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Mastercard Expands Tech Hub Ecosystem With New Campus in India
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard Expands Tech Hub Ecosystem With New Campus in India

Mastercard Pune tech hub in India will focus on areas like cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI-driven solutions and play a key role in supporting Mastercard’s global operations and enhancing its digital infrastructure.

Swift Introduces AI Fraud Detection for Cross-Border Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Swift Introduces AI Fraud Detection for Cross-Border Payments

SWIFT network is to launch an AI-powered solution to bolster fraud detection in cross-border payments, analyze vast amounts of real-time payment data, and mitigate risks.

AI-Powered Robotics Startup Perceptyne Gets $3 Million Funding to Promote Electronic Manufacturing in India
Science & Technology

AI-Powered Robotics Startup Perceptyne Gets $3 Million Funding to Promote Electronic Manufacturing in India

Indian startup Perceptyne secured $3 million in seed funding round led by Endiya Partners and Yali Capital.

Google to Leverage Nuclear Power for AI Development
Science & Technology

Google to Leverage Nuclear Power for AI Development

Global tech leader Google partnered with US-based nuclear energy company Kairos Power to purchase atomic energy from its multiple small modular reactors (SMR) and support the development of AI technologies.

How Cross-Border Payment Inefficiencies Hinder Business Growth
Fintech & Ecommerce

How Cross-Border Payment Inefficiencies Hinder Business Growth

Companies that export goods and services across borders are statistically outperforming companies that limit their business operations to domestic territories. However, cross-border payments are still not handled in the most effective way. Therefore, businesses dealing with international trade often suffer from payment inefficiencies. To what extent are they able to hinder business growth? 

Uniswap Launches Layer 2 Blockchain
Blockchain & Crypto

Uniswap Launches Layer 2 Blockchain

Uniswap’s new layer-2 blockchain is called Unichain and is part of the Optimism Superchain, a network of interoperable layer-2 scaling solutions.

UPI Transactions Surge 52%
Fintech & Ecommerce

UPI Transactions Surge 52%

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in India grew by 52% year-on-year, reaching 78.97 billion in the first half of 2024.

Citi to Enable Cross-Border Payments to Mastercard Debit Cards
Fintech & Ecommerce

Citi to Enable Cross-Border Payments to Mastercard Debit Cards

The combination of Citi WorldLink Payment Services and Mastercard Move offering will add speed, security, and transparency for cross-border transfers in 14 supported markets.

Sustainable Funds Outperform Traditional Ones in H1 2024
Finance & Economics

Sustainable Funds Outperform Traditional Ones in H1 2024

Sustainable funds saw inflows of $20 billion in the first half of 2024, with assets rising to $3.5 trillion.

Vodafone and Google Deepen Strategic Partnership to Expand GenAI Services Across Europe and Africa
Science & Technology

Vodafone and Google Deepen Strategic Partnership to Expand GenAI Services Across Europe and Africa

Vodafone will expand access to Google’s AI-powered Pixel devices with its fast 5G network and offer Google One AI Premium subscription plans, which include Gemini Advanced, in select territories by 2025.

Appeals Centre to Rule Over Social Media Disputes in EU
Society & Lifestyle

Appeals Centre to Rule Over Social Media Disputes in EU

A new appeals body Appeals Centre Europe has been established to review policy violation complaints related to major social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.

National Bank of Bahrain Launches Bitcoin Investments
Blockchain & Crypto

National Bank of Bahrain Launches Bitcoin Investments

The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has introduced a Bitcoin-linked Structured Investment for accredited investors – the first offering of a kind in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) region.

Shaping the AI-to-AI Economy With Don Gossen From Nevermined: Interview
Blockchain & Crypto

Shaping the AI-to-AI Economy With Don Gossen From Nevermined: Interview

“We’re still effectively in the “early 90’s internet” phase of AI at the moment. […] as we unlock AI capabilities, especially those semi-autonomous or autonomous in nature, we begin to see what the future has in store. The possibilities of AI applications are conceivably endless, limited perhaps only by imagination and energy production,” says Don […]

UK FinTech Constitutes 65% of All European Deals in H1 2024
Fintech & Ecommerce

UK FinTech Constitutes 65% of All European Deals in H1 2024

While overall funding in the European fintech sector declined by 25% year-on-year, UK companies dominate the scene, accounting for 65% of all deals in the region.

Mastercard Launches New Cardholder Offerings for Canadian SMEs
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard Launches New Cardholder Offerings for Canadian SMEs

Through strategic partnerships with Slack, Asana, FlexiRoam, H&R Block and others, Mastercard is bringing a range of new business opportunities tailored to meet the unique needs of Canadian SMEs

Do Revenues and Sales Depend on a Variety of Payment Methods?
Fintech & Ecommerce

Do Revenues and Sales Depend on a Variety of Payment Methods?

In an effort to boost sales, merchants strive to provide excellent customer experience and utmost payment flexibility. But does the variety of payment methods available on the e-commerce platform account for bigger revenues or scare customers away? We’re here to analyse a possible connection and decide whether the focus on payment variety is worth the […]

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