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Fintech & Ecommerce

Google Bans Loan Apps Access to User Contacts

Android apps offering personal loan services will not be able to access users’ sensitive data, such as photos and contacts, with the new restrictions imposed by Google

Blockchain & Crypto

Solana Reveals Solution to Cut On-Chain Storage Costs

The new solution presented by Solana promises to cut the cost of minting 1 million NFTs on the network to nearly $110

Finance & Economics

Samsung Plans to Cut Memory Chip Production

Samsung Electronics has announced its intention to reduce the production of memory chips.

Finance & Economics

Rodeo Raises $5 Million for Operating System for Gig Workers

Rodeo has announced that it has managed to raise $5 million in funding to develop its operating system for gig economy employees.

Finance & Economics

Union Credit and TransUnion Team to Help Credit Unions Find Borrowers

Union Credit and TransUnion have established a partnership to improve the customer service process.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Robinhood Reaches $10.2 Million Settlement on March 2020 Platform Outage

The American financial company Robinhood has reached an agreement with state securities regulators regarding the settlement of a situation related to operational and technical failures.

Society & Lifestyle

EU Begins Work on Digital Visas for Schengen Visitors

Negotiations on the creation and subsequent implementation of a digital visa for the Schengen area will soon begin in the European Union.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Soft Space Raises Largest Series B by Malaysian Startup

The Malaysian company SoftPOS Soft Space has attracted investment funds in the amount of $ 31.5 million following the results of the Series B1 financing round.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Tillerman Launches Insights Tool Leveraging POS Data

Designed for retail brands and wholesalers, the new Tillerman Insight tool is equipped with an interactive and visual dashboard that facilitates gaining and analysing insights from the POS data

Blockchain & Crypto

Republic Crypto Expands to UAE

A global blockchain firm Republic Crypto expands its tech advisory services to the UAE, aiming at wider MENA market

Blockchain & Crypto

Singapore Develops Uniform Standards for Aproving Crypto Bank Accounts

Singapore regulators have long cooperated with traditional banks to develop uniform standards for screening potential crypto customers, the results and conclusions are expected to be published in the next two months

Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard to Ditch All First-Use PVC Plastic Cards

Mastercard reinforces its sustainability commitments with a pledge to remove the first–use, PVC plastics from payment cards on its network by 2028

Fintech & Ecommerce

PayPal Partners Live Nation Entertainment to Provide Flexible Payments for Fans

PayPal announced a multi-year strategic partnership with the global entertainment company Live Nation Entertainment, becoming the preferred payments partner

Finance & Economics

Stripe Confident in Web Economy Despite Significant Slowing

The Stripe payment company processed transactions totaling more than $817 billion in 2022.

Finance & Economics

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon Warns Banking Crisis to Be Felt for Years to Come

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said that the banking crisis triggered by the March collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank has not reached its limit and will have an impact on the state of affairs in the economy over the next few years.

Science & Technology

Meta Launches Computer Vision Model to ID Objects

Meta presented and launched new computer vision tools that can be used to identify objects in an image.