Dollar holds near 18-month high as geopolitical risks rise

Dollar holds near 18-month high as geopolitical risks rise

Dollar holds near 18-month high as geopolitical risks rise
Mobile telephone numbers are evolving into much more than communication endpoints. They’re rapidly becoming verification tools, especially for online financial services, according to newly released research. The findings come from MobileSphere LLC, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of mobile-communication services, including Slynumber, which provides customers with an app-based, globally useful U.S. mobile number for inbound and…
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Consumers and merchants may stand to benefit in many ways from agentic commerce and artificial intelligence, but fraudsters may also see what they consider plusses of the data-centric technology, with Juniper Research forecasting global fraudulent transactions in digital banking and money transfer surpassing 2.2 billion by 2031, influenced by the rise of AI-enabled attacks. Juniper…
CICC’s performance in 2025 was anchored in equity capital markets, where it connected companies from the Greater Bay Area with international investors. It sponsored 41 Hong Kong IPOs with an aggregate lead underwriting amount of $7.9 billion, ranking first in the market. These included CATL’s $5.25 billion listing and the $1.35 billion IPO of Foshan…