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As finance teams and C-suite leaders brace themselves for the hype cycle of innovations like AI and stablecoins, another technological breakthrough is steadily making waves: quantum computing.
When the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday (Oct. 7) to three pioneers in quantum computing, the headlines were understandably celebratory.
Yet...
SoftBank Group plans to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, saying the move will complement its existing investments in artificial intelligence and robots.
Subject to customary closing conditions, SoftBank expects the acquisition to close in mid- to late-2026, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 8) press release.
The acquisition is part of SoftBank’s growing business...
Payments processor Thredd released an anti-fraud solution developed in tandem with Visa’s Featurespace.
One View allows card transactions and non-card payments to be intelligently monitored under a single, network-agnostic interface and rules engine to enhance fraud detection, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 8) press release.
“For the first time, FinTechs, banks and other organizations...
Amazon is bringing its pharmacy service to its medical practice.
The tech giant is launching Amazon Pharmacy Kiosks, which will be placed in medical offices, allowing patients to pick up prescriptions immediately following their doctor appointments, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 8) news release.
“Every year in the U.S., nearly one-third of prescriptions are never filled and half of...
In 1915, a Wall Street analyst named Benjamin Graham saw an opportunity. Guggenheim Exploration was trading as a single stock, but it held shares in multiple copper mining companies worth far more than the parent company’s price. Graham bought the undervalued parent, shorted the overvalued components, and waited. When the structure dissolved, he captured the spread exactly as he had hoped (and...
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In an era of high interest rates, volatile currency markets, and rapidly shifting global flows of money, working capital has emerged as far more than an operational concern. For many finance chiefs, it has become a strategic differentiator.
“Working capital efficiency is the topmost important thing. In our business, treasury and cash flow...
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Is the B2B sales world ready for AI-powered platforms that act less like pieces of software and more like tireless, always-on members of the sales team?
It might be.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is writing a new thesis for the near future of B2B commerce. Buyers want to self-educate quickly, on their own terms, without...
For decades, finance teams have been branded as the “cost center” of the enterprise, a department primarily responsible for controlling budgets, approving expenses and delivering reports.
“Go to the finance team to get your expenses approved, right? Or to check on your budget, and they say yes or no,” Emanuel Pleitez, head of finance at Finix, said during a discussion for the PYMNTS...
The digital divide that once separated who paid how across borders is narrowing fast. In the United States, digital wallets have become the great equalizer. They’re used almost as readily by retirees as by recent college graduates, and by middle-income consumers as by the wealthy.
That’s the subtle but striking finding in “Global Money Movement: U.S. Edition,” an April 2025 data brief...
The FinTech initial public offering (IPO) market has roared back to life in 2025 after several quiet years.
However, it’s not the same speculative surge that defined the last cycle. Early offerings from Klarna, Figure Technology Solutions, Circle and Chime have largely been met with optimism and double-digit increases from their offering prices, while the business models themselves...