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The acquisition of Discover Financial is in the rearview mirror, having been completed in May. For Capital One, the focus is on building scale with the combined entities and on building out a national banking brand.
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Tuesday (July 22), the company posted second quarter results that along with earnings supplementals revealed spending growth on credit cards and some mixed...
Venture firms are reportedly finding that when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) startups, there is more money going into investments than there is money coming out of exits.
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In the first half of the year, the amount raised by AI startups in the U.S. totaled $104.3 billion, while venture capital (VC)-backed exits totaled $36 billion, CNBC reported Tuesday (July...
Magentic raised $5.5 million in a funding round to accelerate the growth of its artificial intelligence (AI) agent platform that finds opportunities for savings in global manufacturing supply chains.
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For example, when deployed by one of the company’s clients, the AI agents found errors in a quarter of the client’s procurement documents, Magentic said in a Tuesday (July...
Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots reportedly account for a small but growing share of searches conducted through desktop browsers.
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The share of those searches in the United States that went to chatbots rather than traditional search engines reached 5.6% in June, up from 2.48% in June 2024 and 1.3% in January 2024, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (...
For years, cybersecurity has been defined by a simple but dangerous gap: the time between when a vulnerability is discovered and when it’s patched.
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Fraudsters have traditionally exploited that window, often with catastrophic results.
Now, Google is showing that the arms race may no longer be moving at human speed, potentially signaling an end to the era of overloaded...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is leveling the playing field in accounting services, giving small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners access to robust tools once reserved for large enterprises.
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Traditional client accounting services — which include labor-intensive, often manual tasks like bookkeeping, payroll and financial reporting — are being modernized by automation...
Four senators outlined their proposed steps for creating digital asset market structure legislation and invited stakeholders to comment on the draft and answer a range of questions about the topic.
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The initial discussion draft and the request for information were released Tuesday (July 22) by Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Sen. Bill...
SquareWorks Consulting added a global payment solution to its accounts payable (AP) automation software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) services.
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The company’s new International Payments capability allows AP teams to onboard, manage and pay global vendors without leaving their ERP suite, it said in a Tuesday (July 22) press release.
With this addition,...
Delta Air Lines is testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) pricing system that tailors fares to individual customers, a move that could reshape how airline tickets are sold and priced.
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The system, developed in partnership with Israeli startup Fetcherr, is already being used on 3% of Delta’s flights, with plans to expand it to 20% by the end of the year, according to...
Telegram users in the U.S. can now trade and manage cryptocurrencies inside the messaging app.
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As CNBC reported Tuesday (July 22), the company’s TON Wallet is built into Telegram’s interface and is beginning its American launch this week.
The service, developed by The Open Platform (TOP) and built on the TON blockchain lets users send stablecoins and other digital...