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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 12 September 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-09058-y The paradox of financial process reengineering: efficiency gained vs. financial flexibility reduced

Low-profile venture capital firm Vy Capital has emerged as one of the rocket maker’s largest shareholders

Over 60% of APAC finance leaders say AI-led automation is their top priority for 2026. For Indian businesses, that stat hides a quieter truth: most SMBs have no idea which automation to start with. They hear "AI for finance" and picture an enterprise suite with a six-figure licence fee. Wrong picture. I've built finance automations for CA firms, D2C brands, trading desks, family-run manufacturers…

As a digital creator, indie hacker, freelancer, or digital nomad, your income can end up scattered across multiple platforms. You might use: Stripe for SaaS or freelance payments RevenueCat for mobile app subscriptions Gumroad for digital products Stocks and crypto for investments Separate apps for expenses, savings, and budgeting At some point, you start asking: How much am I actually making? An…

CAT bonds, or catastrophe bonds, could bring data center risk to capital markets, with the first dedicated deal potentially emerging within 12 to 18 months.

The importance of explainability in stock prediction is increasingly recognized, especially for audit and regulatory purposes. Meanwhile, financial news corpora are often key drivers behind stock price fluctuations. However, the raw news data obtained is usually highly noisy, has a highly variable scope of influence in time and space, and is not precisely synchronized with stock price data. In th…

If you're a technical founder who's landed a grant : SBIR, NSF, a foundation grant, a government innovation fund, whatever you might be tempted to lead with it in every investor conversation. "We're grant-funded" can feel like a stamp of legitimacy, especially if fundraising feels like a foreign language compared to the engineering problems you're used to solving. Here's the thing: it is a stamp …

Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected visit to the US on September 24, US President Donald Trump has again discussed the issue of bringing chip manufacturing back to the US. Although he did not repeat his previous claim that Taiwan "stole" America's chip industry, Trump said Taiwan's chips should have been subject to heavy tariffs long ago, with tariffs of 100% or even 200%.

Jensen Huang used a Goldman Sachs conference appearance to argue that the constraints on AI's build-out are expanding from silicon into finance, and that Nvidia's next unlock is getting its systems recognized as collateral rather than as depreciating equipment. "We're moving Nvidia Compute from technology to an investable asset," the founder and chief executive told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia…

Milan, Italy—September 10, 2026 | Bending Spoons S.p.A. (NASDAQ: BSP) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Miro at an enterprise value of $1.355 billion. Together with Miro’s net cash, this implies an equity value of approximately $1.79 billion. In connection with the all-cash transaction, certain Miro shareholders have agreed to invest $295 million of their proceeds into newly issu…

Nestlé is investing over CHF157 million (US$193.3 million) to expand pet food production in Thailand, meeting the growing demand for high-quality pet nutrition. The investment will boost the company’s manufacturing capabilities for the Purina brands Felix, Friskies, Pro Plan, and Purina One. The production site in Rayong, Thailand, will increase its production of the Purina brands, and the produc…

Stripe vs Wise: The Solopreneur's Transaction Labyrinth Server crashes are mere warm-ups in a solopreneur's tech marathon. When you're balancing global transactions, Stripe and Wise become critical players. Here's the brutal truth: navigating their fee structures and integration potential isn't for the faint-hearted. The Core Bottleneck & Why You Need This Stack For the solopreneur, every transac…

The smartphone market is entering a new cycle of price increases, and this time the main reason is

Technology has fundamentally altered how people interact with their money. What once required in-person meetings with advisors, paper

Kemi Bolatito grew up in Mushin, Lagos, in a low-income family but her entreprenueral spirit has seen her hustle her way through life. From selling candies and cookines to her classmates in school, she is now building a cross-bording payment solution in Canada.