Demand for 1 Leadership Skill Just Spiked 350 Percent in a Year, Report Finds

Companies are pushing AI transformation without permanently expanding headcount.

Companies are pushing AI transformation without permanently expanding headcount.
Nostalgia is one of the hottest fast-food trends of the year, with many chains leaning into the past to grab customers’ attention. Chick-fil-A has spent much of 2026 embracing that strategy, in honor of the chain’s 80th anniversary. At the top of the year, the chain declared it a year of “Newstalgia,” introducing retro cups…
Businesses can move money faster than ever. Their customers, however, may still need to navigate a maze of messages, portals, passwords and payments pages before that money starts moving. The disconnect is creating a largely invisible revenue leak for consumer lenders, utilities and other companies that depend on recurring customer payments. “Payments is not the…
German development finance institution DEG is proposing an additional $10 million loan to JC Growth Credit Fund 1 LP, a venture debt vehicle managed by Singapore-based investment firm January Capital, according to a disclosure seen by CrowdFund Insider. The proposed financing would top up an earlier $20 million unsecured, senior long-term loan from DEG to…
Debit cards are used several times a day without attracting much attention until the moment something goes wrong. A declined grocery purchase, an unfamiliar merchant name in a banking app or a card shut down because of suspected fraud can quickly change how a customer views the institution behind the card. The stakes are greater…
Peter Thiel, one of Silicon Valley’s most prolific investors, co-founded Palantir (PLTR -1.75%) with Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, Alex Karp, and Nathan Gettings in 2003. Through his personal assets and venture capital fund, Thiel invested about $30 million in the new company. Before Palantir went public through a direct listing in 2020, Thiel owned nearly…
Singapore-based stablecoin payments company Triple-A suffered a weekend security breach that affected its company assets. The incident, which happened Saturday (July 25) and was announced Monday (July 27), was part of a series of recent breaches at digital asset companies. Triple-A said the incident had been contained and its services had returned to normal. “Client…