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What’s at stake: Market share, cross-border competition and credit growth hinge on the IPO’s reception and valuation.Expert quote: Troy Hooper, Mergermarket: PicPay IPO signals U.S. market confidence but faces regulatory, macro risks.Supporting data: PicPay reported $1.37 billion in revenue (first nine months 2025), up 97% year over year.Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial reviewThe Brazilian digital bank PicPay has, again, filed for a U.S. IPO.Processing ContentPicPay, a São Paulo-based mobile banking and payments fintech that offers digital wallets, merchant acquiring services and loan products, publicized its filing with the SEC on Monday night for Nasdaq’s most restrictive listing tier,…

The prolonged non-fungible token bear market has begun to impact digital asset events and infrastructure. NFT Paris, the organizers of one of the world’s largest annual crypto and non-fungible token conferences, is a perfect example of a crypto project impacted by the ongoing NFT market downturn. NFT Paris has cancelled its highly anticipated annual NFT event, citing harsh market conditions. NFT Paris 2026 Called Off In a January 05 blog post, NFT Paris announced that it has cancelled its highly anticipated NFT event. “After four editions that brought together the global Web3 community in Paris, we must face reality: NFT…

There’s a second acronym constantly looming above the floor of any CES: TBD. That’s the most info we have about a good chunk of products announced at CES 2026 so far. “Coming soon” could mean next month to some brands and next year to others. Sometimes, we don’t even know if these debuted products will ever make it out of the prototype phase. SEE ALSO: CES 2026: This AI bartender called me old, but it makes one hell of a drink While no one is asking for LG’s laundry-folding robot to be sold at Target or anything, a few more…

Stephen Grossman of SB Pensions to Present Advanced Risk Mitigation Strategies for Real Estate Investors at Industry Event LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, January 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Stephen Grossman of SB Pensions to Present Advanced Risk Mitigation Strategies for Real Estate Investors at Industry Event Stephen Grossman, Life and Disability Analyst (CA License #0H64567) and founder of SB Pensions, will present advanced risk mitigation and liquidity strategies for real estate investors at a private industry event offered by the Los Angeles County Real Estate Investors Association on January 8, 2026. The presentation will focus on how real estate investors…

Jan. 4, 2026, 11:45 p.m. ETAI-powered platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini offer new ways to plan your 2026 financial goals. But how can you leverage them without compromising your privacy?With a NerdWallet survey finding that more than 2 in 5 Americans (43%) say they’ve used AI for aspects of their personal financial planning, that’s an increasingly relevant question.Here’s how to get the most out of AI tools.Experiment with promptsHelp the chatbot help you. Give it some background about your current situation so it can offer customized advice, suggests Sierra Adare-Tasiwoopa api, an instructional technologist at Nevada State University.Be specific about what you…

A comprehensive look at local, multi-state and national news events provided by the ABC 6 News Team including updates on sports and weather conditions and traffic.(ABC 6 News) – If you’re anything like most Americans, you admit to being constantly on your phone. If you spend just 3-4 hours a day mindlessly scrolling—and many of us spend more—you’re losing a total of over 50 days each year staring at a screen. While taking a break from smartphone addiction is easier said than done, a unique new application called Touch Grass is here to force a much-needed digital detox.This innovative app,…

Georgia lawmakers are once again taking aim at big tech, with new recommendations emerging from a study committee focused on the impact of social media and other platforms on children. Big tech has reached so far into the lives of children that some Georgia lawmakers want to push back. After legal missteps in an effort to restrain the industry, the state Senate got new recommendations this month from a study committee that heard grim stories about the impact of social media and other platforms. Among those who testified were parents of children who died by suicide after extensive use of…

