GoDaddy Teams With Apple on Contactless Payments
GoDaddy Teams With Apple on Contactless Payments
April 17, 2023  |  Partnerships

GoDaddy wants to help businesses offer contactless, in-person payments. The web hosting company announced in a Monday (April 17) press release it is collaborating with...

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Kroger Begins Taking Apple Pay as Shoppers Demand Easier Payments
Kroger Begins Taking Apple Pay as Shoppers Demand Easier Payments
April 17, 2023  |  Mobile Wallets

After nearly a decade of holding out, Kroger is beginning to accept Apple Pay. In the past week, multiple reports of Apple Pay appearing in...

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Can Humanity Ever Match, Much Less Control, AI’s Hyper-Rapid Growth?
Can Humanity Ever Match, Much Less Control, AI’s Hyper-Rapid Growth?
April 17, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

There is nothing artificial about the potentially century-defining impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai called AI and its...

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SEC Charges Bittrex With Operating Unregistered National Securities Exchange
SEC Charges Bittrex With Operating Unregistered National Securities Exchange
April 17, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto asset trading platform Bittrex and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are headed to court. The SEC has charged Bittrex and its co-founder and...

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Restaurant Price Anxiety Steers Consumers Toward QSRs
Restaurant Price Anxiety Steers Consumers Toward QSRs
April 17, 2023  |  Economy

As consumers strain under rising restaurant inflation, many are switching from full-service to fast food. Last month, for the first time throughout this period of...

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How Far Will Apple Move Into Banking?
How Far Will Apple Move Into Banking?
April 17, 2023  |  Digital Banking

The Apple/Goldman Sachs joint efforts to make inroads into consumer banking continue. And for Apple, the debut of a Goldman Sachs savings account — geared...

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Floodlight Raises $6.4 Million for ‘Smart Business Account for eCommerce’
Floodlight Raises $6.4 Million for ‘Smart Business Account for eCommerce’
April 17, 2023  |  Investments

Floodlight has raised $6.4 million in a seed round to expand its “smart business account for eCommerce.” The United Kingdom-based company’s account enables eCommerce small-...

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Lloyds Bank Unveils PayMe Payments Service for Businesses
Lloyds Bank Unveils PayMe Payments Service for Businesses
April 17, 2023  |  Banking

Lloyds Bank has debuted a service that lets businesses make one-off payments within minutes. “Through Lloyds Bank PayMe, businesses do not have to gather or...

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SoundHound Lands $100 Million in Financing as AI Takes Off
SoundHound Lands $100 Million in Financing as AI Takes Off
April 17, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

SoundHound AI is hoping new financing will help it capitalize on the artificial intelligence boom. The voice artificial intelligence (AI) company announced Monday (April 17)...

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