Hey Brendan Carr, Try Censoring This
Since we know that FCC Chair Brendan Carr sometimes reads what we write here at Techdirt, I figured I’d post this one just for him and hopes that he watches it, seeing as we know that, thanks to his...
PayPal Sells $7 Billion in BNPL Loans to Blue Owl Capital
PayPal formed a two-year, multibillion-dollar pact with asset manager Blue Owl Capital.
Under the partnership, funds managed by Blue Owl will purchase roughly $7 billion in loans from PayPa...
FIS Bolsters Account Origination Offering by Acquiring Amount
Financial technology provider FIS has acquired banking technology company Amount.
The deal, announced Wednesday (Sept. 24), is aimed at helping FIS offer solutions that “support the ...
Embedded Finance Powers B2B Modernization Across Platforms
Today’s business environment demands new ways of thinking about B2B payments.
For decades, accounts payable (AP) has been slowed by paper-based processes, siloed systems and late settleme...
AI Firm Cohere Valued at $7 Billion After Raising $100 Million
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere is now a $7 billion company.
The firm announced Wednesday (Sept. 24) that it had achieved that valuation after raising $100 million in new fu...
Instagram hits 3 billion monthly users
Facebook and WhatsApp also surpassed 3 billion monthly users this year, according to Zuckerberg.
Instagram now has...
