MoneyHero Enables Direct Car Insurance in Hong Kong
MoneyHero customers in Hong Kong can now directly complete their end-to-end car insurance purchase journey on the personal finance aggregation and comparison platform.
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Kenya Enters the Digital Asset Era with Launch of KDX by DeFi Technologies, SovFi, and NSE
Kenya Digital Exchange (KDX) will enhance the country‘s financial market infrastructure by offering a secure and fully regulated way to tokenise real-world assets.
S&P Global Makes Commodities Data AI-Ready with Microsoft 365 Copilot
The S&P Global AI tool on Microsoft 365 Copilot uses knowledge from S&P Global Commodity Insights, a top source for information and prices in the commodities and energy markets.
El Salvador Taps Into NVIDIA Stack for Sovereign AI Development
One of the most crypto-friendly nations worldwide, El Salvador, is now working hard to develop domestic AI infrastructure, leveraging the tools brought by NVIDIA.
Is It Possible to Adapt Proactive Fraud Prevention for Crypto Platform Needs?
In the evolving cybersecurity landscape, everyone agrees that protective measures should be proactive to combat sophisticated fraudulent schemes. However, financial platforms that offer crypto services often lack the necessary data to act in advance, allowing fraudsters to exploit gaps in security and compliance. Is it possible for crypto platforms to implement proactive fraud prevention notwithstanding […]
Stripe Expands Partnership With Tencent and Weixin Pay Availability
From now on, Weixin Pay, a version of WeChat Pay, is available not only for online payments powered by Stripe but also for in-person shopping via Stripe Terminal in 20 countries.
Swift Enhances Case Management to Optimise Payment Investigations
Swift estimates that adopting Case Management early could help the financial industry save more than $600 million each year in operational and liquidity expenses, while also potentially increasing gross revenue by 3–5%.
AEON Teams Up with Stellar to Grow Web3 Mobile Payments in Southeast Asia
AEON partners with Stellar blockchain to support payments using $XLM and Stellar-based USDC for e-commerce purposes.
Governments Agree on Green Shipping Guidelines
The international maritime regulator has established new rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping practices and agreed on the penalties for those missing the set objectives.
AI Startups Raise $73B in Q1
Over half of the quarterly AI startup investments were brought in by a March $40 billion funding round secured by the industry leader – OpenAI.
Agentic AI in E-Commerce
Even online shopping can be painstaking, given the manifold selection of products and e-commerce stores. If the mere thought of browsing through myriads of online shops’ inventory items, comparing prices and logistic options leaves you feeling exhausted – agentic AI is on its way to the rescue mission.
Checkout.com Boosts eBay Global Payment Platform
Millions of buyers and sellers around the world using the eBay platform will have even more seamless e-commerce experiences, as the marketplace partners with Checkout.com.
Klarna Expands In-Store Presence With Clover
Klarna partners with Clover, a point-of-sale system developed by Fiserv, to scale its in-store payment network.
Meta to Train Its AI on Public Social Media Content
Meta has received approval from the European regulator to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models on publicly available social media content.
PayPal & TerraPay To Power Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Across MENA
Together, PayPal and TerraPay aim to make cross-border transactions across the Middle East and Africa faster, easier to use and more accessible.
IEA Confirms Energy Use Surge to Meet AI Needs
Global electricity generation required to supply data centres will grow from 460 TWh in 2024 to over 1 000 TWh in 2030 and 1,300 TWh in 2035, by rough IEA estimations.
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