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Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard to Accelerate Virtual Card Adoption With Embedded Tech

Progressive changes in the embedded Virtual Card Number (VCN) technology by Mastercard will enable better financial interactions among banks, platforms, and corporates.

Articles

Alternative Lending Trends 2025

Traditional credit scoring and lending practices have long disadvantaged a significant share of the population. Thankfully, alternative lending services are helping more people access credit options in these critical times when the affordability of daily purchases is decreasing. 

Science & Technology

China’s Zhipu AI Launches Free AI Agent

Chinese startup Zhipu AI, which operates in the artificial intelligence industry, launched a free AI agent on Monday, March 31, joining the wave of similar technological premieres in the increasingly competitive digital intelligence market of the Asian country.

Finance & Economics

China, Japan, South Korea to Jointly Counter US Tariffs

Last Sunday, March 30, China, Japan, and South Korea held their first economic dialogue in five years, reflecting the desire of these Asian countries to facilitate regional trade in preparation for countering the negative impact of tariffs from President of the United States Donald Trump.

Finance & Economics

German Inflation Falls

In Germany, inflation was recorded at the 2.3% mark in March, which is lower than previously expected.

News

Huawei Revenue Increases to Near-Record High

Chinese technology giant Huawei on Monday, March 31, reported a sharp increase in its revenue last year amid the acceleration of the company’s core telecommunications and consumer businesses.

News

China’s Factory Activity Accelerates

In the current month, factory activity in China showed growth rates, which turned out to be the fastest in a year.

Finance & Economics

Goldman Sachs Says Donald Trump Tariffs to Increase Inflation

Goldman Sachs warns that aggressive actions by the White House in the context of trade policy in the external, international dimension will provoke an increase in inflation, cause a growth in unemployment, and practically stop the economic rise in the United States.

News

NFT Marketplace X2Y2 to Close, Team Shifting to AI Project

As the NFT market is undergoing a steady decline, X2Y2, which, at its peak, ranked as the second-largest NFT platform behind OpenSea, is shutting down to move to a new, exciting AI project.

News

Fiserv Brings Clover POS to Australia

Smart POS platform Clover, created by Fiserv, is launching in Australia to power local SMEs.

Finance & Economics

UK Capital Markets Are Evolving But Businesses Need to Boost Competitiveness: Report

In line with global trends, the structure of the UK capital markets is changing, while around 17,000 local companies strive to access the capital they lack to scale up operations.

News

Shopify and Pipe17 Form Partnership

Shopify and Pipe17 have announced a partnership.

Science & Technology

Elon Musk Says xAI Buys X

Elon Musk’s company xAI, which operates in the artificial intelligence industry, has acquired the social media platform X owned by the same billionaire.

News

US Consumer Sentiment Worsens

In the United States, a deterioration in consumer sentiment was recorded in March, which turned out to be more widespread than preliminary expectations, as the country is currently experiencing a process of increasing concerns about a potential accelerated increase in inflation.

News

China Reportedly Warns US on Reciprocal-Tariff Reprisal

The media published information according to which China warned the United States of its intention to impose retaliatory trade measures against the US if Washington announces new reciprocal tariffs on goods imported from this Asian country next week.

News

UK Economy Starts to Emerge From Stagnation

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, came to power accompanied by pledges to take measures aimed at accelerating the growth of the country’s economic system, but as a result, the UK gross domestic product (GDP) demonstrated the opposite vector of its dynamic, however, the difficult state of affairs, which became reality instead […]