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Eazy Financial Services, which does business as EazyPay, has become the first acquirer in Bahrain to adopt Mastercard Receivables Manager. [contact-form-7] The company will use this solution to help merchants in Bahrain automate their B2B virtual card receivables, according to a Tuesday (July 29) press release. “EazyPay supports businesses with digital payment solutions designed to...
Google made a version of its Gemini 2.5 Deep Think artificial intelligence model available Friday (Aug. 1) in the Gemini app to Google AI Ultra subscribers. [contact-form-7] This model is a “significant improvement” over what Google announced in May at its Google I/O conference and is a variation of the one that achieved the gold-medal standard at this year’s International Math Olympiad...
Delta Air Lines reportedly told three senators that it does not and will not use customers’ personal data to set ticket prices. [contact-form-7] The airline said this in a letter sent in response to the senators’ letter, in which they cited an executive’s comments about the airline’s collaboration with artificial intelligence firm Fetcherr and said they believed Delta would use AI to...
Bank of America is reportedly seeing growing interest from investors in the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). [contact-form-7] These RWAs include stocks, bonds, bank deposits and real estate, CoinDesk reported Friday (Aug. 1), citing Bank of America analysts. Investors see opportunities in fractional ownership that broadens access to previously illiquid asset classes, as well as...
Top artificial intelligence researchers are reportedly fielding offers of as much as hundreds of millions of dollars a year amid a talent war that involves companies like Meta, OpenAI and Google. [contact-form-7] The researchers are responding by mulling over the offers with their entourages, comparing the deals with their peers and seeking counteroffers from other AI companies, The New...
Businesses are reportedly still facing uncertainty around U.S. trade policy, even after the Thursday (July 31) announcement of higher tariffs by President Donald Trump. [contact-form-7] The announcement lacked detail and left undecided some issues around key sectors, talks with China and the legal status of the new duties, Andrew Wilson, deputy secretary-general of the International...
OpenAI hit a $300 billion valuation after completing its latest round of fundraising that was five times oversubscribed. [contact-form-7] The ChatGPT maker snagged $8.3 billion months earlier than expected, according to The New York Times’ DealBook. The fundraise is part of the artificial intelligence startup’s plan to secure $40 billion in funding this year, to which SoftBank has...
Six banks were rated “outstanding” in the latest list of banks examined for Community Reinvestment Act compliance by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. [contact-form-7] Among the other banks whose evaluations were made public in July, nine were rated “satisfactory” and none were rated “needs to improve” or “substantial noncompliance,” the OCC said in a Friday (Aug. 1) press...
Here are the top artificial intelligence (AI) stories of the week: [contact-form-7] Agentic AI Systems Have to Earn Trust in 3 Ways From Enterprises CFOs are nearly universally aware of agentic artificial intelligence systems, but most are skeptical about deploying them. Many remain cautious amid concerns about implementation risks, oversight challenges and unproven ROI. According to...
Stablecoins are shifting from cryptocurrency novelty to enterprise-grade payment infrastructure. [contact-form-7] A growing cohort of financial leaders, from Fortune 500 treasury desks to FinTech integrators, is moving stablecoins from theory to operational pipelines. The shift is less about speculative upside and more about plumbing — digitizing conventional rails with programmable,...