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Business
Report: SEO Firm Yext Considering Sale After Attracting Takeover Interest

Search engine optimization (SEO) firm Yext is reportedly considering a sale. The...

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Legal
UK Tribunal Allows Class Action Lawsuits Against Visa, Mastercard

Visa and Mastercard are facing new lawsuits over multilateral interchange fees....

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Legal
Judge Allows Yelp to Sue Firm That Claimed to Remove...

Yelp can continue a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against...

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Legal
Google Succeeds in Getting Antitrust Trial Heard by Judge

Google parent Alphabet’s trial on antitrust charges around its advertising technology...

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artificial intelligence
Silicon Valley on Edge as New AI Regulation Bill Advances...

A new California legislative proposal, SB 1047, is sending ripples of...

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Credit Cards
Consumers Pay Down Some Credit Card Debt in April

Consumers are moving toward paying down at least some of what...

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Investments
Seven AI Raises $36 Million for AI-Powered Cybersecurity Solution

Seven AI raised $36 million in its initial round of funding...

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artificial intelligence
This Week in AI: Regulation Ramp Up, Intel and AI...

This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, regulation is ramping up...

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Retail
Apparel Retailers Use New AI Features to Reduce Online Returns

As clothing brands and retailers continue to struggle with the costly...

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Consumer Finance
Consumers Cut Spending as Financial Safety Nets Fray

Over the years, PYMNTS Intelligence research reveals, fewer and fewer consumers...

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Acquisitions
Federal Reserve Approves VersaBank Acquisition of Stearns Bank Holdingford

VersaBank received one of two U.S. regulatory approvals it needs to...

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Healthcare
Oscar Health Aims to More Than Double Membership by 2027

Oscar Health reportedly aims to expand its presence in the employer...

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News
Making Sense of the Cost of Cash for Businesses

Increasingly, the most used wallet in a shopper’s pocket isn’t the...

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Authentication
Verification Innovations Help Boost Compliance and Fraud Prevention

It’s been a busy few weeks in the realm of identity...

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Earnings
Victoria’s Secret Uses Personalized Loyalty to Drive Spending Amid Cutbacks

Victoria’s Secret is taking a more intimate approach to shopper loyalty,...

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Banking
Banks See Risk in Dependence on Big Tech’s AI Capabilities

The growing dependence of banks on Big Tech companies for artificial...

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artificial intelligence
From Chips to Desktops, AI in Spotlight at Taiwan’s Computex...

At the Computex 2024 tech expo in Taiwan this week, artificial...

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Fraud Prevention
43% of Fraudulent Transactions That Hit FIs Are Authorized

When it comes to payments fraud, the Federal Reserve actually splits...

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Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Attract Funding, Aim to Transform Industries

Artificial intelligence agents have reportedly caught the attention of tech investors,...

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Legal
Synapse Bankruptcy Trustee Finds $85 Million ‘Shortfall’ Amid Tangled Web...

Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Jelena McWilliams will present her...

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Buy Now Pay Later
Sainsbury’s Brands Argos, Habitat, TU Add Klarna BNPL Options

Sainsbury’s is now offering shoppers in the United Kingdom the option...

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Blockchain
5 Ideas to Transform Cross-Border Commerce With Blockchain Solutions

Cross-border payments innovations are turning global growth frictions into modern fictions....

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Retail
Walmart to Replace Paper Price Tags With Digital Shelf Labels

Walmart has begun rolling out digital shelf labels (DSLs) in its...

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Faster Payments
37% of Freelancers Use Instant Payments to Ease Financial Stress

Life as a freelancer is not for the faint of heart....

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Personnel
Curve Appoints USA CEO, Board Member to Drive US Growth

Digital wallet provider Curve has appointed Nancy Yaffa as its USA...

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Meta
Meta Platforms to Introduce Free AI Chatbots on WhatsApp

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is planning to introduce...

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Loyalty & Rewards
Insomnia Cookies Moves From Indulgence to Repeat Treats With Data-Driven...

Cookies might seem like the ideal business. They seem insulated from...

16 hours ago
Retail
Amazon and Walmart Use GenAI to Cut Vendor Costs

As Amazon and Walmart compete for retail dominance, the two industry...

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Real-Time Payments
Global Real-Time Transactions Expected to Hit 575 Billion by 2028

Real-time transactions continue their sweep worldwide, and payments experts note that...

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Fintech Investments
FinTech IPO Index Ticks Down as Earnings Season Wraps Up

The first week of June brought scant movement for the FinTech...

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Apple
Report: Apple to Unveil Password Manager App

Apple will reportedly unveil a password manager app Monday (June 10)...

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SMBs
White House Launches Working Capital Pilot Program for Small Business

The Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to launch a working capital...

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Spend Management
Torpago Raises $10 Million to Support White-Label Expense Management Platform

Torpago has raised $10 million in a Series B funding round...

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Cryptocurrency
Kraken Considering $100 Million Funding Round Before Possible IPO

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is reportedly considering seeking more than $100 million...

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Retail
Rent the Runway: Fashion Brands Can’t Grow on Digital Alone

As brands reckon with the reemergence of brick-and-mortar as a key...

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Identity
Fintracking Launches Pay-as-You-Go ID Verification Platform 

Compliance firm Fintracking has debuted a “pay-as-you-go” platform for ID verification....

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B2B Payments
This Week in B2B: Smarter Treasury, Better Businesses

How businesses transact with one another defines the ups and downs...

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Artificial Intelligence
WhatsApp Adds AI Tools for Businesses

WhatsApp introduced artificial intelligence tools designed to help businesses use the...

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