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Acquisitions
Walgreens Agrees to Acquisition by Sycamore Partners

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) said Thursday (March 6) that it has entered into a...

Fraud Prevention
Report: Riskified Considering Sale After Receiving Takeover Interest

Fraud prevention software firm Riskified is reportedly exploring a sale and other options. The...

Cryptocurrency
Trump Establishes ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ and ‘US Digital Asset Stockpile’

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and...

Cryptocurrency
Report: White House Digital Assets Summit to Spotlight Crypto-Related Executive...

The White House Digital Assets Summit set for Friday (March 7) reportedly may include...

artificial intelligence
Two AI Pioneers Win Turing Award for Key Technique Used...

Two professors who pioneered a key technique that became central to the development of...

Earnings
Costco Leans Into Memberships Amid Tariff Uncertainty

As the Trump administration rolls out — and rescinds — tariffs on Canada and...

Personnel
LoanDepot Founder Anthony Hsieh Returns to Executive Team

LoanDepot has announced a leadership transition in which its founder, chairman of the board...

Spend Management
Manual Spend Management Is Disaster Waiting to Happen in Digital...

Enterprise spend is increasingly digital, globalized and instant. It is also stubbornly manual in...

Healthcare
Athenahealth Expands AI Documentation Technology With Abridge Partnership

Athenahealth is partnering with Abridge to integrate the company’s enhanced note-taking technology into its...

Security & Fraud
Socure Introduces New Risk Score to Combat Repeat First-Party Fraud

Socure has introduced a new tool designed to combat repeat first-party fraud. The new...

Bank Regulation
Reports: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Wants Financial Regulators Focused on...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly said Thursday (March 6) that his department will work...

B2B Payments
This Week in B2B: Embracing Complexity Is Transforming Back Offices

Businesses are far from simple enterprises. They’re incredibly complex, with processes shaped over decades...

Banking
Report: US Banks OK With Regulations in Canada Despite Trump’s...

While banks in the United States face obstacles to doing business in Canada, they...

Earnings
Kroger Reports 11% Growth in Digital Sales in Q4

Kroger saw growth in digital sales, employees’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and...

artificial intelligence
Meta Expects ‘Every Business’ to Begin Using Agentic AI

Meta is reportedly planning a major expansion of its AI offerings for business users. The...

Earnings
Macy’s Focuses on Customer Experience and Long-Term Growth

In a retail world where growth is harder to come by, Macy’s is prioritizing...

Loans
Late Car Payments Hit Highest Rate in More Than 30...

American consumers are missing monthly car payments at the highest rate since 1994. The...

Acquisitions
Amex Acquires Center to Bolster Small Business Expense Management

American Express is set to purchase expense management software firm Center. The deal is...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Models: Google Debuts ‘AI Mode’ for Search; Perplexity Unveils...

Google has introduced a new capability in search it calls “AI Mode.” Still experimental,...

Cryptocurrency
Report: Trump’s World Liberty Financial Adds $20 Million in Crypto

President Donald Trump’s decentralized finance (DeFi) firm World Liberty Financial reportedly appears to have...

Partnerships
Ordoro Launches Small Business eCommerce Partnership With Syncware

eCommerce logistics/inventory management company Ordoro has joined forces with cloud-based integration platform Syncware. The...

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