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Tanzanian Fintech Company Nala Launches Business in EU

The Tanzanian fintech company Nala announced the start of work in 19 countries of the Eurozone.

Blockchain & Crypto

Mastercard Launches Web3-Focused Incubator

Mastercard launches an incubator focused on web3.

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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Release Contactless Payment Devices

The Islamic Bank of Abu Dhabi launched the release of devices for contactless payments.

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Inflation in Eurozone Fall to 9.5%

For the first time in two months, inflation in the Eurozone was less than 10%. The preliminary consumer price index in the single euro area increased by 9.2% year-on-year in December. This figure in November was 10.1%. In October, the index was a record, its value was equal to 10.6%. Experts predicted inflation in the […]

Blockchain & Crypto

Huobi Lays Off 20% of Employees, Denies Insolvency

The crypto exchange Huobi has confirmed plans to lay off 20% of its employees as part of the ongoing restructuring, following Justin Sun’s acquisition of the firm, but denied rumours of its insolvency

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Americans Spent a Record $212B on Online Holiday Shopping

Online shopping considerably increased this holiday season despite economic downturn, as record-setting discounts helped offset the negative impact of high inflation

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Santander Launches Commercial Card Solution with Global Payments

Santander Bank partnered with Global Payments Inc. on a new commercial card offering for its Commercial Banking clients in the US

Blockchain & Crypto

ECB Executive Urges to Assimilate Crypto with Gambling

ECB board member Fabio Panneta suggests trading unbacked crypto assets should be regulated similarly to gambling

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Amazon Job Cuts Will Affect over 18,000 Employees

Amazon layoffs exceed earlier projections. The job cuts would represent over 5% of the company’s corporate workforce and continue over the coming weeks

Science & Technology

CaixaBank to Explore AI Use for Cybersecurity

CaixaBank participates in the European research consortium along with eleven international entities to improve cybersecurity by leveraging AI and big data

Blockchain & Crypto

Indonesia to Create a National Crypto Exchange in 2023

Indonesia makes moves to reform national regulation of the crypto industry, aims to create a crypto exchange this year

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DNB Automates 50% of Chat Traffic with AI

Since October 2018, DNB has implemented a conversational AI chat platform as the first-line customer support. As of now, the bot has interacted with over one million customers

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Indian Bank Introduces QR Code Bill Payment System for CESC

The new bill payment system enables customers to pay by scanning the dynamic QR code linked to the unified payments interface (UPI)

Blockchain & Crypto

FTX Ex-Chief Pleads Not Guilty

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former head of the scandalous FTX crypto exchange, has pleaded not guilty to eight criminal charges regarding FTX bankruptcy

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Shopify Introduces Commerce Components

Commerce Components by Shopify is the suite of API tools for enterprise retail enabling global retailers to integrate components of Shopify with their own systems

Reports

Report Reveals Banking Trends to Watch in 2023

Insider Intelligence highlighted four main banking trends that will emerge in 2023 to help customers weather the economic storms

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