March, 2025

March, 2025

Conference Board Reports Employment Trends Decline Amid ‘Growing Policy Uncertainty’
The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index (ETI) declined in February, dropping to its lowest level since October and signaling a likely decrease in employment. “Growing policy uncertainty is...

Silicon Valley Startup Inception Labs Creates Faster LLM
A Silicon Valley startup founded by professors from Stanford, UCLA and Cornell has created a new type of large language model that they say is faster, cheaper and higher quality than existing models. ...

US Says Banks Can Hold Crypto, But Should They?
Blockchain and banking have, since the former’s inception, operated almost entirely at odds. Cryptocurrencies, after all, were invented as a decentralized method to store value, designed to operate ...

Affirm Launches BNPL Partnership With Resale Marketplace StockX
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm has teamed with resale marketplace StockX. The collaboration, announced Monday (March 10), lets eligible StockX shoppers in the U.S. access Affirm’s pa...

Green Dot Changes Leadership and Explores Strategic Alternatives
Digital bank and FinTech company Green Dot said Monday (March 10) that it made a leadership transition and engaged Citi to explore strategic alternatives. Effective Friday (March 7), the company appoi...

FIS Introduces ‘Treasury GPT’ in Conjunction With Microsoft AI
Financial technology firm FIS has introduced a new AI-powered offering for treasurers. The company’s “Treasury GPT,” unveiled Monday (March 10), is an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven product...

Credit Quality Weakens Slightly Among Borrowers Owing Over $100 Million
The credit risk associated with large, syndicated bank loans remains moderate, although there are some continuing trends in weakened credit quality, three federal bank regulatory agencies said Monday ...

Embedded Finance Boom Continues to Reshape Financial Ecosystems
Direct-to-consumer offers have long been a mainstay of finance. But embedded finance is reshaping what it means for banks, businesses and FinTechs to interact, in real time, with customers, generating...

B2B Payments Are Being Remade in Gen Z’s Image
Here’s a wake-up call for B2B firms: Generation Z decision makers rising through the business ranks want their B2B purchasing decisions and experiences to be as seamless, and as digital, as possible...

Real Estate Platform Redfin Acquired by Rocket Companies for $1.75 Billion
Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) has been acquired by Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) in an all-stock transaction for $1.75 billion or $12.50 per Redfin share. Shares of Redfin were trading considerably higher fol...

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