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Ramp Acquires Billhop to Expand into EU and UK Markets
Ramp aims for broader payment solutions and market reach through acquisition.Highlights: Ramp has acquired Billhop, focusing on expanding in Europe and the UK.The acquisition aims to enhance Ramp's payment...
FinTech
Chaseitai Launches AI Agents for Call Center Loan Servicing
New AI technology aims to enhance customer service in fintech.Highlights: Chaseitai introduces AI agents for call center support.New...
FinTech
UK MPs Call for Royal Commission to Strengthen Financial Conduct Regulation
Parliamentarians emphasize the need for improved oversight in the financial sector.Highlights: UK MPs demand a Royal Commission to...
FinTech
Experian Launches Credit Score App in ChatGPT, Enhancing Financial Access
New tool enables users to check credit scores effortlessly via ChatGPT.Highlights: Experian's app allows users to check credit...
FinTech
US Senate Passes Bill Banning Issuance of CBDCs
Legislation aims to restrict the development of digital currencies by the Federal Reserve.Highlights: The US Senate approved a...
Foxconn and Nvidia are building ‘AI factories’ to accelerate self-driving cars
Nvidia and Foxconn are working together to build so-called “AI factories,” a new class of data centers that promise to provide supercomputing powers to...
Bud Financial bolsters leadership team with two new senior hires
Bud Financial, a UK-based fintech, appoints two new senior executives.
Rachel Fairhurst becomes vice president of credit risk and client success.
Fairhurst has...
Nirvana nabs $57M to make AI inroads into commercial trucking insurance
Nirvana Insurance — an insurance startup taking a new approach to insurance products for commercial fleets using artificial intelligence, telematics, internet-of-things technology and 15...
6 VCs explain how startups can capture and defend marketshare in the AI era
You cannot escape conversations about AI no matter how far or fast you run. Hyperbole abounds around what current AI tech will be able...
Didi’s autonomous vehicle arm raises $149M from state investors
When Didi created an autonomous vehicle subsidiary in 2020, the venture was seen as a Chinese counterpart to Uber’s AV unit. The tides of...
Paytech Medius taps acquired Expensya talent for two new senior appointments
Medius acquires Expensya and appoints two senior executives.
Karim Jouini, former CEO of Expensya, becomes Chief Product and Technology Officer at Medius.Tasked...
Upfront’s Kobie Fuller is reimagining the blog post with the interactivity of generative AI
When blogging first came to the forefront back in the early 2000s, it provided a way to deliver a complex idea to a broad...
Backed by a16z, Relay races to market with Zapier in its crosshairs
A new automation startup is setting out to eat Zapier’s lunch, formally launching to the public today after an extended period in beta.
Relay, as...
Google’s AI-powered search experience can now generate images, write drafts
Google’s AI-powered search feature, SGE (Search Generative Experience), is gaining some new skills, starting today. The AI feature, which introduces a conversational mode in...

