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Business

Cuscal’s Acquisition of Indue Gets Green Light

Australia's competition regulator approved Cuscal Limited's acquisition of Indue Limited, concluding it won't significantly harm market competition after an extensive…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare Partners with Top Payment Firms to Secure Agentic Commerce

Cloudflare has partnered with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to create a secure authentication framework using the Web Bot Auth…

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Business

UAE’s ICP Launches Easy Payment Plan for Residents

The UAE's ICP has launched a flexible payment program allowing residents to pay service fees in installments via credit cards…

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AI & Tech

AI, Digital Consumers & Trust: The Future of GCC Commerce

Gulf Cooperation Council businesses are entering a new era driven by digital-first consumers, AI, and modern infrastructure, with companies focusing…

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Business

Visa Launches First Local Cloud for Payments in Saudi Arabia

Visa has launched its first locally hosted cloud payments infrastructure in Saudi Arabia to support the country's digital economy goals…

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Business

UAE & Saudi Arabia: E-commerce Spending Soars to New Heights

E-commerce in the UAE and Saudi Arabia is rapidly growing, with online transactions making up half of Visa's purchase volume…

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Artificial Intelligence

Visa’s AI-Powered Payments Expand to More Apps with MCP Support

Visa has expanded its Intelligent Commerce platform to support the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling developers to create smarter, AI-driven…

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AI & Tech

Stripe Partners With Anthropic, OpenAI to Build New Blockchain

Stripe is launching Tempo, a new venture focused on high-volume stablecoin processing, as part of a strategic push into the…

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Business

Uzbekistan’s Uzum Becomes First $1.5B Unicorn Startup

Uzbekistan's Uzum reached a $1.5 billion valuation after securing $65.5 million in funding from investors like Tencent and VR Capital,…

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Culture

GOG’s NSFW Game Giveaway Fights Gaming Censorship

GOG launched a free initiative to challenge gaming censorship by offering 13 previously delisted adult-themed games for 48 hours via…

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BigTech Companies

Mastercard Faces Backlash Over Censorship of Adult Games

Mastercard faces backlash for its role in removing adult-themed games from digital platforms, with developers criticizing vague policies that unfairly…

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Business

VTubers Fight Back Against Adult Game Censorship

A coalition of digital creators, including game developers and adult entertainers, is protesting payment processors like MasterCard and Visa for…

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Business

Handwave Offers Retailers a European Rival to Amazon Palm Payments

Handwave, a Latvian fintech startup, offers an independent palm recognition payment solution for third-party retailers, competing with Amazon One by…

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Artificial Intelligence

SixSense AI Startup Secures $8.5M in Female-Led Funding

Singapore-based AI startup SixSense raised $8.5 million in Series A funding, led by Peak XV’s Surge, to expand its real-time…

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Culture

Gamers Protest Censorship of NSFW Games – Here’s Why

Gamers and developers are rallying against recent censorship waves targeting adult-oriented games on major platforms like Steam and Itch.io, arguing…

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BigTech Companies

Itch.io bans adult content: New restrictions on NSFW games explained

Itch.io imposed sudden restrictions on adult content due to payment processor pressure, leaving developers unprepared and forcing many games offline.…

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BigTech Companies

Itch.io Removes NSFW Content Due to Payment Partner Pressure

Itch.io removed thousands of adult games from public view due to pressure from payment providers, citing the need to maintain…

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Business

Itch.io Removes Adult NSFW Content Amid Payment Processor Pressure

itch.io removed adult NSFW content from public browsing due to pressure from payment providers, aiming to maintain payment processing capabilities.…

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BigTech Companies

Australian Group Claims Win in Steam Censorship Battle Over Adult Content

An Australian advocacy group, Collective Shout, claims responsibility for Steam's crackdown on adult-oriented games, citing pressure on payment processors like…

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BigTech Companies

Steam tightens adult content rules to comply with credit card policies

Valve has updated Steam's content policies with vague restrictions on adult-oriented games, citing compliance demands from financial institutions and ISPs,…

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