Betterment will likely use the fresh funds to broaden its investing options—and crypto products have a high potential growth vector.
Affirm plans to launch a crypto trading feature, and Zip will support some of Adyen’s merchant partners.
DC Comics is the latest to adopt NFTs, but their actual popularity remains questionable: The virtual collectibles are cropping up across industries, but adopters often face fan backlash due to the technology’s environmental impact.
The future of Google Search is going to be visual: The updates will make it increasingly difficult for competitors to make inroads.
PNC teams up with Akoya on customer data sharing: The open-banking provider has added data from over 9 million customers of yet another big bank—as different players in the US jockey for technology market share.
Banking execs lag behind neobanks in eyeing niche outreach: A Temenos survey of senior banking leaders shows interest in serving underserved groups. But niche neobanks have already gotten there ahead of them.
YouTube is the latest social platform to crack down on vaccine misinformation: The company is one of many facing criticism for struggling to moderate the influx of health-related content.
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Invoking the Defense Production Act may be an imperfect but necessary step towards fixing the chip shortage: The Biden administration is split on using the Cold War-era law.
Digital health goes under the knife and could upend the future of surgeries: Digital surgery startup Activ Surgical nabbed $77 million as startups like it fuel the smart hospital wave.