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Fintech & Ecommerce

iFX EXPO International 2025: The Global Hub for Online Trading Innovation Returns!

Get ready to dive into the heart of the online trading world! iFX EXPO International 2025 is set to ignite the industry once again, bringing together the brightest minds and most influential online trading brands from around the globe. Taking place in the vibrant venue of City of Dreams Mediterranean in Limassol from the 17th […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

Cashless Society: Myth or Reality? Top Cashless Nations Globally

Envision a future where all the transactions are paperless. For some, it feels like utopia with less theft and more convenience, while others suggest more dystopian scenarios where all your money and assets can be taken away by an evil omnipresent government at any moment. While I, personally, believe truth lies somewhere in between, many […]

News

Databricks Acquires Startup Neon

Data and artificial intelligence company Databricks acquires Neon, which is a database startup.

Science & Technology

TensorWave Raises $100 Million

TensorWave, a Las Vegas-based startup specializing in the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure, announced on Wednesday, May 14, that it managed to raise $100 million in the latest round of financing.

News

Monzo Introduces Payment Reversal Option

Monzo customers may now have up to a minute to decide whether they want a transaction to proceed, thanks to the new payment reversal feature.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Perplexity Selects PayPal for AI-Powered Payments Within Its Agentic Commerce System

Perplexity and PayPal will allow AI agents on the Perplexity Pro platform to pay for products, travel bookings, or tickets requested by users.

Blockchain & Crypto

Robinhood to Buy WonderFi

United States-based financial company Robinhood is buying WonderFi, the Canadian crypto operator of Bitbuy and Coinsquare.

News

Citi Predicts Stablecoin Market to Hit $3.7 Trillion by 2030

Citi predicts that the financial volume of the stablecoins market could reach $3.7 trillion by the end of the current decade.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Stash to Add AI to Financial Guidance Platform

Stash has secured $146 million in a Series H funding round to deepen its investment in artificial intelligence for the company’s financial guidance platform.

News

Google Says Gemma AI Model Surpasses 150 Million Downloads

Google reported that its Gemma open-source artificial intelligence model has been downloaded by users more than 150 million times.

News

Perplexity AI Reportedly Plans to Launch Browser

The media published information according to which Perplexity AI, which is gradually becoming an increasingly powerful player in the global artificial intelligence industry, is currently in preliminary negotiations on raising investments worth $500 million at a valuation of $14 billion.

News

Dubai to Enable Crypto Payments for Government Services

Dubai Finance and Crypto.com partner to allow UAE citizens to pay for government services with crypto.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Adyen to Offer JCB Card-on-File Tokenization

Merchants who use Adyen platform will soon benefit from even more secure credit card transactions with JCB Card-on-File (COF) Tokenization technology.

Fintech & Ecommerce

How Open Banking Progresses With API-Based Commercial Variable Recurring Payments (CVRPs) 

E-commerce subscriptions are doubling every year, with Gen Z driving its snowballing popularity. Where there’s demand for subscriptions, there’s also a need for efficiency in recurring payments. CVRPs are getting significant interest share from merchants and payment service providers, making them a potential new stage in open banking progress.

News

Virtual Card Payments Go Mainstream in U.S.

Not only do Gen Z and millennials in the U.S. embrace virtual cards, but also older age cohorts resort to this innovative payment method if providers manage to raise proper awareness.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Byline Bank Expands Payments and Fintech Banking Group

Byline Bank on Monday, May 12, announced the expansion of the Payments and Fintech Banking division.