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Consumer Belt-Tightening Could Cost the US Economy $92 Billion This Year
Consumer Belt-Tightening Could Cost the US Economy $92 Billion This Year
April 27, 2025  |  Economy

Do the math. A staggering $92 billion could vanish from the American economy annually as consumers tighten their belts in response to the economic uncertainty...

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New SEC Chair Signals Major Shift Toward Innovation in Crypto Policy
New SEC Chair Signals Major Shift Toward Innovation in Crypto Policy
April 25, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

In his fourth day on the job, the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins took a pro-innovation stance on cryptocurrency in a...

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Trump’s Global Tariffs Position CFOs as New Supply Chain Architects
Trump’s Global Tariffs Position CFOs as New Supply Chain Architects
April 09, 2025  |  CFO

Less than 24 hours after announcing sweeping tariffs, President Trump on Wednesday (April 9) gave a 90-day reprieve to most countries on the “retaliatory” tariffs that...

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Uncertainty Overload: Tariffs Cast Shadow on FinTech Funding and Growth
Uncertainty Overload: Tariffs Cast Shadow on FinTech Funding and Growth
April 07, 2025  |  Opinion

So far, there have been 10 Mondays in the Trump administration, each possessing its own variety of manic behavior. “Manic Mondays,” we’ve been calling them....

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Stripe Applies for US Banking License to Expand Merchant Acquiring Capabilities
Stripe Applies for US Banking License to Expand Merchant Acquiring Capabilities
April 04, 2025  |  Digital-First Banking

Stripe’s application for a Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) charter has been accepted by the state of Georgia’s Department of Banking and Finance, bringing...

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Price Chaos Looms as Sweeping US Tariffs Upend Global Commerce
Price Chaos Looms as Sweeping US Tariffs Upend Global Commerce
April 04, 2025  |  Economy

There are days when a plunge in the markets clears the air, and when sweeping global policy changes — from the top down, via the...

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From Minutes to Money: Telecom Firms Bank on Financial Services
From Minutes to Money: Telecom Firms Bank on Financial Services
March 31, 2025  |  Mobile

The mobile phone’s increasing penetration into global markets is helping blur the lines between telecom and financial services, where digital banks, and especially neobanks, are...

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Bisignano Tells Senate SSA Hearing: ‘I’ve Spent My Career Protecting PII’
Bisignano Tells Senate SSA Hearing: ‘I’ve Spent My Career Protecting PII’
March 25, 2025  |  Politics

Fiserv CEO and Chairman of the Board Frank Bisignano is among the Trump administration nominees being considered by the Senate Finance Committee to join the...

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Apple’s Siri: Once a Pioneer, Now an AI Laggard
Apple’s Siri: Once a Pioneer, Now an AI Laggard
March 20, 2025  |  Apple

When Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Siri, debuted in 2011, it was revolutionary for giving users the ability to “talk” to their smartphone. Siri’s capabilities...

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