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Are consumers ready to spend bitcoin on everyday goods? Cryptocurrency payment platform NectarPay is testing that question with a rollout of 11,000 handheld point-of-sale terminals to merchants across Texas, following an initial deployment of 1,000 terminals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The terminals are designed to allow merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments directly from customers…

The biggest challenge in modern payments isn’t moving money instantly—it’s making sure it reaches the right person. As payment technologies continue to evolve, fraudsters are finding new ways to exploit faster transactions, leaving financial institutions with little time to detect and stop suspicious activity. Preventing fraud now requires shifting from reactive controls to real-time, data-driven…

Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) has reported Q2 2026 earnings, which delivered revenue of $92.6 million and a net loss of $280 million Adjusted EBITDA was $29.5 million, with digital asset sales reported at $32.6 billion (versus $58.6 million in the year-prior quarter). For the six months ending in June, digital asset sales were$84.4 million compared to…

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images The first three-plus years of the artificial intelligence buildout has been paid for through record amounts of equity and…

Home Banking People on the Move: EIF, Barclays, Standard Chartered, and Julius Baer This article appears in the September 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. Jean-Christophe Laloux, EIF The European Investment Fund (EIF) has appointed Jean-Christophe Laloux as its next CEO, effective Jan 1. He will succeed Marjut Falkstedt, who plans to retire.  Laloux currently…

Enterprise users can now offer the buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans that have gained popularity among retailers. Klarna and Fiserv are teaming up to bring Klarna’s payment options to Commerce Hub, Fiserv’s enterprise commerce platform, for the first time. The service will allow enterprise merchants to offer Klarna’s plans both in-store and online. Customers…