2026-06-17
Parafin lands a Goldman Sachs credit facility to embed lending inside Amazon, DoorDash, and Walmart
Parafin, an embedded financial infrastructure company on the 2026 Forbes Fintech 50 list, has secured a new credit facility led by Goldman Sachs alongside One William Street Capital Management. The facility will expand access to embedded lending for small businesses through platforms including Amazon, DoorDash, Gusto, TikTok Shop, and Walmart. The company’s model is straightforward. […]<br [...]
2026-06-17
ECB’s Lagarde says AI could trigger financial crises and calls for Cold War-style non-proliferation governance
ECB President Christine Lagarde warned on Wednesday that artificial intelligence could trigger dangerous financial crises and called for global AI governance modelled on the Cold War-era non-proliferation agreements that kept the world safe from nuclear weapons. She spoke in Venice, the sharpest framing yet from a central bank chief on the systemic risks AI poses […]<br /> This story conti [...]
2026-06-17
The Trump Mobile T1 was supposed to be made in America. It’s a Taiwanese phone with a gold coat.
The Trump Mobile T1 is here, and it is not what was promised. When Donald Trump’s eldest sons unveiled it at Trump Tower a year ago, the pitch was a gold-coloured handset with an iPhone resemblance, proudly made in the US. What shipped is a rebranded HTC U24 Pro, a Taiwanese midrange phone from mid-2024, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-17
'We have no reason to believe that our data or systems have been compromised': US lawmakers said 2.5 million VRChat users were at risk from a hack, but the company says it's a fake notice
A government breach notice claimed VRChat data exposure affecting millions, but the company strongly denies any compromise or system intrusion. [...]
