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Companies looking for a faster way to accept payments in fiat currencies but settle in stablecoins may have a new option in an integration announced Wednesday between XDC Tech and Bridge, the stablecoin unit of the payments-technology firm Stripe. Under the arrangement, merchants can accept dollars or other fiat currencies through accounts offered by Bridge, […]
Gateway gives Fireblocks customers access to a USDC Virtual Wallet that aggregates balances across supported chains into a single account and executes transfers directly. This means a single balance deploys in real time to any supported chain, incoming USDC gets deposited automatically into the Gateway balance, and cross-chain transfers execute without gas token dependency or […]
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter breaking down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company covering emerging technology, AI, and tech policy. This week, I examine Satya Nadella’s argument that enterprises need a more balanced and less dependent relationship with frontier-model providers. […]
Everyone has bills to pay, and two payments companies are making moves to make that chore as easy as possible. Repay Holdings Corp. is working with SBT, or Solutions by Text, to enable financial-services providers to offer payment via text messages. Separately, InvoiceCloud Inc. is working with public-sector software specialist CentralSquare Technologies LLC to provide […]
Hundreds of thousands more pensioners look set to pay income tax than the government previously estimated, according to new HMRC figures. Since freezing the thresholds in 2021, more people – especially pensioners – have been caught by the income tax net. The tax allowance was set at £12,570 in 2021/22. Since then, three million more […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators he would support legislation to foreclose the creation of a $1.8 billion government weaponization fund in an apparent concession to win the support of skeptical lawmakers considering his nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Processing Content Blanche committed to helping craft the legislation during a […]
US listed Abbott Laboratories shares jumped 12% after the healthcare company reported stronger second-quarter sales and raised its full-year earnings outlook. The company said second-quarter sales rose 13% on a reported basis and 4.8% on a comparable basis. Abbott reported GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.53, while adjusted diluted earnings per share came in […]
Key Points During this year’s first half, Berkshire invested heavily in Alphabet while keeping Apple as its largest position. Both Alphabet and Apple share many traits that Buffett looks for in long-term positions. While they are not inexpensive stocks, their premiums are justified in an otherwise frothy market. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet […]
Key Takeaways Revenue stalls not because demand disappears, but because sales and marketing teams are often optimizing for different goals, creating a hidden leak in the growth engine. The fastest-growing companies eliminate this gap by aligning teams around shared definitions, metrics and accountability — not by simply generating more leads. Every founder eventually faces the […]