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TransBridge Advisors Flags Five US Licensing Traps for Fintechs

TransBridge argues that commissioning a regulatory perimeter assessment while the operating model is still flexible is considerably cheaper than renegotiating commercial agreements or redesigning transaction flows after they are in place.Third, the firm warns that the cost of a multi-state licensing programme is routinely underestimated. Filing fees are visible; the management time, surety bond obligations, minimum net worth requirements, compliance system builds, and extended regulatory corresp

QED’s Victoria Zuo Flags Trust Gap in Agentic Payments

A senior investor at QED Investors has outlined a framework for thinking about risk and trust in agentic payments, arguing that the financial industry has yet to price the new liability surface that autonomous AI agents create when they transact on behalf of consumers.Victoria Zuo, partner at QED InvestorsVictoria Zuo, a San Francisco-based partner at the venture firm, said the clearest analogy already exists inside the payments infrastructure: the long-established difference in interchange rate

Ironically, Growing on Instagram Just Got Easier

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Where iconic Snog, Marry, Avoid contestants are now 15 years later as BBC Three TV channel to be axed

It returned as a fully-fledged TV channel in January 2022, six years after it moved online.Looking back at contestants who willingly signed up to Snog Marry Avoid, many now look unrecognisable years later as they opened up about their experience on the iconic show.Geisha DavisFilmmaker and performance artist, Jah ‘Geisha’ Davis said she had a 'life-changing experience' when appearing on the show back in 2011.Her unique make-up was certainly eye-catching and was influenced by the Suri tribe and D

Money20/20 USA day one: Las Vegas asks who is holding the bag

Each already has rival standards, from Visa‘s Trusted Agent Protocol and Google’s AP2 to Mastercard’s Verifiable Intent and Stripe‘s shared payment tokens, and no merchant can realistically support them all alone.Amir Sarhangi of Skyfire said we built the internet for humans and today’s fraud tools are probabilistic, while merchants now want to know with certainty which agents are good and who is behind them. Skyfire’s Know Your Agent token binds a verified bu

Ricky Gervais fans can still get tickets for his UK tour as new European dates announced

More tour dates are to be announced at a later date.As of now, all of the UK tour dates are sold out, but new dates for Europe have just been announced and will go on sale this week (October 2026).Gervais will kickstart his tour on Tuesday 1 September, 2026 in Guildford and is scheduled in Stockholm on Saturday 28 August, 2027.Ricky Gervais Tour Dates 2026/2027:Ricky Gervais will be heading on his worldwide tour, with more dates to be announced (Ray Burmiston)Tuesday 1 September 2026 - Guildford

Pan’s Labyrinth’s terrifying Pale Man has a disturbing backstory people can’t get over

When Zeus grew older, he overthrew his father and forced him to throw up his godly children, including Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia and Hera.Guillermo del Toro has confirmed that Goya's painting was an inspiration for the scene (Reddit)Mythology is often used as an inspiration in films, just look at Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which was arguably the biggest film of 2026, but few will have expected the Pale Man to have been derived from Goya's painting depicting such a crucial part of Gr

Why MS misdiagnoses are 'fairly common' after Christina Applegate is 'back to square one' following mistake

“And a majority of them were on medication to treat their MS.”Christina Applegate is 'not happy at all' about the news of her misdiagnosis (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)Misdiagnosis of MSDr Kaisey told Applegate and Sigler that there isn’t ‘one single test’ for the condition.“It’s not like we have something like a pregnancy test that says, ‘Yes. You have it.’ ‘No. You don’t.’ It’s a list of criteria,” she said.Applegate echoed this as she said she has ‘every single’ symptom of ‘someone with MS

An AI Agent Joined a Listserv of Top Internet Researchers. The Reply-All Chaos Is Still Unfolding

Hysteria over the agent's appearance in a 7,500-person group reveals that internet experts have outdated notions of privacy.

