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Experian and OpenAI Bring Credit Data at Consumer Fingertips With OpenAI Integration
Fintech & Ecommerce

Experian and OpenAI Bring Credit Data at Consumer Fingertips With OpenAI Integration

On of the authorised credit reporting agencies, Experian aims to help potential borrowers understand the benchmark credit score ratings in simpler terms, letting ChatGPT users in UK to access average credit score data for their location or demographic group.

Bank of America and Zelle Test Real-Time Charitable Donations via Digital Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Bank of America and Zelle Test Real-Time Charitable Donations via Digital Payments

Bank of America and Zelle have launched a pilot initiative aimed at accelerating the delivery of charitable donations to nonprofit organizations by using instant payment technology. The initiative explores how real-time digital transfers can replace slower, traditional disbursement methods often used in philanthropy.

Crypto Industry Digest: Ripple Eyes Australian Expansion, WhiteBIT Enters Ghana Sandbox, Bitget Reports Reserve Growth
Blockchain & Crypto

Crypto Industry Digest: Ripple Eyes Australian Expansion, WhiteBIT Enters Ghana Sandbox, Bitget Reports Reserve Growth

Several developments across the digital asset sector this week highlight the industry’s continued push toward regulatory engagement, geographic expansion, and infrastructure development. Updates from Ripple, WhiteBIT, and Bitget included in this digest point to growing institutional activity and international crypto market exploration.

BlackRock Commits $100M to Skilled Trades Training as Infrastructure Investment Strategy Expands
Finance & Economics

BlackRock Commits $100M to Skilled Trades Training as Infrastructure Investment Strategy Expands

Global asset manager BlackRock has pledged $100 million to fund training for skilled trade workers, a move that aligns with the firm’s expanding focus on large-scale infrastructure investments. The funding, part of the company’s “Future Builders” initiative, will support workforce development programs in occupations such as electrical work, plumbing, HVAC, and ironworking through partnerships with […]

Worldline and ABN AMRO Renew Long-Term Payment Partnership in the Netherlands
Fintech & Ecommerce

Worldline and ABN AMRO Renew Long-Term Payment Partnership in the Netherlands

European payment processor Worldline has extended its multi-decade contract with Dutch banking giant ABN AMRO, reinforcing the partner’s role at the heart of the Netherlands’ digital payment infrastructure.

Interview with Karolina Aleksandrova, ProMoney Founder & Organiser of the Baltic Payment Forum
Fintech & Ecommerce

Interview with Karolina Aleksandrova, ProMoney Founder & Organiser of the Baltic Payment Forum

PaySpace Magazine Global spoke to Karolina Aleksandrova, Founder of ProMoney and organiser of the Baltic Payment Forum that took place on March 3, 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Why CFOs Are Rethinking How Businesses Control Vendor and Subscription Spending in 2026: Expert Commentary
Fintech & Ecommerce

Why CFOs Are Rethinking How Businesses Control Vendor and Subscription Spending in 2026: Expert Commentary

For decades, corporate spending was treated as a back-office problem — a tangle of expense reports, paper invoices, and spreadsheet-driven procurement reviews that business finance teams managed reactively rather than strategically. That era is ending. Across industries, a convergence of economic pressure, digital transformation, and boardroom scrutiny is forcing organizations to rethink how they manage, […]

Fintech Startups Expand Their Ambitions Wanting to Be Your Phone, Your Paycheck, and Your Portfolio
Fintech & Ecommerce

Fintech Startups Expand Their Ambitions Wanting to Be Your Phone, Your Paycheck, and Your Portfolio

Three fintech launches this week reveal how far the industry startups have moved beyond banking: a business app that now includes a mobile plan, a wage-access card for UAE workers, and a Brazilian super-app that pulls in investments from rival institutions.

KAST Secures $80M Funding and Hires Former Binance Executive Amid Stablecoin Boom
Blockchain & Crypto

KAST Secures $80M Funding and Hires Former Binance Executive Amid Stablecoin Boom

Big funding, a senior hire from a top exchange, and record stablecoin volumes — KAST’s latest moves position it to ride a fast-growing digital-dollar wave.

AI Was Supposed to Make Everything Easier. Researchers Keep Finding the Opposite
Science & Technology

AI Was Supposed to Make Everything Easier. Researchers Keep Finding the Opposite

From an AI agent secretly mining crypto to workers suffering mental burnout from overuse, the unintended consequences of artificial intelligence are arriving faster than anyone predicted, and what’s worse – they’re getting stranger.

Cashless Retail on the Rise: UK Shops Join Global Shift Away From Cash
Fintech & Ecommerce

Cashless Retail on the Rise: UK Shops Join Global Shift Away From Cash

A growing number of retailers are abandoning cash payments as digital transactions continue to dominate consumer spending habits worldwide.

Mastercard Doubles Down on Agentic AI With New Trust Layer and Virtual C-Suite for Small Businesses
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard Doubles Down on Agentic AI With New Trust Layer and Virtual C-Suite for Small Businesses

Mastercard has unveiled two significant agentic AI moves in quick succession: first, a trust infrastructure for autonomous commerce and soon after an AI-powered executive suite for small businesses, as the race to define how AI agents pay, decide, and operate accelerates.

Nexi’s Zippay Launches in Ireland: New Mobile Payment Service Arrives as Mobile Banking Adoption Surges
Fintech & Ecommerce

Nexi’s Zippay Launches in Ireland: New Mobile Payment Service Arrives as Mobile Banking Adoption Surges

Ireland’s digital payments landscape takes a significant step forward on Tuesday 10 March 2026 with the launch of Zippay, a new in‑app mobile payment service developed by European paytech leader Nexi. The service will be introduced by AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB, bringing streamlined peer‑to‑peer payments to an estimated 5 million Irish banking customers […]

The Consent Gap: When Big Tech Decides You’ve Already Agreed
Society & Lifestyle

The Consent Gap: When Big Tech Decides You’ve Already Agreed

Spain’s Charter of Digital Rights sits largely unknown by the businesses it is meant to guide, while Amazon quietly enrolls merchants in AI commerce experiments without their knowledge, and Meta’s CEO defends a platform accused of targeting vulnerable children. The gap between rights on paper and corporate practice has never been wider.

Brent Oil Surges to $116 Amid Iran Conflict and Refinery Attack, Bitcoin Slides as Energy Shortage Fears Rise
Blockchain & Crypto

Brent Oil Surges to $116 Amid Iran Conflict and Refinery Attack, Bitcoin Slides as Energy Shortage Fears Rise

Global financial markets are experiencing renewed turbulence as oil prices continue their rapid surge, moving well past $100 per barrel amid escalating tensions in Iran and the wider Middle East.

Gen Z Is Driving a Surprising Mall Renaissance
Finance & Economics

Gen Z Is Driving a Surprising Mall Renaissance

After years of predictions about the “death of the mall,” a new trend is turning that narrative upside down: younger consumers, especially those born around 1997 – 2012 and commonly known as Generation Z (Gen Z), are helping revive in‑person shopping hubs across the U.S. and beyond.

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