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Planet Fitness continues to lean on Generation Z engagement to navigate a shifting wellness landscape.
The fitness chain reported year-end and quarterly earnings Tuesday (Feb. 24) showing that it had wrapped 2025 with 20.8 million members, while also marking a record-setting 104 club openings during its fourth quarter.
CEO Colleen Keating highlighted the company’s push to modernize its...
A data breach at Conduent Business Services, an operator of back-end systems for state governments, has affected more than 25 million people across the country, according to data breach information posted this month by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).
Conduent’s systems handle Medicaid claims and eligibility systems to support child...
Meta is hoping to enter the stablecoin payment space sometime this year, CoinDesk reported Tuesday (Feb. 24), citing unnamed sources.
The move would happen if the Facebook owner is successful in integrating with a third-party company to facilitate stablecoin payments, the report said.
Meta wants to begin its stablecoin integration early in the second half of this year and is planning...
Anthropic’s Claude is moving into the human resources, design and investment banking fields, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Feb. 24).
The artificial intelligence startup announced the expansions of its chatbot Tuesday during a livestream event, the report said. The rollout comes weeks after Anthropic triggered stock market turmoil with the launch of new tools that raised questions...
Intuit and Anthropic have announced a partnership that will bring customizable artificial intelligence agents to Intuit’s platform and financial tools to Anthropic’s AI products.
The companies will begin rolling out these experiences to users in the spring, they said in a Tuesday (Feb. 24) press release.
The capability to build and deploy AI agents will be enabled by the integration of...
The latest quarterly earnings report from Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), released Tuesday (Feb. 24) offered a snapshot of how banks are allocating technology budgets amid competitive pressure and regulatory scrutiny, and how they are accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence.
Financial institutions continue to modernize core operations, deepen investments in...
Cross-border payment FinTech Payoneer applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to open a digital bank, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 24) press release.
PAYO Digital Bank, N.A., would be a national trust bank aimed at supporting “stablecoin-enabled infrastructure for global businesses,” per the release.
“Over the past year, stablecoin adoption has accelerated for real-...
Accounting-focused artificial intelligence (AI) startup Basis has raised $100 million in new funding.
The company’s Series B round, announced Tuesday (Feb. 24), was led by Accel and Google Ventures and values Basis at $1.15 billion.
“Accounting is structured, high-stakes, and essential to every business on earth. It’s also one of the most underbuilt areas in technology,” Founders...
India-based cross-border payments company Xflow raised $16.6 million in new funding.
“This milestone strengthens our mission to simplify cross-border payments for Indian exporters,” the company said in announcing its Series A round in a LinkedIn post Tuesday (Feb. 24). Investors included PayPal Ventures, Stripe, General Catalyst and others.
Xflow Head of Operations Rahul Unnikrishnan...
Home Depot is learning to grow even when housing does not.
The retailer on Tuesday (Feb. 24) reported fourth-quarter 2025 adjusted earnings per share of $2.72, comfortably ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, on revenue of $38.2 billion that also edged past forecasts despite being down 3.8% year over year. Comparable sales, long the pressure point in a sluggish housing environment,...