Apple acquired artificial intelligence firm Ascension Labs, which does business as Ascend.io, in June, according to a list of acquisitions maintained by the European Commission. The deal gives Apple the right to make employment offers and to hire certain employees of Ascend, receive a non-exclusive...
Digital assets and data infrastructure company Galaxy Digital aims to create a national trust bank that would provide fiduciary investment advisory services along with Galaxy’s custody, trading and staking services, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) press release. To further this goal, Galaxy...
Private investment firm CD&R and private equity group GTCR have teamed up on a joint bid to buy out card processor Global Payments, the Financial Times reported Friday (Oct. 30), citing unnamed sources. GTCR is Global Payments’ largest shareholder, according to the report. The companies’...
American Express has introduced new ways for consumer and business cardholders in the United States to redeem rewards for a deposit into eligible American Express bank accounts, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) press release. For consumers, U.S. Consumer Cash Back Card members...
October 22, 2026
At the most efficient growing companies, 80% say their primary reason for using working capital is planned growth. Among the least efficient, just 2% say the same. That 78-percentage-point gap is a central finding in “The 24-Day Advantage: What Top-Performing CFOs Know About Working Capital,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report examining how finance leaders manage cash. Drawing […]
September 21, 2026
Payments firms need a way to identify where artificial intelligence is being used and who’s responsible for it, as well as to monitor how those systems are managed over time....
September 01, 2026
FinTech buyers looking for growth in a tough funding and software market are finding something valuable inside real estate closings, municipal bills, healthcare practices and commercial banking. The payment is...
August 27, 2026
A small business can grow itself out of federal lending eligibility long before it becomes a large company. The Small Business Administration is proposing to give some of those firms...
October 30, 2026
The Federal Reserve Board approved the application by the Bank of Nova Scotia to become a bank holding company by acquiring Dallas, Texas-based Maple Financial Holdings and thereby indirectly acquiring Tulsa, Oklahoma-based MapleMark Bank, the Fed said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) press release. Bank of Nova Scotia operates as Scotiabank, according to the company’s […]
October 30, 2026
Apple acquired artificial intelligence firm Ascension Labs, which does business as Ascend.io, in June, according to a list of acquisitions maintained by the European Commission. The deal gives Apple the...
October 30, 2026
Digital assets and data infrastructure company Galaxy Digital aims to create a national trust bank that would provide fiduciary investment advisory services along with Galaxy’s custody, trading and staking services,...
October 30, 2026
Private investment firm CD&R and private equity group GTCR have teamed up on a joint bid to buy out card processor Global Payments, the Financial Times reported Friday (Oct. 30),...
