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X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says Other Platforms Could Use Fact-Checking Feature
Technology // May 24, 2024

X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Friday (May 24) that the social media company could share its Community Notes feature with newspapers and other platforms. The crowd-sourced fact-checking feature can “force out bias,” Yaccarino said at the VivaTech conference in Paris, Bloomberg reported Friday. Yaccarino added that the feature now has more than 500,000 volunteers contributing...

Flexibility and Choice Move B2B Payments From Monolithic to Modernized
B2B Payments // May 24, 2024

Life is a matter of choices, and so, too, is business. That’s why, when it comes to B2B payments, accepting (and offering) more options can potentially lead to more business. And with the recent news that American Express (Amex) has teamed with Emburse to embed the former’s virtual card solutions into...

Financial Services Providers Highlight Opportunities in Cloud-Native Banking
Cloud Banking // May 24, 2024

The modernization of back-end systems represents an ongoing challenge for banks, especially as they seek to introduce new digital-first services. The options used to be stark: Rip and replace, or get the most mileage of the legacy systems already in place. In recent years we’ve seen the continued emergence of...

Mastercard and African Development Bank Group to Provide Digital Identities
Digital Identity // May 24, 2024

Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group formed an alliance to provide digital access to critical services to 100 million people and businesses in Africa over the next 10 years. The first efforts of the organizations’ Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa will include providing digital identities and access...

Interviews & Exclusives
Walmart Takes Amazon Battle Into New Virtual Spaces

May 24, 2024
As Walmart and Amazon compete to win younger shoppers’ retail spending, the former is looking to capture Gen Z’s imaginations with new digital experiences to secure their engagement and loyalty. Walmart Chief Marketing Officer William White announced Wednesday (May 22) in a LinkedIn Post the launch of Walmart Realm, a gamified marketplace of more immersive […]

Automated B2B Payments Leave Legacy Processes in the Dust

May 23, 2024
Within today’s digital world, B2B payment mechanisms are increasingly finding themselves at an inflection point. Digitization is frequently a one-way street. Firms that have successfully undertaken a modernization of their...

Unlocking ‘Self-Driving Money’ With Smarter Card Reward Management

May 21, 2024
Most credit cards — more than 80% — offer rewards to their users. But making the most of those rewards can be a challenge, particularly for shoppers already caught up...

Bolt CEO Says Shopper Identity Will Redefine Retail

May 21, 2024
It was former GE chairman and management guru Jack Welch who once said: “You can’t grow long-term if you can’t eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long....

Quick Reads
X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says Other Platforms Could Use Fact-Checking Feature

May 24, 2024
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Friday (May 24) that the social media company could share its Community Notes feature with newspapers and other platforms. The crowd-sourced fact-checking feature can “force out bias,” Yaccarino said at the VivaTech conference in Paris, Bloomberg reported Friday. Yaccarino added that the feature now has more than 500,000 volunteers contributing to it on X, according to the report. X, formerly […]

Mastercard and African Development Bank Group to Provide Digital Identities

May 24, 2024
Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group formed an alliance to provide digital access to critical services to 100 million people and businesses in Africa over the next 10 years. The first efforts of the...

FIS Adds Biometrics, Money Movement Capabilities to Mobile Banking App

May 22, 2024
FIS has launched a new version of its mobile banking application for financial institutions. With the new FIS Digital One Flex Mobile 6.0, financial institutions can enable their customers to bank on mobile...

DocuSign CEO Says Company Aims to Build an ‘Independent Public Company’

May 22, 2024
DocuSign is focused on building itself as an independent public company, according to the electronic signature platform’s CEO. Allan Thygesen made that pronouncement in an interview with CNBC published Wednesday (May 23), following...