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Fintech & Ecommerce

Goldman Sachs Spinoff Louisa Expands Availability of Corporate Networking Platform

The availability of the social media platform for employees used by Goldman Sachs is expanding.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Salsa Raises $10 Million to Help Platforms Embed Payroll Features

Salsa announced the attraction of investment funds for $10 million.

Blockchain & Crypto

OpenAI CEO Raises $100M for Iris-Scanning Crypto

Worldcoin will use iris-scanning technology for a worldwide identification system that would let people securely and simply access crypto services

Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut to Begin Offering Loans in France

Revolut announced plans to expand activities in France over the next two years.

Science & Technology

Cable Wants to Help Banks Cut Financial Crime Through Automated Assurance

Cable Company, which provides services for the verification and assessment of potential financial risks, announced the holding of a round of attracting Series A investment funds.

Society & Lifestyle

Amazon Workers Launch Battle to Unionize in Britain

Employees at Amazon at a large warehouse located in the UK reported about unionization.

Finance & Economics

In UK Ransomware Payments Nearly Double in One Year

In the UK, payments by companies to ransomware programs have almost doubled over the past year.

Society & Lifestyle

UK Extradites Autonomy Co-Founder Mike Lynch to US

British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been extradited to the United States, where he will be charged with committing illegal acts.

Science & Technology

SAP and Google Cloud Introduce Comprehensive Open Data Offering

SAP and Google Cloud have expanded the scope of the partnership and presented a comprehensive open data offer.

Finance & Economics

CFPB Warns Banks Against Creation of Fake Accounts for Fee Harvesting

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) The United States has issued a circular stating that banks unilaterally deciding to reopen a deposit account for processing transactions, previously closed by a customer violate the Consumer Financial Protection Act.

Finance & Economics

Revolut CFO Resigns Citing Personal Reasons

Revolut’s chief financial officer retired two years after starting work in the British fintech industry.

Science & Technology

Web3 Initiative to Train AI in Chat-To-Earn Style

BlockGPT aims to create a ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence ecosystem on the blockchain, introducing “chat to earn” reward opportunities alongside the tokens

Society & Lifestyle

Musk Steps Down as Twitter CEO: Who Will Substitute Him?

After about half a year since Elon Musk bought Twitter and took the company private, the billionaire announced he will no longer be the media platform’s CEO, putting the company under female supervision

Society & Lifestyle

UK Food Bank Uses QR Codes and Biometrics to Distribute Food to Those in Need

Already available in a trial mode, the innovative food bank initiative enables people fighting personal crises and poverty to spend dedicated charitable funds at local grocery stores using QR code payment technology

Science & Technology

Roblox Gamers Spend $773 Million on Virtual Currency Robux in Q1

The Roblox gaming platform reported a significant increase in the level of user activity and growth in sales of the in-game currency Robux in the first quarter of 2023.

Science & Technology

Microsoft Makes Strategic Investment Into Builder.ai

Builder.ai joined a group of companies that need their own native applications by signing a strategic cooperation agreement with Microsoft.