Resident Evil has 'most scientifically scary moment ever' as top ten reveals scariest horrors ever

In the lead up to Halloween film fans will be looking for the scariest film they can get their hands on and, according to science, there is a quantifiable scariest of them all.The Science of Scare Project is run annually and breaks down each horror that year and tests how it scientifically scares its viewers.This project run annually has a ‘Scare Score’ which combines how much a viewer’s heart rate is raised by a film, how much their heart rate varies, and the ‘peak heart rate’.2026’s results, p

M-Pesa at 20: Kenya’s Global Financial Inclusion Legacy

As explored in my analysis of Senegal’s mobile money landscape, digital financial services are increasingly becoming an entry point into the formal economy.In addition, M-Pesa can be argued has inspired innovation from beyond Africa such as in Southeast Asia with the likes of GCash in the Philippines for instance.M-Pesa in 2026: Beyond sending and receiving moneyThe following was taken in October 2026 by Richie Santosdiaz in Nairobi, KenyaFast forward to 2026 and M-Pesa is no longer simply

Jason Sudeikis finally admits what he got wrong in Olivia Wilde relationship after 2020 breakup

Jason Sudeikis opened up about his split from Olivia Wilde (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)"I just mean these, interpersonal situations that then get portrayed as being these binary situations of right and wrong… It’s always more complicated, more human than that.”Sudeikis, 51, also took a moment during the interview to praise the work that Wilde, 42, has been doing since the split, which has included producing and directing films, as well as continuing to pick up acting work."Olivia loves what she does

Woman who stuck earring on sleeve to stop plane passenger invading her space speaks out

Unless you've got the money for first class or a private jet, you need to consign yourself to getting pretty close to whoever you're next to on a flight.Naturally, if this is your family or friends, you don't mind getting up close and personal but sometimes it can be pretty grating when you end up next to someone who likes to recline their seat or stretch their legs out.When you've maybe been up since 3am to get your flight and make sure you make it through security, or perhaps still hungover fr

Hunter Schafer opens up on romantic relationships as full dating history revealed

Something that feels more sacred and intentional.”In 2024 Schafer had told Call Her Daddy that her first relationship had been with a trans woman who 'showed her the ropes' of dating while trans, saying it was 'complicated'.She said: "To know in my first relationship and in my first really being in this mutual love thing, first time having sex, that I got to do it with somebody who completely understands my gender - I’m so thankful for it."Schafer didn't name her first relationship, but there ha

What would happen if Britain re-entered the EU as huge new poll reveals over half of citizens want to rejoin

There’s been a lot of talk about rejoining the European Union – but what would that look like?The United Kingdom's future relationship with the EU has been up for discussion once again, after Prime Minister Andy Burnham promised 'serious dialogue' with the economic and political union.This has since been bolstered by findings from a recent Messina Group (TMG) poll published in The Guardian, which stated that 29 percent of respondents strongly supported rejoining the EU, while a further 21 percen

Christina Applegate 'back at square one’ as star reveals she was misdiagnosed in devastating health update

Christina Applegate has said she now doesn’t ‘have a reason’ as to why her ‘day sucked every day’ after being given a shock misdiagnosis of MS.The actor has been told she does not have multiple sclerosis (MS), despite years of debilitating symptoms and being hospitalised earlier this year following health issues.Applegate was diagnosed with the condition back in 2021 and following this, she announced she would be stepping away from appearing on-screen, with Netflix series Dead to Me being one of

Sony Party Speaker Deal: Save $100 Off the ULT Tower 7

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Danny Boyle revealed the disturbing truth behind Trainspotting’s infamous ‘worst toilet in Scotland’ scene

Award-winning director Danny Boyle turns 70 today and what better way to celebrate than remembering one of the most iconic but also disgusting scenes in his repertoire?The filmmaker from Bury might well have won an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire but Ewan McGregor was really slumming it when he dived down a toilet in Trainspotting to retrieve his drugs.If you haven't seen the 1996 classic, you might not be familiar with the scene, where the cast visit the 'worst toilet in Scotland' after lead char

Foreign Office issues new France travel warning to Brits over curfews at short notice

The UK Foreign Office has updated travel advice for Brits heading to France amid reports of overnight curfews in major cities including Paris.As it’s half term in Britain, many families are expectedly chomping at the bit to kickstart their Disneyland Paris adventure, embark on foodie extravaganzas in Nice and Bordeaux, and head out on general sightseeing tours across the country.However, holidaymakers should be aware that French authorities have imposed overnight curfews in various cities, inclu

You could get £61 back when ordering the new iPhone Duo with a little-known deal

The cashback will become payable (and available to withdraw and spend) after the retailer has paid TopCashback the commission for your purchase.If you want to save even more dosh (and have an old phone sitting in the kitchen drawer), you can also use TopCashback's sell tour phone tool on the website here.You can save money on the new iPhone Duo by trading in an old model (Moritz Scholz/Getty Images)How to use TopCashback's sell your phone toolIf you have an old phone you're keen to get rid of, y