Mastercard is partnering with fintech startup MoneyHash to offer a unified payment solution for merchants in emerging markets. The deal aims to tackle notoriously high payment failure and fraud rates by streamlining complex integrations.
The Swedish fintech giant Klarna is diving deeper into crypto. Its new partnership with Coinbase will allow institutional investors to provide capital using stablecoins, a move that follows the launch of its own KlarnaUSD token in late November 2023.
Frontier, the carbon-buying group backed by tech giants, is putting another $44.2 million into Canadian carbon removal. Their latest deal is with Nulife GreenTech, which uses a pressure-cooker-like process to turn biowaste into storable carbon. It’s part of a major spending spree on future carbon cr
ByteDance has reportedly agreed to divest TikTok’s US operations to a consortium including Oracle and Silver Lake. The deal, set to close by January 22, 2026, aims to address national security concerns but still needs Chinese approval.
The financial experience of American workers is splitting along a new fault line: when you get paid, not just how much. Salaried workers see expanding options, while hourly workers face tightening constraints from paycheck delays and penalties. This timing gap is eroding wage gains and defining econ
A deal has been struck to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to an investment group led by Oracle. The move is designed to comply with U.S. national security law and avoid a ban.
The fear that AI will immediately wipe out jobs isn’t playing out in early data. Instead, a new report finds occupations with high AI exposure saw stronger employment and wage growth. This suggests a more complex, skills-driven transition is underway.
A new report reveals managers at Google and other Fortune 100 companies are aggressively blocking off “focus time” on their calendars. They’re treating these solo sessions as mission-critical meetings to combat constant pings and shallow work.
SonicWall is warning customers about an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its SMA 1000 series remote-access appliances. Attackers are chaining it with a previously patched flaw to achieve root-level takeover. This comes after a major cloud backup breach earlier in 2025 that exposed config
CIBC Innovation Banking has announced a $25 million USD financing deal for BinSentry. The funding will accelerate the Kitchener-Waterloo company’s global growth as it uses AI sensors to monitor animal feed.
