India Wants BRICS Nations to Link Digital Currencies
India’s central bank has reportedly proposed that BRICS countries link their digital currencies. The goal here is to…
IMF Sees Threat to World Economy if AI Falls Short
The IMF is reportedly warning of a threat to the world economy from an AI downturn. In its latest World…
White House Mulls Executive Action on 10% Credit Card Cap
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump called for a cap on credit card interest rates. Now, the White…
Alibaba Adds Agentic and Payments Capabilities to Qwen
Alibaba has added agentic and payments capabilities to its consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) app Qwen App. With new…
Crypto Industry and Senate Democrats to Plan Call on Stalled Bill
Efforts are reportedly under way to restart the movement of the crypto markets bill that stalled in the…
Crypto Leaders Want Talks as Senate Delays Crypto Bill Markup
The Senate Banking Committee postponed its markup of digital asset market structure legislation after cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase withdrew…
Central Banks Hit Next Stage in Cross-Border Payment Project
A group of central and commercial banks are reportedly stepping up testing of the Agora cross-border payments project.…
Pakistan Inks Stablecoin Deal With Trump-Connected Firm
Pakistan signed a stablecoin deal with a company connected to the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm. The deal will…
Ripple Clears Cross-Border Payments Hurdle With EU Approval
Ripple says it has secured an electronic money institution license in Luxembourg. The cryptocurrency company announced the approval Wednesday (Jan. 14),…
Wayfair Participates in Google’s Standard for Agentic Commerce
Wayfair said Monday (Jan. 12) that it participated in the development of Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for…
Torq Raises $140M for Agentic AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platform
Torq raised $140 million in a Series D funding round to accelerate the adoption of its security operations…
Google Debuts ‘Universal’ Protocol for Agentic Commerce
Google has launched an agentic commerce standard dubbed the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). Announced Sunday (Jan. 11) at…