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X Now Has Seven State Licenses For Payments Including Crypto
Fintech & Ecommerce

X Now Has Seven State Licenses For Payments Including Crypto

X, former Twitter, platform is on its way to transforming social media into a financial super app. With the latest license approved in Rhode Island, X can provide financial services in seven US states

Where Fintech and Sustainable Fashion Collide: How Financial Technology Can Help You Tame Your Consumerism
Fintech & Ecommerce

Where Fintech and Sustainable Fashion Collide: How Financial Technology Can Help You Tame Your Consumerism

Fashion is the opposite of sustainability. Trends come and go every season, asking for a total wardrobe revamp. Most fashionistas are also shopaholics, driving the surge in both clothing sales and resources used for its production. These stereotypes have formed over many decades, but it’s time for them to become relics. New generations are calling […]

Atom Bank Partners With Assetz Capital for Commercial Mortgage Access
Fintech & Ecommerce

Atom Bank Partners With Assetz Capital for Commercial Mortgage Access

Assetz Capital will act as a key distribution partner for Atom commercial mortgage loan applications covering all UK regions

Google Experiments With Watermarks for AI Image Identification
Science & Technology

Google Experiments With Watermarks for AI Image Identification

Google has introduced a technology that embeds a digital watermark directly into the pixels of an image, making it invisible to the human eye, but able to perform AI-generated image identification

Court Favours Grayscale Over SEC in Spot Bitcoin ETF Case
Blockchain & Crypto

Court Favours Grayscale Over SEC in Spot Bitcoin ETF Case

Despite the legal victory of Grayscale, it’s too early for spot Bitcoin ETF proponents to cheer

US Treasury and IRS Propose Crypto Tax Reporting Rules
Blockchain & Crypto

US Treasury and IRS Propose Crypto Tax Reporting Rules

The new crypto tax proposal from the US Treasury and IRS regulates the sale and exchange of digital assets by brokers, aiming “to close the tax gap, address the tax evasion risks posed by digital assets, and help ensure that everyone plays by the same set of rules.”

N26 Integrates iDEAL Online Payment Standard
Fintech & Ecommerce

N26 Integrates iDEAL Online Payment Standard

German online bank N26 enables the most popular online payment method in the Netherlands – iDEAL

How AI Can Facilitate Sustainable Investing
Finance & Economics

How AI Can Facilitate Sustainable Investing

In the age when threats of climate change and global warming are pressing, every government and business must know about AI potential for promoting sustainable investing

QR Code Payments to Grow 590% in Southeast Asia by 2028: Research
Fintech & Ecommerce

QR Code Payments to Grow 590% in Southeast Asia by 2028: Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found the volume of QR code payments in the leading Southeast Asian market will increase from 13 billion in 2023 to 90 billion in 2028.

Morgan Stanley & Crowley to Advance Wind Energy Solutions in US
Science & Technology

Morgan Stanley & Crowley to Advance Wind Energy Solutions in US

The new joint venture will strategically combine Crowley’s end-to-end maritime and logistics capabilities with Morgan Stanley Investment Management expertise to promote offshore wind energy solutions for the US.

Morgan Stanley Launches Financial Education App for Entertainers, Creators and Athletes
Finance & Economics

Morgan Stanley Launches Financial Education App for Entertainers, Creators and Athletes

The new Money in the Making app was developed and designed by Morgan Stanley specifically for the next generation of athletes, entertainers, and sports and entertainment professionals embarking on their wealth management journeys.

UK Lolly POS Terminals Now Support Bitcoin Lightning Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

UK Lolly POS Terminals Now Support Bitcoin Lightning Payments

UK Customers now have the option to pay for their purchases using the Bitcoin Lightning network alongside conventional cash and card methods at all Lolly tills and kiosks

Orange to Sell Banking Business in Romania to Alpha Bank
Fintech & Ecommerce

Orange to Sell Banking Business in Romania to Alpha Bank

Mobile network operator Orange is transferring its retail banking business in Romania – Orange Money – to Alpha Bank Romania

UAE Partners With Mastercard to Accelerate AI Adoption
Science & Technology

UAE Partners With Mastercard to Accelerate AI Adoption

Mastercard has established a global centre for advanced AI and cyber technology in Dubai, UAE to realize the aspirations outlined in the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031.

Meta Launches AI Coding Tool for Business and Personal Use
Science & Technology

Meta Launches AI Coding Tool for Business and Personal Use

The new tool is a fine-tuned version of LLama2 trained specifically to generate and discuss computer code. Code Llama could be particularly useful for small fintechs traditionally underserved by big-tech AI providers

UK Promotes Cyber Skills With Free School Training
Science & Technology

UK Promotes Cyber Skills With Free School Training

UK government encourages schools to take advantage of free resources to help secondary school children boost cyber skills and pursue careers in the field later in life