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China’s Open-Source Embrace Changes Wisdom Around AI

Currently, Chinese technology companies are actively paying attention to open-source artificial intelligence models in the practical plane, launching such digital products at a high-intensity pace, while watchers and insiders claim that the implementation of the appropriate approach contributes to boosting AI adoption and scaling some other innovative functional solutions of the advanced category in the […]

Events

Open Banking Expo USA 2025

The wait is over – Open Banking Expo is coming to the United States! Join us in NYC this June to explore the opportunities and challenges of Open Banking in a post-1033 regulatory landscape. With the CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights rule set to transform consumer data access, this event will bring together Open Banking […]

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Amazon Offers Science-Based Carbon Credits for Qualified Companies

E-commerce giant Amazon continues its efforts to reduce and eliminate emissions across its global ecosystem, adding carbon credits to the Sustainability Exchange resource hub.

Fintech & Ecommerce

DoorDash Launches Flexible Payment Options

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) options from Klarna will be available for DoorDash orders soon.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Temu & dLocal to Enhance Affordable Shopping Experience for Emerging Markets

Popular online shopping marketplace Temu and a leading cross-border payment platform dLocal join forces to bring affordable products to emerging markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America at favourable conditions.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Benefits of Embedded Finance for SaaS Platforms

Cloud-based applications operating on the SaaS model can significantly benefit from the opportunities brought by embedded finance, welcoming additional revenue streams, enhanced user experience, and improved efficiency. 

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China’s Property Market Reportedly Approaches to Stabilizing

This week, UBS analysts expressed the hope that the Chinese real estate market, which in recent years has been in the condition of what can be called a deep and, in a sense, fundamental downturn, is gradually approaching a kind of stabilization point.

Finance & Economics

Austan Goolsbee Sees Transitory Inflation From One-Time Tariffs

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee stated that the inflationary impact of tariffs could be transitory if they were limited in scope.

News

Perplexity AI Reportedly Plans to Raise Up to $1 Billion

The media, citing an anonymous insider, published information according to which Perplexity AI, a startup building search engine powered by artificial intelligence, is currently in talks to double its valuation to $18 billion as part of a new funding round.

Finance & Economics

China’s Central Bank Keeps Interest Rates Steady

The People’s Bank of China on Thursday, March 20, decided to keep its key lending rates unchanged, as the Asian country is currently trying to support economic growth and stabilize the yuan amid the observed process of intensification of trade frictions.

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Bank of England Holds Interest Rates

The Bank of England on Thursday, March 20, decided to keep interest rates at the same level, as the United Kingdom is currently facing uncertainty in the context of the prospects for the further dynamic of the global trade situation and is approaching a recession scenario in the country’s economic system.

News

Google Wallet Now Enables Supervised Payments for Kids

As more and more kids get payment cards, Google Wallet updates its functionality to enable in-store cashless payments for those youngest generation representatives who received parental consent.

Fintech & Ecommerce

LianLian DigiTech Sees 64.7% Surge in Digital Payment TPV

Fast-growing Chinese fintech company LianLian DigiTech has successfully finished the 2024 financial year, witnessing a strong total payment volume (TPV) increase.

News

Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday, March 19, decided to leave interest rates unchanged, although at the same time underlined that the cost of borrowing is likely to be lowered later in the current year.

Finance & Economics

Fragile States Urge for Climate Financing

Countries affected by both climate change-induced hazards and military conflicts that cause humanitarian crises have joined their efforts to urge global leaders to accelerate targeted climate financing.

Science & Technology

AMD CEO Visits China

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chief executive officer Lisa Su began her visit to China, where she touted the company’s role in supporting the development of artificial intelligence in the Asian country through the lens of interaction with leading players in the local corresponding industry, including DeepSeek and Alibaba Group Holding.