Biometrics in 2023: Reshaping Authentication, Igniting Debates and Driving Innovation
Biometrics in 2023: Reshaping Authentication, Igniting Debates and Driving Innovation
December 20, 2023  |  Biometrics

In a digital landscape increasingly defined by the surge of online and mobile shopping, consumer demand for flexible, secure and convenient ways to authenticate transactions...

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AI Needs Safety Standards and NIST Wants to Write Them
AI Needs Safety Standards and NIST Wants to Write Them
December 20, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Despite its increasing popularity, generative artificial intelligence is still in its infancy. What happens now with the novel technology will be determined by what businesses...

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Regulators Propose Policies for Managers of Open-Ended Funds
Regulators Propose Policies for Managers of Open-Ended Funds
December 20, 2023  |  Regulation

Two global financial regulators published policies designed to strengthen liquidity management by managers of open-ended funds (OEFs). The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published revised...

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BNPL Holiday ‘Hangover’ Worries May Prove to Be Tempest in Teapot
BNPL Holiday ‘Hangover’ Worries May Prove to Be Tempest in Teapot
December 20, 2023  |  BNPL

First comes the holiday spending. Then comes the holiday spending hangover — the credit crunch that leaves consumers scrambling to meet, if they can, the...

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AI Can’t Patent Inventions, UK Supreme Court Rules
AI Can’t Patent Inventions, UK Supreme Court Rules
December 20, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

The British court has ruled that a scientist cannot patent inventions created by an AI. The ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court is a “landmark” decision in...

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General Mills: Pet Food’s Digital Shift Eats Away at Retail Sales
General Mills: Pet Food’s Digital Shift Eats Away at Retail Sales
December 20, 2023  |  Earnings

As consumers increasingly turn to digital channels to feed their fur babies, General Mills is seeing in-store pet food sales take a dip, even as...

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Worldpay Helps UK Music Retailer HMV Expand Payments Choice
Worldpay Helps UK Music Retailer HMV Expand Payments Choice
December 20, 2023  |  Payment Methods

British music and entertainment retailer HMV has tapped Worldpay to help it expand in Europe. HMV will use Worldpay Omnichannel — a Worldpay and FreedomPay effort — to improve its omnichannel strategy across...

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Onbe and CardCash Partner to Offer Instant Virtual Cards
Onbe and CardCash Partner to Offer Instant Virtual Cards
December 20, 2023  |  Partnerships

Onbe and CardCash partnered to enable consumers to exchange their unwanted gift cards for instant virtual cards. With instant payouts on virtual Mastercard cards, consumers...

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E-Scooter Startup Bird Declares Bankruptcy Following Delisting
E-Scooter Startup Bird Declares Bankruptcy Following Delisting
December 20, 2023  |  Transportation

Bird, the once high-flying electric scooter startup, has filed for bankruptcy. The Miami-based company announced its Chapter 11 filing two years after going public, one...

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