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CE 100 Index Gains 0.4% as Coursera Jumps on Earnings
CE 100 Index Gains 0.4% as Coursera Jumps on Earnings
July 29, 2024  |  Connected Economy

Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) helped drive Coursera shares (and results) significantly higher this past week, while earnings began to trickle in for the CE...

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Cash App Exiting UK to Increase Focus on US
Cash App Exiting UK to Increase Focus on US
July 18, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Cash App says it will exit the British market as it focuses on the U.S. The mobile payments service announced Thursday (July 19) that it...

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Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation
Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation
July 04, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture.  It is the same critical juncture, or at least one...

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Block Says Bitcoin Holdings Allow It to Study Technology’s Potential
Block Says Bitcoin Holdings Allow It to Study Technology’s Potential
June 27, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

One motivation for Block’s investment in bitcoin is to learn about the technology and how to use it. The company invests 10% of its gross...

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Q1 Earnings Show Lending Platforms’ Digital Path to Financial Wellness
Q1 Earnings Show Lending Platforms’ Digital Path to Financial Wellness
May 20, 2024  |  Personal Finance

Over the last several months, PYMNTS Intelligence data has revealed in separate reports that tens of millions of consumers would opt for a single point...

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Block-Owned TBD and Chipper Cash Partner on Cross-Border Payments in Africa
Block-Owned TBD and Chipper Cash Partner on Cross-Border Payments in Africa
May 15, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Block-owned TBD and African FinTech Chipper Cash partnered to facilitate B2C and B2B cross-border payments across 40 African countries. Chipper Cash has integrated with TBD’s open messaging protocol, tbDEX, to...

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Making Sense of the State of Crypto in 2024
Making Sense of the State of Crypto in 2024
May 10, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

There might be as many opinions about crypto as there are cryptocurrency tokens. And with tens of thousands of digital assets populating the crypto market,...

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Earnings Season Shows Consumers Using BNPL More for Clothes, Travel
Earnings Season Shows Consumers Using BNPL More for Clothes, Travel
May 08, 2024  |  BNPL

Earnings season’s not over yet — and the picture on consumer spending is mixed thus far. The payment networks and banks have noted that though...

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CE 100 Index Rises 0.7% as Earnings Drive Lifestyle Categories
CE 100 Index Rises 0.7% as Earnings Drive Lifestyle Categories
May 06, 2024  |  Connected Economy

The CE 100 Index gained 0.7%, buoyed by continued earnings reports that boosted the fortunes of the Shop and Live pillars. Shares of Koninklijke Philips...

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