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American importers are facing yet another complication from White House trade policies.
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As Reuters reported Monday (June 16), it’s a phenomenon known as “tariff stacking,” which is placing increasing pressure on businesses that source products from countries like China.
The report uses the example of Texas businessman John Hamer, whose company, Rodgers Wade...
Pakistan is reportedly working on making digital assets a major part of its economy.
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To that end, the country recently hosted a meeting with Michael Saylor, executive chairman of business intelligence (BI) company Strategy, holder of the world’s largest corporate bitcoin reserve, Coindesk reported Monday (June 16).
According to the report, officials at the meeting...
OpenAI’s acquisition of legendary Apple designer Jony Ive’s artificial intelligence (AI) devices startup will lead to a new computing era similar to the leap from flip phones to the touchscreen smartphone.
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That’s the prediction of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who made the revelation during a fireside chat on Friday (June 13) at the VivaTech 2025 conference in Paris.
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Instant payments have become a competitive imperative for financial institutions (FIs) of all sizes.
As real-time payment adoption accelerates in the United States, a key trend is reshaping the landscape: multi-rail strategies. Banks are realizing they do not need to choose between The Clearing House’s private RTP® network and the Federal Reserve’s public FedNow® Service. Rather, they can gain...
Brazil’s financial landscape has been dramatically reshaped by Pix, the instant payment system that has stood at the forefront of the nation’s drive toward broader financial inclusion, empowering millions who previously relied solely on physical cash to enter the formal economy. Since its launch, Pix has brought more than 17 million Brazilians into the financial system.
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Across more than 10,000 banks and credit unions in the United States, only a small subset has a direct merchant acquiring strategy.
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Yet, one would be hard-pressed to find a single bank that does not have a small- to medium-sized business (SMB) banking strategy in-house.
“It’s a natural extension [of that small business strategy] to allow those small businesses to accept...
A fundamental shift in consumer financial behavior is redefining the landscape for banking institutions, revealing that even high income doesn’t guarantee proactive money management when the economy gets tight.
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New research from PYMNTS Intelligence reveals that consumer financial management isn’t solely a function of income but a reflection of distinct behavioral...
The link between feeling good and playing good isn’t just tied to sports. It can hold sway in the business landscape, too.
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How a business feels and its sense of certainty may be just as important as how it performs. As interest rates, supply chain fragility, and inflation continue to unsettle markets, firms are not just navigating numbers. They’re navigating their own...
The intersection of generative AI and computational medicine is not just a convergence of buzzwords. It signals a paradigm shift in clinical research, and it could be coming in large part through the use of AI-powered digital twins, which in healthcare are simple in theory, but transformative in practice.
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Drug development has traditionally been an industry defined by...
The CE 100 rode the waves of volatile trading this past week, alongside the broader market indices, to finish 1.8% lower.
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The prospect of widening conflict in the Middle East helped overshadow the news that inflation slowed, a bit, as measured in May.
The recent performance reversed some of the gains logged in recent weeks. Only the Be Well sector moved higher, adding...