Moviegoers can now buy AMC-branded candies at concession stands in the company’s theaters. The new AMC Cinema Sweets line is available at all AMC theater locations across the United States, AMC Theatres said in a Wednesday (Dec. 20) press release. “We spent the last year...
Rewards-based social network Claim has emerged from stealth with $4 million in new funding. The company announced the seed round on its blog Wednesday (Dec. 20), as well as plans to roll out its platform across the U.S. in 2024 after being tested with more than 10,000 college students...
ReCommerce platform Soum has raised $18 million to expand through the Middle East. The company, founded in Saudi Arabia in 2021, now hopes to extend its business into other parts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), beginning with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the firm’s leaders...
As grocers look to close the digital adoption tab between higher- and lower-income consumers, leading players in the space are increasingly adding new options for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) recipients. Amazon, for its part, has been expanding its acceptance of SNAP...
Layer2 Financial has partnered with Evita to streamline and optimize the processes around B2B cross-border payments. This collaboration brings together the capabilities of Layer2 Financial’s banking-as-a-service (BaaS) and payments infrastructure technology and Evita’s B2B cross-border payments solution, the companies said in a Wednesday (Dec. 20)...
Expensify added a budgeting tool to its financial management app for businesses. The new tool allows admins to set monthly or annual budgets for teams, departments, employees or the company as a whole, Expensify said in a Wednesday (Dec. 20) press release. It also provides...
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 is at an all-time high. Enter biometric authentication — a game-changing technology revolutionizing how transactions are verified using unique physical...
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 and governments themselves do next. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) took a key...
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 recommendations for financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, while the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has released guidance on the...
