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PXP, a global omnichannel payment platform and FinTech innovator, has announced the launch of its new standalone PXP POS payment solution.The product reflects the company’s continued push to simplify and enhance commerce through cutting-edge payment technologies, according to FF News.This launch comes in response to market research showing a shift in how businesses perceive payments technology.According to a 2025 study by PXP and Censuswide, 64% of merchants now see payment solutions as a strategic growth enabler rather than just an operational tool, and 34% are actively expanding their payment method offerings. In this context, PXP’s latest release addresses a growing…

The FBI on Thursday issued a warning to the public after investigating a malicious campaign targeting former senior US federal or state government officials with deepfakes. The campaign, the agency says, relies on text messages and AI-generated voice messages impersonating senior US officials, two techniques known as smishing and vishing. After establishing communication with the victims, threat actors send malicious links allegedly transitioning the conversation to a different messaging platform, but aimed at serving malware or harvesting credentials to gain access to the victims’ personal accounts. “Access to personal or official accounts operated by US officials could be used to…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can continue to restrict instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up through the sixth grade, a federal judge said, but has to allow nonmandatory programs related to the topics.U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher offered a split decision late Thursday, siding in part with a LGBTQ advocacy organization, teachers and students who sued the state. Attorney General Brenna Bird said in a statement Friday that she is committed to defending Iowa’s law protecting children and her office is “looking at next steps, including appeal.”In a separate ruling in March, Locher again temporarily…

Nuvei, the Canadian FinTech company, has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will be among the first payment providers to offer support for Wero, EPI’s digital wallet, enabling eCommerce merchants to accept instant account-to-account payments through its platform.The move aligns with Nuvei’s strategic goal to provide its merchant partners with early access to emerging payment technologies.As European markets increasingly seek solutions that promote payment sovereignty and local consumer preferences, the integration of Wero offers Nuvei’s clients a competitive edge.Wero, developed under the EPI initiative, facilitates instant account-to-account (A2A) payments through SEPA Instant Credit Transfer protocols.It allows users to send…

PARIS (AP) — For powerful men in France’s film industry, this was a week of reckoning. Gérard Depardieu — the country’s most famous male actor — was convicted of sexual assault. Two days later, the Cannes Film Festival barred another actor accused of rape from walking the red carpet.Together, the decisions sent a message that France had long resisted: that artistic brilliance may no longer shield those who abuse their power.For decades, Depardieu was revered as French cinema’s “sacred monster” — a towering talent whose gluttony, volatility and magnetism became part of his myth. With more than 250 films to…

Scams are not a new threat; they have coexisted with the financial market since its beginnings. The earliest scam is estimated to have been in Ancient Greece and since then they have evolved to become so highly sophisticated that stopping them has become a Sisyphean task.However, while there are still challenges facing the fight against scams, new technology is helping financial institutions improve their odds. A new whitepaper from fraud and AML platform Unit21 has delved into the world of scams and how firms can fight back.The threat of scamsDespite attempts to increase awareness around scams, they continue to be…

The Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hacking competition organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) is taking place these days in Berlin, Germany, and on the first day participants earned a total of $260,000. Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 introduces AI hacking and the first ever winner in this category is Sina Kheirkhah of Summoning Team, who earned $20,000 for an exploit targeting the Chroma open source AI application database. The same researcher earned an additional $15,000 for a different exploit in the same category. He successfully hacked an NVIDIA Triton Inference Server, but it has been marked as a ‘collision’ because the…

These are the key events on day 1,177 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is where things stand on Friday, May 16 : Fighting Fighting continues along the 1,100km (683 mile) front line, where Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces captured two settlements located near Moscow’s long-term targets. Russia claimed to have taken Novooleksandrivka, a rural village near Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, as well as the town of Torske, which is located near the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. The Ukrainian military acknowledged that Novooleksandrivka had been under attack, but it did not mention Torske in…

Senators accuse US President Donald Trump of engaging in ‘corruption of US foreign policy’ with defence deals.A group of United States senators is trying to halt $3.5bn in weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar over concerns that the deals will personally benefit the family of US President Donald Trump. Two “resolutions of disapproval” were submitted on Thursday in the US by Democratic Senators Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, Brian Schatz and Tim Kaine, along with Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who often votes with Democrats. The legislators also issued statements accusing President Trump, who is concluding a…

LAHORE: Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and Sri Lankan batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa have signed up for Lahore Qalandars for the remainder of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season, the franchise announced on Thursday. Meanwhile, Karachi Kings have secured the services of Scotland opener George Munsey. The tenth edition of the PSL is set to resume from Saturday — with Kings taking on Peshawar Zalmi at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium — after the league was postponed as a result of cross-border tensions between Pakistan and India, which started May 7 before culminating in a ceasefire three days later. The…