Новости за 09.03.2026

Dify raised $30 million in a Series Pre-A funding round to accelerate work on its open-source platform for agentic workflow development. The company’s platform helps teams build, deploy and operate artificial intelligence applications and agentic workflows, Dify said in a Monday (March 9) press release. It includes a visual workflow builder with infrastructure for […]

Issuer processing platform Thredd has named a new chief technology officer (CTO). Marilyn McDonald will join the company following senior positions that offered “global transformation experience” at the likes of Citigroup, Mastercard, Expedia and StubHub, Thredd said in a Monday (March 9) news release. “Her focus is on strengthening operational readiness, bank-grade delivery, enterprise execution and continuous resilience as Thredd scales embedded finance […]

The new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) startups is beginning to look very different from the one that defined the past two years. Instead of racing to build larger, large-scale models, a growing group of companies is focusing on the systems required to make AI usable inside real organizations. This week’s funding announcements show […]

Americans’ expectations about their ability to switch jobs is at an all-time low. That’s according to the latest edition of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Monday (March 9). The survey shows that the mean probability of voluntarily leaving one’s job in the next 12 months, […]

Anthropic has introduced a marketplace that includes third-party tools for its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Claude. The Claude Marketplace, which is now in limited preview, will provide a way for enterprises to simplify their procurement of AI tools, the company said in a Friday (March 6) post on X. Organizations that have an existing Anthropic spend commitment can apply […]

Anthropic sued the Department of Defense Monday (March 9) to block it from placing a supply chain risk designation on the artificial intelligence (AI) company, Reuters reported Monday. The company filed the lawsuit in federal court in California, arguing that the designation violates its rights to free speech and due process and asking the court to […]

Microsoft has debuted a software bundle designed to promote on-the-job use of its AI tools. The company’s E7 bundle, announced Monday (March 9), will become available May 1 and cost $99 per user each month. It combines Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365 into a one solution powered by Microsoft’s Work […]

Attorneys general from several states say they haven’t abandoned their antitrust case against Live Nation. This came after the news Monday (March 9) that the U.S. Department of Justice had reached a settlement with the company, which owns Ticketmaster. As Reuters reported, Live Nation will pay a $200 million settlement and agree to make […]

Agentic artificial intelligence firm Lyzr was valued at $250 million in a Series A+ funding round, the company said in a Tuesday (March 3) post on LinkedIn. The company raised $14.5 million in the round, which was led by Accenture, Bloomberg News reported Monday (March 9). Lyzr said in its post that it is […]

Consumer credit growth slowed in January but remained firmly positive, extending a trend that has been in place for nearly a year. In a nutshell, households continue to rely on credit to support spending. And as consumers wield theit cards in full force, the battle for loyalty in the premium card space is heating […]

First came the tariffs and their unpredictability, now come the refunds. As covered here last week, Judge Richard Eaton at the Court of International Trade ordered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to start the process of refunding importers the $130 billion collected under the now-illegal trade tariffs. The CBP has told a judge that […]

Kraken parent Payward launched a tokenization-focused partnership with Nasdaq, according to a Monday (March 9) news release. The collaboration will see the two companies develop an “equities transformation gateway” joining tokenized equity capital markets with decentralized blockchain networks, the release said. The partnership is designed to combine Nasdaq’s regulated market infrastructure with Kraken’s xStocks […]

Prediction market platform Kalshi expanded to Brazil by partnering with brokerage firm XP. This is Kalshi’s first expansion outside the United States, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (March 8). Kalshi will offer U.S investors and select XP users in Brazil, beginning with clients of the XP brand Clear Corretora, contracts tied to Brazil’s economy, covering […]

Mastercard says artificial intelligence (AI) is contributing to “unprecedented” levels of fraud and cybercrime. It may also be among the business world’s best defense against those threats, the payments giant said Monday (March 9) as it issued a report in tandem with Fraud Prevention Month. “Fraud and cybercrime are escalating at unprecedented scale, eroding consumer […]

Small business-focused platform Affiniti launched a financing agreement with Column bank, according to a Monday (March 9) press release. The agreement will see Column provide financing to boost the growth of Affini’s small- to medium-sized business (SMB) customers, per the release. The partnership establishes funding to help expand Affiniti’s card product as it adds […]

A former top banking regulator says the cryptocurrency-focused Clarity Act will help the banking sector. “The banks need this more than crypto,” Christopher Giancarlo, former chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said in a Sunday (March 8) interview with the Wolf Of All Streets podcast. “Their general counsels are telling their boards: You can’t invest billions of dollars […]

Stablecoin payment platform KAST says it has raised $80 million in new funding. The company’s Series A round, announced Monday (March 9), will allow KAST to expand its product, designed to ease cross-border money movement for people and businesses. KAST said this new round of funding is happening as stablecoins are increasingly being employed as payment and settlement mechanisms. […]

  In the early days of the internet, networks did not naturally speak to one another. Standards had to emerge, trust had to be layered on top of open protocols and institutions had to decide how much control they were willing to relinquish in exchange for connectivity. Blockchain technology has reached a similar inflection […]

Real-time payments in North America are moving decisively from expansion to execution. Instant payment systems across the United States, Canada and Mexico are scaling, modernizing and broadening their reach. But each country is following a distinct strategic path. In the U.S., real-time payments have entered a phase defined by volume growth, institutional adoption and […]

Quick-service restaurants operate in a tough environment. Margins are tight, labor is scarce, and customer expectations continue to rise. For large brands, technology and digital capabilities increasingly shape how they can compete and grow. “I think data is probably our greatest resource next to our people,” Kevin Vasconi, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at […]

Watch more: Digital Shift With Visa’s Stephen Karpin In Singapore, more than 3 in 4 consumers are already using artificial intelligence to help them shop. They research products, compare options and navigate the sprawl of digital commerce through large language models that have become a routine part of daily life. What they have not […]

Agentic AI is starting to look less like a future promise in healthcare and more like a practical answer to a familiar problem: too much staff time spent on paperwork, follow-up and system work that keeps people away from patients. Healthcare leaders are moving past the idea of AI as a simple assistant and toward […]

Small businesses may still like the local, relationship-first feel of credit unions, but that loyalty now comes with a digital price tag. The new PYMNTS Intelligence and Velera report, “Credit Union Innovation Readiness: The Real Story Behind Member Churn,” found that most small- to medium-sized business (SMB) credit union members are not planning to […]

Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are reportedly in discussions with investors about raising funds. And both companies are targeting the same valuation of $20 billion, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Saturday (March 7), citing sources familiar with the matter.  These sources said both companies have each held talks with potential investors about funding […]

The White House has reportedly come up with stricter rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts. These guidelines would require AI companies to permit “any lawful” use of their models, the Financial Times (FT) reported Friday.  The report, citing a draft of the guidelines seen by the news outlet, says the rules stipulate that companies […]