Us/page/4 news and trends

HSBC Appoints Interim CEO Jason Henderson to Lead US Business

December 09, 2025
Klarna Expands BNPL Presence in Furniture Category With Cozey Partnership
Partnerships // December 02, 2025

Direct-to-consumer furniture brand Cozey has added Klarna’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions to its online stores in the United States and Canada. Cozey’s eCommerce site now enables shoppers to pay using Klarna’s Pay in Full, Pay in 4 or Financing for larger purchases, according...

US Mint Ceases Penny Production, Citing High Costs and Supply Surplus
Commerce // November 12, 2025

The U.S. Treasury announced it would halt the production of the nation’s circulating one-cent coin this week, citing escalating manufacturing costs and deeming the currency unnecessary for modern commerce, USA Today reported Wednesday (Nov. 12). According to the report, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and...

Digital Asset Investment Products See $921 Million Inflows as Investors Expect Rate Cuts
Cryptocurrency // October 27, 2025

Investors’ expectations that there will be further rate cuts in the United States helped drive global inflows to digital asset investment products to $921 million last week, CoinShares Head of Research James Butterfill reported Monday (Oct. 27). By region, the U.S. saw the week’s largest...

Nubank Prepares to Expand Digital Banking Platform to US
Banking // September 30, 2025

Nubank said Tuesday (Sept. 30) that it applied for a U.S. national bank charter as it explores opportunities to expand its digital banking platform beyond Latin America. The firm applied with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, it said in a Tuesday press...

Interviews & Exclusives
US Takes the Bronze in Digital Engagement

July 09, 2024
It may surprise you to learn that the U.S. did not top the global charts for digital engagement in PYMNTS Intelligence’s “How The World Does Digital” report. In fact, it came in third. But you may also be surprised at some of the details of U.S. consumer digital engagement, where resources and entertainment are more […]

Prescription or Principle: A Framework for Designing AI Regulation

September 18, 2023
By Travis LeBlanc, Jonas Koponen, Anna Caro and Mari Dugas The meteoric rise of AI in the public’s consciousness and the launch of several innovative services, including Open AI’s ChatGPT-4...

China’s Generative AI Regulations Go Live Next Month

July 17, 2023
China is a famously hands-on nation when it comes to controlling information within its borders. Still, that hasn’t stopped some of the world’s largest technology companies from complying with Beijing’s...

How AI Regulation Could Shape Three Digital Empires

June 29, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new tool to genuinely help advance human learning and thought. We are the first generation in the history of humanity to create machines that can...

Quick Reads
HSBC Appoints Interim CEO Jason Henderson to Lead US Business

December 09, 2025
HSBC has appointed Jason Henderson as CEO for the United States, effective Tuesday (Dec. 9). Henderson has served as interim CEO since August and has been with the bank for nearly 20 years, HSBC said in a Tuesday press release. As CEO, he will report to Michael Roberts, CEO of HSBC Bank and CEO of […]

Klarna Expands BNPL Presence in Furniture Category With Cozey Partnership

December 02, 2025
Direct-to-consumer furniture brand Cozey has added Klarna’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions to its online stores in the United States and Canada. Cozey’s eCommerce site now enables shoppers to...

US Mint Ceases Penny Production, Citing High Costs and Supply Surplus

November 12, 2025
The U.S. Treasury announced it would halt the production of the nation’s circulating one-cent coin this week, citing escalating manufacturing costs and deeming the currency unnecessary for modern commerce, USA...

Digital Asset Investment Products See $921 Million Inflows as Investors Expect Rate Cuts

October 27, 2025
Investors’ expectations that there will be further rate cuts in the United States helped drive global inflows to digital asset investment products to $921 million last week, CoinShares Head of...