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Finance & Economics

HSBC Completes Sale of Its French Retail Banking Business

HSBC subsidiary HSBC Continental Europe (HBCE) has completed the sale of its retail banking business in France.

Science & Technology

Meta Cuts Prices for Quest 2 Headset

Meta has reduced the cost of the Quest 2 virtual reality headset.

Finance & Economics

China’s Factory Activity Picks Up

A private gauge of factory activity in China showed an increase in December.

Finance & Economics

China Injects $50 Billion Into Some Banks

Last month, the People’s Bank of China injected almost $50 billion into policy-oriented lenders.

Science & Technology

ASML Suspends Some China Exports

The Dutch company ASML, which specializes in the manufacture of equipment for the production of chips, announced an order received from the Netherlands government to stop supplying some of its products to China.

Fintech & Ecommerce

HSBC Takes on Revolut With New App for Non-Customers

HSBC Holdings plans to release an app with which financial services consumers will be able to make international payment transactions.

Science & Technology

Nokia Says About Negative Prospects of Sales

Nokia Oyj said it will not be able to meet its annual forecast for sales, operating margin, and free cash flow.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Nomura Downgrades Uber and Lyft

Ridesharing giants Uber and Lyft achieved good results in 2023, the main one being revenue growth, but 2024 will be a period of difficulties for them.

Fintech & Ecommerce

OnlineCheckWriter.com Launches Cloud Banking Service in Oman

B2B Payment Platform OnlineCheckWriter.com expanded the geography of using its cloud banking service.

Science & Technology

GitHub Expands Availability of AI Assistant

GitHub has made its Copilot Chat generally available to organizations and individuals.

Finance & Economics

US Overtakes China as South Korea’s Top Export Market

In December, shipments of goods produced by South Korean companies to the United States exceeded exports to China.

Fintech & Ecommerce

The Eastern Bank in Bangladesh Creates First Metal Biometric Card

The Eastern Bank, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has unveiled the world’s first biometric metal card, set to transform the banking experience for its EBL customers starting in early 2024.

Fintech & Ecommerce

India-Based Car-Sharing Platform Zoomcar Goes Public

Zoomcar, an Indian peer-to-peer carsharing platform that targets emerging markets, has gone public.

Blockchain & Crypto

Binance Reports User Growth

Binance was able to demonstrate the growth of its business, despite numerous litigation with regulators.

Science & Technology

Publishers Discuss Licensing Content With OpenAI

It is reported that several publishers of news media met with representatives of OpenAI to discuss licensing their content for the subsequent use of these materials in the training of artificial intelligence models.

Finance & Economics

China’s Richest Provinces to Take Lead in Driving Economic Growth

In China, local officials have released information on their priorities for next year, which includes, among other things, promises from some of the country’s most financially secure provinces to become a driving force in stimulating the growth of the state’s economy.