interoperability

Making Sense of Meta’s Move to Join the Fediverse 
Making Sense of Meta’s Move to Join the Fediverse 
March 22, 2024  |  Meta

Decentralization may be coming to social media’s walled gardens, and that means the future of social commerce could be more fediverse than it is metaverse....

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EU Regulation Forces Retailers to Rethink Loyalty Programs
EU Regulation Forces Retailers to Rethink Loyalty Programs
March 18, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Read anything about the recent March 7 enforcement date for the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) and you’ll inevitably see a focus on big tech companies,...

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Threads Begins Testing Interoperability With Other Platforms
Threads Begins Testing Interoperability With Other Platforms
December 13, 2023  |  Meta

Meta-owned social media platform Threads has begun tests related to its previously announced plans to make posts available on other platforms as well. “Starting a test...

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Connectivity Defined the Past Decade — Interoperability Will Shape the Next
Connectivity Defined the Past Decade — Interoperability Will Shape the Next
December 04, 2023  |  Innovation

A decade ago, in 2013, Amazon counted around a thousand robots across its fulfilment warehouses. That same year, tech giant Google spent more on headcount...

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Swift Launches Cross-Border Instant Payments
Swift Launches Cross-Border Instant Payments
November 30, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

Global messaging platform Swift says cross-border payments to Europe can reach their destination in seconds. That’s due to this week’s launch of the European Payment...

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Plaid and Cross River Team on Real-Time Payments With FedNow
Plaid and Cross River Team on Real-Time Payments With FedNow
September 18, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Cross River Bank and Plaid say they’ve joined FedNow® Service to widen customers’ instant payment access. The collaboration, announced Monday (Sept. 18), also makes Cross River among the...

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Swift Testing Interlinking CBDC Solutions With Three Central Banks
Swift Testing Interlinking CBDC Solutions With Three Central Banks
September 13, 2023  |  CBDC

Global messaging platform Swift says three central banks are testing its solution for interlinking CBDCs. In the meantime, another 30 financial institutions are experimenting with...

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Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office in EU to Address Antitrust Concerns
Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office in EU to Address Antitrust Concerns
August 31, 2023  |  Regulation

Microsoft has announced plans to unbundle its Teams software from its Office suite in Europe in response to concerns raised in an antitrust investigation by the...

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RTP® and FedNow’s Real Problem: Businesses Aren’t Asking for It
RTP® and FedNow’s Real Problem: Businesses Aren’t Asking for It
July 21, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

And then there were two. The launch of FedNow on Thursday (July 20) brings the tally of real-time payments networks to a duopoly in the...

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