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S&P Global, the financial information giant, sees agentic artificial intelligence (AI) as the next...

With its previous CEO headed to Washington, Fiserv has picked a new chief executive....

President Donald Trump’s election last year was good news for the cryptocurrency industry. Smaller...

The Trump administration’s unpredictable and sweeping tariff strategy, centered on an unfolding trade war...

Latin America is undergoing a dramatic shift in how money moves. But it isn’t...

Inflation is changing the ways in which we eat, whether buying food at the...

Cybersecurity risks are not merely a cost center for middle-market firms but represent a...

Once considered a nice-to-have, instant payments are fast becoming a must-have in the disbursement...

A personal touch pays dividends in customer loyalty, Maverick Payments VP, Client Services Maria...

A hacking group known as Scattered Spider, which previously caused significant disruption on the...

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Tuesday (May 6) that it led a $120 million strategic...

Lending platform Upstart Holdings’ first quarter results saw loan originations nearly double from a...

Corporate payments firm Corpay and global asset management firm TPG have entered into a...

Rite Aid has claimed in a court filing Tuesday (May 6) that its inability...

A $22 billion acquisition is a tough act to follow. But TSYS-parent Global Payments...

The pay later economy got a big boost late in the day Tuesday (May...

Indiana has passed earned wage access (EWA) legislation into law. “Indiana’s HEA 1125 codifies...

Arvind Krishna, the CEO of IBM, said his company’s investment in artificial intelligence (AI)...

Donald Trump promised to transform the U.S. into the “crypto capital of the planet,” and...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have sunk to their lowest level in 20 years, with...

Google is providing early access to an updated version of its Gemini 2.5 Pro...

e-Signature platform Agree.com has reportedly raised $7.2 million in new funding. The company announced...

Digital bank Green Dot has teamed with Samsung to bolster the tech firm’s digital wallet. The collaboration will...

xAI has teamed with Palantir to explore how financial services firms can employ AI....

Accounting/receivables platform Autobooks has acquired consumer bill pay solutions provider Allied Payment Network. The deal, announced Tuesday (May 6),...

Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) said during a Tuesday (May 6) first-quarter earnings report...

Payments FinTech Nuvei is expanding its B2B payment capabilities for the construction sector. The...

Instacart is reportedly rolling out an app targeting Generation Z consumers, centered around group...

In the 21st-century enterprise, cybersecurity is no longer just a matter of firewalls and...

Duna, a business identity platform founded by two Stripe veterans, has raised $12.1 million....

DoorDash is preparing to acquire New York City-based hospitality tech company SevenRooms. The company...

Stabelcoin infrastructure platform BVNK received an investment from Visa. The new capital comes on...

Soon after taking office, President Donald Trump floated plans for a strategic bitcoin reserve. It...

Grubhub and Blue Apron owner Wonder has reportedly raised $600 million in new funding. The deal brings...

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to re-examine a Biden-era rule governing open banking....

The Trump administration’s highly fluid global tariffs campaign is increasingly testing the limits of...

Retailers and brands in the United States and abroad are bracing for a turbulent...

Payments have become the proving ground for services that reduce fraud, increase conversion rates...

Brazilian consumers are rapidly adopting mobile devices for retail purchases, outpacing global trends, though...

The promise of payments that clear in seconds rather than days has moved from...

Understanding a customer’s business inspires proactive solutions, Marqeta Head of Global Strategic Partnerships Anat...

The Trump administration plans to put millions of defaulted federal student loan borrowers into...

OpenAI said Monday (May 5) that it will submit a revised corporate plan that...

Nvidia is ramping up the artificial intelligence (AI) arms race, unveiling more than 70...

Online resale marketplace ThredUP delivered better-than-expected first-quarter earnings Monday (May 5), reinforcing shoppers’ growing...

Rite Aid Corp. said Monday (May 5) that it has filed for Chapter 11...

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said Monday that most of the Wall Street bank’s business...

Any supply chain is only as strong as its riskiest vendor. When a vendor...

Microsoft’s strategy to install artificial intelligence (AI) as a default feature on its software...

Tariffs have thrown the global trade order into a new era of fragmentation. On...

Retail trading platform eToro is seeking to raise $500 million as it prepares to go public....

Apple appealed after a judge found the tech giant violated a court order. The...

