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Brexit

UK Economy Slides Towards Recession

UK appears to be the only G-7 nation where output declined in the July-September period

Finance & Economics

APIs Present Billions-Per-Year Monetisation Opportunities for Banks

A new study from the Mobey Forum’s Open Banking Expert Group suggested that banks are missing enormous monetisation opportunities provided by open APIs

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta to Slash 13% of Employees

Another grand layoff in the industry is the most significant job cut event in Meta’s history

Finance & Economics

Binance Reconsidered FTX Takeover: Discovered a Financial Black Hole

Binance will not go ahead with plans to buy FTX, after due diligence and US regulatory investigations into the exchange

Finance & Economics

JP Morgan & Mastercard Launch Pay-by-Bank ACH Payments

The new service allows customers to pay bills automatically using their bank account information instead of a card

Finance & Economics

How Will US Midterm Elections Influence Stock Market: Forecasts 

As Election Day is over and American citizens wait for the results, financial experts wonder what changes would US Midterms bring to the stock markets

Science & Technology

Elon Musk Sells Almost $4 Billion in Tesla Stock, Wants to Add ‘Official’ Mark to Twitter

After splurging on the Twitter purchase, Elon Musk has sold another 19.5 million shares of the electric car maker worth $3.95 billion

Finance & Economics

New York Fed Tests Wholesale CBDC

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York experiments with a wholesale CBDC prototype on cross-border transactions 

Blockchain & Crypto

Binance’s Deal to Buy Troubled FTX Shakes Markets

As Binance acquires its rival cryptocurrency FTX, Coinbase shares and major cryptocurrencies plummet

Events

IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition to Be Held at Istanbul, Turkey, 03-04 May 2023

IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition will be held on 03 – 04 May 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Contactless Mobile Payments to Surpass 1 Billion Users for First Time in 2024: Research

Increased investment in contactless acceptance infrastructure, especially across emerging regions, will drive the growth of contactless mobile payments

Blockchain & Crypto

Fed Seized $3.36 Billion in BTC Stolen from Silk Road

This is the Fed’s second-largest seizure of cryptocurrency, following the 2016 Bitfinex hack

Blockchain & Crypto

Citibank Explains How Digital Assets Can Boost Philanthropy

Citi’s new report reveals the significance of crypto donations in perspective of the cost of living crisis

Fintech & Ecommerce

RCH Partners Dejamobile to Offer SoftPoS on Android NFC Devices

RCH Pay service lets merchants link their RCH cash register to a standard Android NFC smartphone or tablet and accept contactless payments without a dedicated POS terminal

Blockchain & Crypto

OpenSea Will Enforce NFT Royalties with On-Chain Tool

OpenSea goes against the flow with its new solution to impose NFT royalty fees

Blockchain & Crypto

Ethereum Roadmap Gets Another Stage: The Scourge

A new milestone on the Ethereum technical roadmap aims to improve censorship resistance and decentralization of the network