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Fintech & Ecommerce

Apple Launches Online Store on China’s WeChat App

Apple has launched an online store in the Chinese WeChat app.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Citi Debuts Digital Platform for Commercial Banking Customers

Citi announced the launch of a digital platform that is designed for clients of a financial institution from commercial banks.

Finance & Economics

Balance Introduces Surcharge Fee Option for Credit Card Transactions

In the USA, Balance, a company that offers integrated payment solutions to consumers of financial services, announced the launch of a program for charging additional fees.

Blockchain & Crypto

BIS Says 93% of Central Banks Work on Digital Currencies

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) conducted a new study, according to the results of which the growth of the popularity of digital currencies of the central bank (CBDC) was recorded.

Blockchain & Crypto

Binance Faces Executive Exodus as DOJ Investigation Looms

The media reported that several Binance executives decided to resign due to concerns related to a possible investigation by the US Department of Justice.

Society & Lifestyle

Snapchat Reportedly Reaps Benefits From Creator Revenue-Sharing Program

Snapchat’s plan to distribute the income received as a result of the placement of advertising materials or the results of other activities to promote brand products, with content creators is likely to be effective and will bring significant benefits to the social network.

Society & Lifestyle

Bangladesh Government Website Leaks Citizens’ Personal Data

A leak of the personal information of citizens was recorded on the website of the Government of Bangladesh.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut Launches Instant Cashback Rewards in US

Revolut has launched a new feature in its US app that provides instant money back.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Numarics Raises €10 Million to Offer Small Businesses All-in-One Digital CFO Solution

Swiss fintech startup Numarics announced the raising of investment funds for 10 million euros following the results of the initial round of financing.

Science & Technology

Apple Purges Predatory Lending Apps in India

Apple removed several lending apps from the App Store in India this week.

Science & Technology

Morgan Stanley Upgrades Asia Chip Stocks on AI Clamor

Semiconductors used in the field of artificial intelligence have long-term prospects for a high level of demand, which caused a change in the direction of an optimistic assessment of the attitude of Morgan Stanley specialists to the future application of chip stocks in Greater China, South Korea, and Japan.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Makes GPT-4 Generally Available

Last Thursday, July 6, OpenAI announced the universal availability of GPT-4, its latest model of generative artificial intelligence, through its API.

Science & Technology

Twitter Warns Meta Not to Scrape User Data

Twitter has greeted the launch of the Meta Threads text application with a letter from its lawyer.

Finance & Economics

KeyBank Launches Homebuyer Assistance Program for Underserved Communities

KeyBank announced the launch of a program to assist in the purchase of housing for underserved communities.

Science & Technology

Zuckerberg Aims to Make Threads 1-Billion Member App

Tech giant Meta on Thursday, July 6, launched a Twitter competitor called Threads, which could become an application with 1 billion users.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Creates New Team to Bring Superintelligent AI Under Control

OpenAI is currently creating a new team led by Ilya Sutskever, chief Researcher and one of the co-founders of the company.