intelligence (AI) startups use annual recurring revenue as a metric for their growth. However, this increasingly common practice has become one of the least-trusted measurements of success in...
March 12, 2026
S&P Global Ratings said artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to impact software companies on a case-by-case basis rather than causing a sector-wide decline in credit ratings, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 12)....
November 12, 2025
Amazon is introducing a series of AI-powered solutions to help business clients. These new offerings, announced Wednesday (Nov. 11), include the new Amazon Business Assistant which is available to Amazon...
