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Fintech & Ecommerce

Equifax Launches Fraud Prevention KYB Tool

Equifax is launching the Know Your Business (KYB) solution, with which American lenders and businesses will be able to make more informed decisions about gaining new accounts or vendors.

Science & Technology

Microsoft to Launch Copilot AI Chatbot for Finance Workers

Microsoft on Thursday, February 29, announced its intention to release a version of Copilot, a chatbot based on artificial intelligence, which will be able to perform key tasks for people who work in the sphere of finance.

Science & Technology

India Approves $15 Billion of Chip Plant Investments

In India, the local government has decided to allocate $15.2 billion in government funding for the construction of chip manufacturing plants.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard Introduces Open Banking for Account Opening Program

The new core benefit program from Mastercard is aimed at select U.S. debit and prepaid products, designed to streamline and secure account opening with open banking capabilities.

Finance & Economics

Chinese Authorities to Discuss Economic Growth Goals

The annual legislative meeting will be held in Beijing next week, during which the goal of China’s economic growth and plans to achieve it will be discussed.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna Sees Tremendous Improvements Brought By AI Bot

Klarna has had its new AI bot conducting 2.3 million conversations, two-thirds of Klarna’s total customer service chats, within the last month.

Finance & Economics

France’s Inflation Rate Falls

In February, the inflation rate in France showed a slowdown to a level that is the lowest since September 2021.

Finance & Economics

Swiss Economy Demonstrates Growth

As the results of last year, the Swiss economic system unexpectedly maintained a positive dynamic, even though the manufacturing sector in this country continues to be a factor of negative impact on the corresponding growth prospects.

Blockchain & Crypto

Sustainable Miners to Suffer Less From Bitcoin Halving

Bitcoin halving event is typically a challenging period for the miners, yet those who operate based on energy-efficient models are more likely to keep operations profitable during that time, explain U.S. mining firms.

Blockchain & Crypto

Binance Expands VIP Invitation With Traditional Assets

Within a time-limited promotion, new users could aggregate volume from not only crypto but also their traditional spot or futures trading venues to qualify for Binance VIP status and benefits.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Bfree Debt Collection Startup Raises $3M to Promote Ethical Debt Recovery in Nigeria

Bfree, a Nigerian tech-enabled debt collection startup that offers an ethical alternative to aggressive money retrieval techniques, raised almost $3 million in fresh funding in a round led by Capria Ventures.

Science & Technology

Ideogram Raises $80 Million for AI Image Generation

Ideogram, a startup that specializes in developing artificial intelligence technology that generates images, has announced its intention to raise $80 million in investment funds.

Finance & Economics

Goldman Sachs CEO Says About Uncertainty to Soft-Landing Expectations

Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. David Solomon said that the downward trend in consumer spending in the United States creates reason to doubt that the economic system of this country will be able to avoid the implementation of a negative recession scenario.

Finance & Economics

Chinese Developer Country Garden Faces Liquidation Petition

The Chinese developer Country Garden, which defaulted on its debts in 2023, announced that it had received a petition for liquidation from the creditor after non-payment of the loan.

Finance & Economics

Hong Kong Property Stocks Demonstrate Growth

In Hong Kong, an increase in the share price of local developers was recorded after Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced the cancellation of measures to cool property as part of efforts to normalize the state of affairs in the real estate sector, which found itself in a difficult situation amid the impact of negative factors […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

CarGurus Rolls Out New AI Features

CarGurus is launching new artificial intelligence features to provide dealers and consumers with the necessary information about vehicles in full.