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Hackers from North Korea are reportedly flooding the cryptocurrency sector with seemingly legitimate job offers.
As Reuters reported Thursday (Sept. 4), it’s part of a scam to steal digital assets, and a problem so widespread that job applicants have begun screening recruiters to spot signs they might be working for the North Korean government.
“It happens to me all the time and I’m...
In the span of just a few years, prediction markets have leapt from obscure crypto experiments into the heart of financial, political and cultural debate.
And with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Wednesday (Sep. 3) issuing a no-action letter regarding event contracts, that momentum appears set to continue its trajectory forward.
The letter, issued in response to...
When Dr. Mark Truty was in college, his father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Doctors told the family the tumor appeared localized and attempted surgery.
“I remember when the surgeon came out, he said they got most of it. And I never understood that. Like, what do you mean most of them?” Truty recalled, in a Mayo Clinic video. The cancer spread to his father’s liver and abdomen...
Private sector job growth slowed in August, while the rate of pay gains was little changed, ADP said Thursday (Sept. 4).
The private sector added 54,000 jobs during the month, a figure that was down from the revised total of 106,000 added in July, the human resources (HR) and payroll solution provider said in a Thursday press release.
Year-over-year pay growth was little changed in...
Financial technology company FIS has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered treasury management solution.
FIS Neural Treasury combines AI, machine learning and robotics to help corporate treasurers increase efficiency, reduce operational risk and unlock cash flow to finance strategic growth opportunities according to a Thursday (Sept. 4) news release.
“Amidst rapid...
Corporate card company Brex is reportedly expanding in Europe as it prepares to go public.
The company obtained a license that lets it serve businesses in Europe and plans to roll out its offering there and in the United Kingdom, the Financial Times reported Thursday (Sept. 4).
CEO Pedro Franceschi said in the report that the expansion gives Brex access to a market worth up to as much...
Ant International-owned merchant payment and digitization services provider Antom has launched its agentic payment solution.
The new offering, announced Thursday (Sept. 4), features what the company calls a “first-of-its-kind” secure alternative payment method (APM) checkout solution, and makes Antom among the first Visa and Mastercard partners to pilot card-based transaction...
As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms the way people search online, businesses face a new challenge: How to stay visible when fewer users click through to websites while AI chatbots and Google’s AI Overviews provide answers directly on the page.
Search engine optimization, or SEO, has long been the process of improving how websites rank on Google and Bing through tactics such as...
Watch more: The Digital Shift
Running a small business has never been simple. Owners often juggle thin margins, supply chain pressures, labor costs and rising interest rates — all while trying to keep an eye on cash flow.
The volatility of the macro environment makes the job harder, and so does the patchwork of digital tools many owners rely on for back-office tasks. “Banks are...
Watch more: Visa Gives Developers New Tools to Accelerate Agentic Commerce
“There’s almost a reimagining of the internet going on right now,” Visa Senior Vice President and Global Head of Growth Rubail Birwadker told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster. For the past 30 years, eCommerce has been about keeping bad bots out. The fraudsters, scrapers and hostile traffic. Now, the challenge is flipped...