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Consumers and Smaller Businesses Form an Untapped Embedded Lending Market...

Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It promises convenient, streamlined access...

Insurance
Beyond Traditional Banking: Insurance Emerges as Key to Diversifying Revenue

Banks face a digital shift, pressures on deposits and competition for customer loyalty, so...

Accounts Payable
Finexio CEO on Why CFOs Can’t Afford to Ignore Automating...

Manual accounts payable (AP) operations can cost firms more than they might think. And...

Technology
BofA: Tech Turns Global Trade’s Paper Jams Into Payment Streams

Global trade, at its heart, is about receivables. One company owes another for the...

Healthcare
84% of Healthcare Organizations Report Financial Losses Due to Outdated...

In an era where convenience is king, the healthcare sector remains shackled by outdated...

VISA
Shifting Digital Payment Trends Prompt New Visa Credential System

For decades, different payment cards existed to serve different purposes: Credit cards have offered...

artificial intelligence
Report: OpenAI Plans to Restructure and Become For-Profit Benefit Corporation

OpenAI reportedly plans to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that...

Blockchain
First Abu Dhabi Bank Completes Programmable Payments Pilot With JPM...

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) successfully completed a pilot using programmable payments with JPM...

Point of Sale
Lightspeed Commerce Engages in Discussions of ‘Potential Strategic Alternatives’

Lightspeed Commerce responded to media reports of a potential sale of the company, saying...

Digital Banking
LatAm Draws FinTechs Seeking to Transform Digital Banking

Digitally savvy, younger consumers with mobile devices in hand. Underbanked and even unbanked populations...

Digital-First Banking
Mercado Pago Applies for Banking License in Mexico

Mercado Pago, the FinTech arm of MercadoLibre, reportedly applied for a banking license in Mexico...

Meta
AWS Makes Meta’s Llama 3.2 LLMs Available to Customers

Meta’s Llama 3.2 multilingual large language models (LLMs) are now generally available in Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker...

Connected Economy
Zuckerberg Tries On Meta’s Wearable Tech Plans for the Connected...

On Wednesday (Sept. 25), the first of Meta’s two-day Meta Connect 2024 conference, Meta...

Cryptocurrency
PayPal Business Account Holders Can Buy, Hold, Sell Crypto

PayPal Holdings now enables U.S. merchants — except those in New York State —...

Authentication
Secure or Be Scammed: Business Identity Innovations Drive Ecosystem Growth

How well do you know the organizations your business transacts with? And how well...

Economy
Soaring Food and Housing Costs Strain Lower-Income Households

The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Consumer Expenditures underscores what...

artificial intelligence
OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati to Leave Company

OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati said Wednesday (Sept. 25) that she is leaving...

Regulation
US Moves to Secure Connected Car Economy by Banning Foreign...

The U.S. government’s proposed ban on connected vehicle technology from China and Russia marks...

artificial intelligence
How Meta’s AI Advancements May Impact Social Commerce

Meta’s latest AI upgrades, unveiled at its annual Connect conference, could change online shopping...

SMBs
IWallet Enables Small Businesses to Use Zelle for Invoicing

FinTech startup iWallet now enables small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to use Zelle for...

Blockchain
Stablecoins, Tokenization and Caroline Ellison Headline This Week in Web3

Cryptocurrency’s wild ride isn’t over yet. Regulators are closing in, and innovation is speeding...

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