There is way too much plastic in the world—and we’re making more every day, even as we struggle to find a way to get rid
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Tribal Credit, which provides credit cards to startups in emerging markets, raises $34.3M
The B2B payments space has seen an explosion in demand, and investor interest, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses try to figure
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SoftBank bets big on a ‘digital Ellis Island’
Welcome Tech, which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led
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UK Launches Digital Currency Task Force to Explore the Future of Money
The Bank of England and the UK’s Treasury have launched a task force to explore the use of a national digital currency, the British government
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Regulators Urge Peloton Tread+ Owners to Stop Using Treadmill ‘Immediately,’ and Peloton Is Pissed
In the wake of multiple reports of injuries and at least one death involving Peloton’s Tread+ treadmill, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued
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Peloton Resists Federal Safety Recall for Treadmill Tied to Child’s Death
Peloton is pushing back against a request from federal regulators to recall its Tread+ treadmill after the product was involved in a child’s death last
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