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Tuesday, March 24th, 2026After a nice trading day basking in the green, following President Trump’s assertion that peace talks are going “very well” with Iran (while lacking particulars, and that’s putting it kindly), pre-market futures are down a quarter of a percent at this hour. The Dow is giving back -130 points from the +631 it made yesterday, the S&P 500 is -17 from Monday’s +74, and the Nasdaq is stripping back -66 points from +299 the previous session. Close the Book on Q4 Productivity: +1.8%Nonfarm U.S. Productivity for Q4 of 2025 — the third and final print — dwindled back…

Payment friction is costing small businesses sales. Here’s why seamless credit card acceptance has become a competitive advantage — and what owners can do about it.    The intelligence layer for fintech professionals who think for themselves. Primary source intelligence. Original analysis. Contributed pieces from the people defining the industry. Trusted by professionals at JP Morgan, Coinbase, BlackRock, Klarna and more. Join the FinTech Weekly Clarity Circle →   For years, accepting card payments was treated as a basic requirement. If your business could take a card, you were considered up to date. Today, that baseline has shifted. Customers no…

President Donald Trump claimed talks are underway with Iran, but the US and Israel are still carrying out airstrikes. Iran is also firing missiles at Israel. Kailey Leinz has the latest. (Source: Bloomberg)

Hospice care has grabbed the attention of the federal government, which is vowing to decertify companies that are overbilling, stealing identities or charging for services never provided.

Thomas Fuller | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesPfizer on Monday said it will seek regulatory approval for a Lyme disease vaccine candidate despite the shot failing a late-stage trial. Pfizer said the vaccine missed the trial’s statistical goal because not enough people in the study contracted Lyme disease to be confident in the results. Still, the company said the shot reduced the rate of infection by more than 70% in people who received the vaccine versus placebo, efficacy the company thinks is strong enough to take to regulators. “The efficacy shown in the VALOR study of more than 70% is highly…

The Central Bank of Paraguay has kept its benchmark interest rate at 5.5%.In a statement following the decision on March 20, the bank’s monetary policy committee said it was maintaining a “neutral stance”. The pause followed two consecutive 25 basis point cuts in January and February.The bank said economic activity continued to expand in January, albeit at a slower pace than last year, while inflation remained low. It said both sets of developments had been in line with its expectations.Annual Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy…

Gold has fallen into bear-market territory after giving up its gains for the year, even as US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continued to attract fresh money, pushing the two assets onto sharply different paths.Spot gold traded near $4,388 an ounce on March 23, according to goldprice.org, down about 22% from its Jan. 29 record of $5,594.82. The decline accelerated after the latest Middle East conflict began on Feb. 28. Since then, gold has dropped about 17%, reversing the advance that had carried it higher in the opening weeks of 2026.At the same time, institutional money continued to flow into…

. is no stranger to using scale and timing to its advantage, but its reported decision to shift Prime Day into June stands out as a particularly strategic move. Traditionally held in July, the event has become one of the company’s biggest annual sales drivers, generating a significant spike in both consumer revenue and engagement across its ecosystem. Moving it earlier is not just a calendar adjustment. Rather, it looks like a deliberate attempt to strengthen near-term performance at a time when the company and its stock could benefit from it most. After a mixed start to the year that…

Crypto industry leaders are meeting with the Senate Banking Committee today, with bank representatives following tomorrow, to review the stablecoin yield compromise that unblocked the CLARITY Act last week.   The intelligence layer for fintech professionals who think for themselves. Primary source intelligence. Original analysis. Contributed pieces from the people defining the industry. Trusted by professionals at JP Morgan, Coinbase, BlackRock, Klarna and more. Join the FinTech Weekly Clarity Circle →     The stablecoin yield deal is moving to its next stage. Eleanor Terrett reported Monday afternoon that crypto industry leaders are meeting with the Senate Banking Committee today,…

US, TotalEnergies to shift nearly $1 billion from wind to oil and gas