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PNC Bank and Coinbase have partnered to develop a solution that will allow the bank’s clients to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies.
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This project is part of a new partnership between the companies that also includes PNC adding other crypto financial solutions for its clients and providing select banking services to Coinbase, the companies said in a Tuesday (July 22)...
KeyCorp is increasing its number of frontline bankers and client advisers by 10% and has boosted its investment in technology by nearly $100 million this year to support the company’s growth.
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The firm defines frontline bankers as investment bankers, middle market relationship managers, payments advisors and wealth managers, according to a Tuesday (July 22) earnings...
Google reportedly wants to recruit news companies for an AI-related licensing project.
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The tech giant hopes to launch a pilot project with around 20 national news organizations, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 22), citing sources familiar with the matter.
“We’ve said that we’re exploring and experimenting with new types of partnerships and product experiences, but...
Artificial intelligence (AI) research/product development firm Reka AI has raised $110 million.
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The company’s new funding round, announced Tuesday (July 22), included contributions from Nvidia and data cloud company Snowflake, and will help Reka scale its multimodal platform for more widespread enterprise adoption.
“Reka is known for its ultra-efficient multimodal...
The Bank of England is considering pausing its plans to create a digital currency.
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That’s according to a report Tuesday (July 22) from Bloomberg News, which calls this the latest sign of declining enthusiasm for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) around the world.
The central bank (BOE) has been quietly pushing the financial sector to instead focus on payment...
The head of Western Union reportedly views stablecoins as an opportunity rather than a threat.
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In an interview with Bloomberg News Monday (July 21), CEO Devin McGranahan said his company and customers would benefit from anything that allowed people to make faster, less costly cross-border transactions.
“Last I checked, you couldn’t spend stablecoin if you wanted to buy...
Banking giant J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly considering lending against its customers’ cryptocurrency holdings.
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That’s according to a report Tuesday (July 22) from the Financial Times (FT), which calls the proposed plan the latest signal that big banks are supporting crypto’s mainstreaming.
Such a policy, the report adds, would mark a major shift for J.P. Morgan CEO...
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When it comes to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the conversation around financial empowerment is overdue for an overhaul.
Despite accounting for over 99% of businesses in the United States, SMBs have historically been treated as an afterthought by traditional financial...
Watch more: Mid-Market Firms Gain Enterprise-Grade Treasury Tech as Finance Goes Instant
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Technology has pulled the world into a more efficient, digital future. That’s been great news for the treasury function.
In the not-so-distant past, the corporate treasury function was largely viewed as administrative — a necessary but isolated domain responsible for managing...
Software has already eaten much of the enterprise world, and now the digital revolution is coming for Main Street. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the heart and soul of commerce around the world, are ready and primed for it.
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That’s according to PYMNTS Intelligence data in the June 2025 “Payments Optimization Tracker® Series” report, “Platform Power: The...