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Capturing Crypto’s Product-Market Fit Within Cross-Border Payments
Capturing Crypto’s Product-Market Fit Within Cross-Border Payments
June 04, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

In a landscape defined by unprecedented digitization and global connectivity, cross-border payments remain a paradox. That’s because, despite the size of the total addressable market...

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Walmart Adds Customer Insights Feature to Luminate Platform
Walmart Adds Customer Insights Feature to Luminate Platform
June 04, 2024  |  Retail

Walmart’s latest digital offering is designed to help its suppliers understand their shoppers. Digital Landscapes, a “self-serve insights solution,” is being added to the Walmart...

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Mall of America: Consumers Want Social Media to Inform Shopping Experiences
Mall of America: Consumers Want Social Media to Inform Shopping Experiences
June 04, 2024  |  Retail

From influencer pop-ups to store openings for TikTok-famous brands, malls are taking the social media shopping experience to brick-and-mortar locations to reach young consumers. Jill...

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Will Gen Z Put a New Face on Social Commerce?
Will Gen Z Put a New Face on Social Commerce?
June 04, 2024  |  Social Commerce

Meta’s recent news that it is seeing a surge in younger users may help set the stage for a rising tide in social commerce. The...

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UAE Proposes AI ‘Marriage’ With US
UAE Proposes AI ‘Marriage’ With US
June 04, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

The United Arab Emirates reportedly hopes to deepen its artificial intelligence relationship with the United States. Omar Sultan Al Olama, the UAE’s AI minister, told...

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Sword Health to Roll Out AI Assistant for Physical Therapy
Sword Health to Roll Out AI Assistant for Physical Therapy
June 04, 2024  |  Healthcare

Sword Health has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant called Phoenix that uses natural conversation to guide and react to patients during their physical therapy...

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Transport Companies Plot Paths to Initial Public Offerings
Transport Companies Plot Paths to Initial Public Offerings
June 04, 2024  |  IPO

Transportation and logistics firms are reportedly working to overcome a roadblock to initial public offerings (IPOs). These companies are considering IPOs after a stretch of...

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Monzo: UK Bank Watchdog Ends Money Laundering Probe
Monzo: UK Bank Watchdog Ends Money Laundering Probe
June 04, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

The U.K.’s financial watchdog has apparently dropped a probe into Monzo’s anti-money laundering system. That’s according to an item buried deep in the neobank’s annual report issued Monday (June...

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Visa Says 10 Billion Tokenized Payments Are Just the Beginning
Visa Says 10 Billion Tokenized Payments Are Just the Beginning
June 04, 2024  |  VISA

The modern consumer more and more demands convenience and seamlessness across their daily lives. This simple, singular fact has served as a benchmark for much...

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