Much of the white space opportunity in healthcare innovation can be found reshaping how...

President Donald Trump’s idea to place tariffs on movies produced overseas has reportedly shaken...

Pinterest is introducing new features to let users find ideas that match their personal...

UnitedHealth Group is reportedly increasing its use of artificial intelligence across its business. The...

Warren E. Buffett’s recent announcement that he will retire as chief executive of Berkshire...

Zest AI says it has introduced a tool to help banks make AI-powered lending decisions....

The owners of the 7-Eleven and Circle K convenience chains say it’s time to talk. Alimentation Couche-Tard, which...

A new report from Fiserv shows a resilient, though far more cautious, American consumer. The April...

Agentic agents, automated payments and consumer-permissioned, data-rich tokens will transform loyalty and rewards —...

Stablecoin issuer Tether is preparing to debut an artificial intelligence platform. Tether CEO Paolo...

Santander is selling a majority of its Polish business to Austrian bank Erste Group. The $7.9...

FinTech sponsor banks have had a difficult 18 months. Tasked with mediating between the...

Self-service commerce company Cantaloupe is debuting new products designed to promote frictionless retail. Among the firm’s...

Google is testing the placement of ads inside AI chatbot conversations in an aggressive...

Perplexity started it in November of 2024 with Buy with Pro. Then Open AI...

Democratic lawmakers want the Federal Reserve to reconsider its approval of Capital One’s purchase...

Real-time payments continue to shake up the financial landscape, driven by infrastructure upgrades and...

Shoppers expect personalization, guidance and immediacy, but this can be a tall order for...

From law to consulting firms, services firms don’t face the same direct pressure from...

In the report “Bridging the Gap: Helping Acquirers Meet Evolving Merchant Demands,” a joint...

Insights come from listening to customers, CompoSecure/Arculus Chief Product and Innovation Officer Dr. Adam...

Amid persistent financial pressures impacting a majority of U.S. households, the decision to spend...

When the economy starts to get wobbly, the warning signs typically emerge in closely-watched...

Earnings season rolls on. For the CE 100 Index — which saw uniform gains...

Arizona’s governor has vetoed legislation that would have let the state invest in cryptocurrency....

President Donald Trump is willing to give TikTok more time to find a new...

Airbnb has rolled out an artificial intelligence (AI) bot for customer service in the...

Fast food chain Wendy’s is expecting customers to feel financial pressure for the remainder...

The world’s largest cryptocurrency options exchange is reportedly planning to enter the American market....

Companies in the FinTech sector are making inroads into the telecom world. That’s according...

With tariffs threatening to raise prices, creditors that lend to the retail space are...

Skype, the blue bubble that once connected continents and conference rooms with a single...

Amazon has rolled out Alexa+, the new version of its voice assistant, to more than 100,000 users...

Apple and Anthropic have reportedly partnered to create a platform that will use artificial intelligence (AI)...

Temu has reportedly stopped shipping products from China directly to U.S. consumers due to...

For several years, Apple has been leveraging its hardware and services to forge an...

The efforts of third-party sellers on platforms like Amazon to stock up on goods...

The first publicly traded bitcoin financial services company rang the Nasdaq opening bell on Friday...

Acquired.com joined 30 other organizations in a collective effort to create a new company...

Spotify said Friday (May 2) that Apple approved a U.S. app update that Spotify...

The latest jobs data indicate that employers added more positions in April than had...

MoneyGram has launched an application programming interface (API) designed to make it easy for...

Rising student loan defaults could reduce consumer spending by as much as $63 billion a...

Three of the world’s largest payment companies, Visa, Mastercard and PayPal, are racing into...

This week brings fresh news on the digital payments front, with Visa, Mastercard and...

Tether reportedly plans to launch a new dollar-pegged stablecoin in the United States within...

Shares of Block fell more than 20% Friday (May 2), as slowing growth has...

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking feedback on the regulation of cryptoasset...

The cryptocurrency market has virtually no regulatory oversight or transparency. Those are features, not...

Stablecoin market capitalization reached an all-time high in April amid strong performance across cryptocurrency...

In this era of acute business uncertainty, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are vulnerable....

In the digital age, it’s easier than ever to start a business, to build...

Value-added services, once the free sprinkles card networks tossed on top of plain vanilla...