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Financial literacy is becoming a key feature in the competition for the next generation of banking customers. Google’s latest Wallet update reflects that shift, introducing parent-managed accounts that allow children to make purchases while parents set limits and monitor activity. Google Wallet will now allow parents to establish a balance for children under 18, complete…
Goran13/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash The latest employment report showed that 23,000 jobs were shed in July, compared to June’s 20,000 gain. This figure was significantly lower than the projected addition of 85,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked down to
Rockefeller Capital Management has recruited a 14-person team in Ohio to Rockefeller Global Family Office, the firm’s wealth management division. Jones Wealth Partners joins Rockefeller after more than four decades with Merrill Lynch, where they managed about $2 billion in assets under management, according to Forbes. The move allows Rockefeller to expand its Ohio footprint,…
Just over half of accountants report being “highly satisfied” with their jobs, according to an ongoing survey — and perhaps just as important, the sources of dissatisfaction in the profession are becoming clearer and clearer. The preliminary results of the 3rd Annual CPA Career Satisfaction Survey, which were released at last week’s Bridging the Gap…
BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Aug. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) (the “Company” or “Ecopetrol”) announces that, in connection with the merger by absorption between Ecopetrol S.A., as the surviving company, and Parque Solar Portón del Sol S.A.S., as the absorbed company (the “Merger”), approved by Ecopetrol’s General Shareholders’ Meeting on March 27, 2026,…
Digital Transactions News staff August 7, 2026 Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Electronic Bill Payment, Issuing/Originating, Mobile Wallets, Transaction Processing Payments platform Repay Holdings Corp. launched REPAY Voice, a voice-response system using artificial intelligence to process consumers’ bill payments. Earlier this month, the company said it was working on a system…
Life insurers reported a 20.7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in new business premium (NBP) to ₹47,004.84 crore in July, marking an acceleration from 13 per cent growth in June, driven by robust premium mobilisation by both state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and private insurers. According to data released by…
As banks and investment firms move more operations into cloud-based identity platforms, collaboration suites and SaaS ecosystems, attackers are no longer trying to breach the network. They’re logging in. A campaign update shared Thursday (Aug. 6) by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group showed attackers from the threat actor group UNC6671 had initiated a cyber infiltration campaign…
KuCoin is bringing stablecoin payments into a more familiar business tool: the prepaid card. The crypto exchange’s payments arm has launched an enterprise gift card that allows companies to issue USDT and USDC-based cards for rewards, promotions and other business uses, marking another effort to connect digital assets with everyday commerce. The KuCoin Gift…
The US labour market debate is divided. Ask consumers and they’ll tell you hiring conditions are the worst since the mid-2010s (ex-pandemic). Ask the initial claims data and you’d conclude companies won’t let anyone go. Today the Fed’s Barkin reiterated that it’s a low-hire, low-fire economy. Zoom out and the pain is concentrated in one…