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Technology
ECB Picks Telefónica and Minsait to Build the Digital Euro's Secure Backbone
The European Central Bank has awarded Telefónica and Minsait (Indra) a 10-year contract to build the communications and ...
Companies
Stripe Strikes Reported $7 Billion Deal for AI Startup OpenRouter
Stripe is said to have agreed to buy AI model-routing startup OpenRouter for about $7 billion, a sharp premium to its la...
Personal Finance
ECB Survey Finds Self-Checkout Is Quietly Making Cash Harder to Use
A new ECB survey of 8,205 euro-area businesses shows 92% still take cash, but almost half of self-service checkouts are ...
Companies
Small Exporters Face a Hard Truth: PCI DSS Is Now a Market-Access Requirement
Global digital payments have opened markets for small firms, but inconsistent enforcement and costly breach settlements ...
Companies
MDR on UPI Will Land on Merchants, Not Users: FM Sitharaman Clarifies Amid Bill Debate
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said any merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI would apply only to businesses, not con...
Economy
Digital Euro: Jean-Pierre Landau Stresses Sovereignty, Privacy, and the Risk of Rejection
Former French central banker Jean-Pierre Landau argues the digital euro is a necessity, not a gamble, but warns that a l...