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Affirm Inks Exclusive Deal with Sam’s Club as Competition for BNPL Shoppers Intensifies

Affirm’s new exclusive partnership with Sam’s Club gives the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider a new foothold in warehouse retail, where shoppers make purchases ranging from household essentials to big-ticket electronics. The deal, announc

Pressure mounts to increase online retail tax as Budget looms

Pressure is mounting on Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey to tax online retail more heavily in the upcoming Autumn Budget. The post Pressure mounts to increase online retail tax as Budget looms appeared first on InternetRetailing.

TerraPay Adds Payee Verification to J.P. Morgan’s Liink Network

TerraPay announced it has integrated its payee verification service with Kinexys by J.P. Morgan’s Liink network, expanding financial institutions’ ability to check bank account and digital wallet details before sending cross-border payments

Stateful vs. Stateless: Managing Context in AI Agent Builds

Stateful versus stateless design changes how systems scale and remember context. Learn when to use memory nodes, state stores, or both.

Tractor Supply taps former Home Depot exec as chief digital, technology officer

Fahim Siddiqui will oversee digital operations and work to bolster long-term growth by improving the retailer’s customer experience.

US trailer orders soar 385% as Class 8 truck market sends mixed signals

Trailer orders jumped sharply in September as carriers moved to secure equipment ahead of potential price increases, while heavy-duty truck purchases showed mixed signals. The post US trailer orders soar 385% as Class 8 truck market sends m

Oddbox: Halloween pumpkin demand rises as heat-hit harvest exposes supply chain strain

Halloween participation is set to rise this year, but the growing seasonal opportunity comes as UK pumpkin growers face a glut of undersized produce that falls outside supermarket specifications. Recent research from the Institute of Grocer

UPS automates 4 additional facilities ahead of peak shipping season

UPS has completed several facility upgrades, increasing their capacity and productivity heading into peak shipping season. The post UPS automates 4 additional facilities ahead of peak shipping season appeared first on FreightWaves.

AI Security Demand Propels 1Password ARR Past $500 Million

Identity security firm 1Password has seen its annual recurring revenue increase 90% year-over-year to over $500 million, driven by customers’ need to secure the artificial intelligence agents and workflows they build, the company said in a

DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion Ahead of Planned Shanghai IPO

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek has raised $15 billion in its second private funding round and is accelerating plans for a Shanghai listing in early 2027, potentially reaching public markets before OpenAI. The financin

Nasdaq Revenue Rises 14% as Financial Technology Business Expands

Nasdaq reported higher third-quarter revenue and earnings Thursday (Oct. 22), supported by growth in its financial technology and capital markets businesses as the exchange operator continues investing in technology and market infrastructur

Official Statistics: UK regional trade in goods statistics disaggregated by smaller geographical areas: 2025

International trade in goods data at summary product and country level, by UK areas smaller than ITL1.

Qatar Cargo signs up with Pelicargo

Qatar Airways Cargo has become the latest carrier to place its capacity on US airfreight procurement and booking platform Pelicargo. Pelicargo said the partnership would provide freight forwarder users of Pelicargo with direct access to Qat

Self-Hosted LLM vs. Cloud APIs: How to Route Between Them

A self-hosted LLM isn’t always cheaper than an API. Learn when on-prem wins, what your hardware can run, and how to route between local and cloud models.

Kales expands into Iceland with new JV

GSSA Kales Group has expanded into the Icelandic market through a new partnership with forwarder and logistics service provider TVG-Zimsen. The Kales Iceland business is launching on the back of a contract with Air China to provide the carr

Qatar Cargo adds new freighter connections to Denmark, the US and Poland

Qatar Airways Cargo is adding new freighter services to Poland, Denmark and the US as part of its winter schedule network. The combination carrier’s new freighter services will cover Copenhagen, Warsaw, New York JFK, Chicago and Dallas. The

NVIDIA Unveils Minerva to Bring End-to-End Observability for AI Factories

Launched today, NVIDIA Minerva is an AIOps platform built to help teams find problems earlier and keep AI factories productive. It brings together telemetry from infrastructure and AI workloads, then applies purpose-built AI models to turn

Treasury tallies $270M in suspicious financial aid transactions

The department flagged the potentially fraudulent activity as it seeks to stop criminals from stealing student financial aid payments.

Paze sets big targets after revamp

The wallet’s bank owners are battling Apple and PayPal with an extensive marketing push, touting it as a more secure payment method.

First look: Union Pacific earnings

Union Pacific’s third-quarter profit rose 16% as higher freight volumes and pricing gains boosted revenue. The post First look: Union Pacific earnings appeared first on FreightWaves.

SoFi Begins Rolling Out Interest-Earning Tokenized Deposits

SoFi Technologies is rolling out a tokenized deposit for consumers that enables SoFi Crypto members to earn interest while keeping their funds accessible when needed, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. Each SoFi Earn (S

Digital Policy Office attaches great importance to latest cybersecurity vulnerability and appeals to all sectors to take early action and apply patches

Official industry reference index; publication dates differ from statistical periods; please read the original text for scope of application and detailed data.

EU wants to simplify waste legislation for SMEs

The European Parliament wants to reduce the administrative burden on SMEs in regards to waste legislation. It wants to exempt small companies from the obligation of appointing a representative for waste legislation compliance in each EU-mem