Public discourse around Artificial General Intelligence continues to emphasise breakthroughs in algorithms, model architectures, and venture financing. While these factors matter, they increasingly obscure a more consequential reality. The trajectory of AGI is now shaped less by software innovation and more by access to energy, critical minerals, precious metals, and physical geography. As AGI systems move from research environments into operational deployment, their scalability is constrained by material inputs rather than intellectual ones. It is in this context that the reported kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro has assumed strategic significance. The episode abruptly repositioned Venezuela within the orbit of United States…

Knight Fintech Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based startup that helps banks issue loans, has closed a $23.6 million funding round. The Economic Times reported late Thursday that Accel led the investment. It was joined by IIFL, Rocket Capital, Prime Venture Partners, 3One4 Capital, Commerce VC and Trifecta Capital. Knight Fintech has raised a total of $30 million since launching in 2019. Banks issue some loans in partnership with other firms under a model called co-lending. For example, a financial institution might partner with a fintech startup to launch an app-based credit product. The two companies involved in a co-lending transaction transfer…

Bitcoin saw a healthy amount of developer activity, observed the Chief Security Officer of Casa. In a post on X, Jameson Lopp noted that 135 different people had contributed code to the Bitcoin Core in 2025. Source: Jameson Lopp This number had been 100 in 2024. The increase reflected that a cycle of innovation was underway and not just maintenance. Moreover, the Bitcoin Development Mailing List grew by 60% to prove this point. The past two years saw decreased mailing list messages. A resurgence in activity was encouraging, as it is an important means for proposing and debating protocol changes.…

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Measuring quote and trade reference differences To address this, we looked at 4 markets – U.S. Investment Grade, U.S. High Yield, EUR Investment Grade, and GBP Investment Grade, as they are among the most liquid credit markets in the world. For the U.S. markets, we used TRACE as our trade source. For EUR and GBP markets, we used Bloomberg data as our source. We considered trades that are >250,000 (local currency) from August 2025, and after applying certain other filters and simplifying assumptions to keep the analysis succinct and viable, the remaining trades served as our collective “ground truth” for…

Despite the common advice to start a budget, many people find it difficult to stick to a budget or feel like budgeting just doesn’t work for them. Rich & REGULAR, a popular money podcast by Kiersten and Julian Saunders, recently shared a fresh perspective on why most budgeting advice falls short.For You: 6 Things You Must Do When Your Savings Reach $50,000Learn More: 8 Frugal Habits Americans Are Ridiculed for — and Why You Shouldn’t CareLet’s explore why most budgeting advice doesn’t work and how a more flexible, realistic approach can help you take control of your finances and actually…

No tax filing software is perfect for every taxpayer. Consider these factors to help you pick the best tax software for you.Your tax situation and complexity level You can often use a free version of tax software when you mainly have W-2 income, you take the standard deduction and your filing status is either single or married filing jointly. Free tax software tends to make you manually input information and doesn’t provide much support – which may be OK when you only have a few tax forms. But as your return increases in complexity (like you own a business, you have investment…

Dimitar Dimitrov is the founder and Managing Partner at Accedia, a leading European AI & Custom Software Development Company.If companies focused on AI experimentation in 2025, in 2026, they’ll seek out real impact. Regulatory pressure, talent shifts and rising expectations for responsible AI demand higher reliability and security. This environment puts CTOs at the center of AI performance.As the founder and managing partner at Accedia, I’ve led countless AI initiatives and software projects. Based on my experience in the industry, I’m sharing eight technology predictions for 2026 and what CTOs should do about them.1. Developer Hiring Cycles Will Slow DramaticallyIn…

Magnus Ahlqvist is president & CEO of Securitas, a security solutions partner with world-leading technology and expertise.People are more irreplaceable than ever before, even in the age of automation. Especially in the age of automation.As the leader of a business with more than 330,000 people across the globe, I’m often faced with questions about the rise of automation and its impact on people. But my answer to those questions is simple: Although many view automation chiefly as a cost reduction or labor replacement tool, I see it as the key to unlocking the potential of our workforce.Rethinking The Value EquationRather…