El Salvador, already the world’s first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, is now set to pioneer another milestone in cryptocurrency adoption this time with stablecoins. On Jan. 29, 2026, Truther, a blockchain payments company, will debut a Visa card that allows users to spend USDT (Tether) directly from their digital wallets no top-ups, … Read more
The artificial intelligence boom has triggered a financial arms race and OpenAI’s backers are leading it. According to an analysis by the Financial Times, OpenAI’s key infrastructure and investment partners including SoftBank, Oracle, CoreWeave, and Blue Owl Capital could collectively borrow up to $100 billion to fund massive data center projects tied to the AI … Read more
Black Friday 2025 wasn’t just another record-setting shopping day it was the moment artificial intelligence officially became retail’s new engine. Shoppers spent nearly $11.8 billion online, marking a 9% increase from 2024, according to Adobe Analytics. The record-setting haul came amid mixed consumer confidence and tight budgets but smarter, AI-powered tools turned browsing into buying. … Read more
In what experts are calling one of the most serious data breaches in South Korea’s history, Coupang, the nation’s largest eCommerce platform, announced that personal details of 33.7 million customers were exposed following a cyberattack that began months ago. The company often dubbed the “Amazon of South Korea” disclosed that the breach originated through overseas … Read more
For years, retailers have quietly used artificial intelligence to adjust prices based on who is shopping, where they are, or even how much they’ve spent before. That era of opacity may be ending at least in one state. In a historic step, New York has become the first state in the U.S. to regulate “personalized … Read more
India’s retail landscape already one of the most competitive in the world is seeing its biggest players shift from selling products to funding purchases. Amazon and Flipkart, long rivals in eCommerce, are now competing in a new arena: digital lending and consumer finance. In late November 2025, both companies unveiled moves that could reshape India’s … Read more
In a world where every business runs on data, cyber insurance has become one of the most sought-after safety nets and one of the hardest to sustain profitably. Yet one of the industry’s biggest names, Beazley, is stepping back. The London-based insurer, long considered a pioneer in cyber risk coverage, has begun to scale down … Read more
Every November, the holiday shopping season begins with a sense of excitement and ends, for some, in regret. As millions of consumers flood marketplaces like Amazon, Facebook, and eBay in search of last-minute gifts and doorbuster deals, an unseen network of scammers is doing the same targeting wallets instead of wish lists. The Better Business … Read more
This holiday season, the biggest competition in retail isn’t on the store shelf it’s inside the shopping app. Amazon and Walmart, two of America’s largest retailers, are quietly rewriting the playbook for digital commerce with their AI-powered shopping assistants, Rufus and Sparky. Both started as tools meant to make shopping easier. But in late 2025, … Read more
Ahead of the 2025 holiday rush, ChatGPT, a cutting-edge AI model, was asked to predict key trends in the holiday shopping season. Its predictions reveal valuable insights into what products will dominate gift lists, the evolving shopping behaviors of consumers, and how payment methods will shift in response to changing economic conditions. By understanding these … Read more