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Finance & Economics

Blackstone Reportedly Targets New European Markets

Blackstone’s private wealth business plans to enter at least two new European markets next year.

Finance & Economics

Gulf IPOs See Growing Demand

Investors began to pay more active attention to initial public offerings (IPOs) of shares in the Persian Gulf countries, where recently companies from various areas of activity, including healthcare, beauty industry, and retail, were preparing to list their stocks against the background that the economy of this region is undergoing a process of diversification, gradually […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

Affirm Rolls Out BNPL Services in UK

Flexible payment network Affirm introduced its BNPL services to customers in the UK marking its first European expansion.

Fintech & Ecommerce

AliExpress Welcomes U.S. Retailers to Its Direct Platform

AliExpress invited U.S.-based retailers to join the AliExpressDirect initiative and reach a global audience through the Chinese leading e-commerce platform.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Shopify Finance Launches as Centralized Hub for All Financial Solutions

A unified administrative portal, Shopify Finance, helps merchants focus on their business growth, alleviating the complexity and administrative burden of managing multiple financial tools.

Blockchain & Crypto

Bitcoin.com Enables Venmo Payments for Crypto Purchases in US

Bitcoin.com has become one of the first crypto-friendly partners to offer Venmo as a payment method for US users through MoonPay.

Science & Technology

Apple Plans ChatGPT Integration

Apple announced the December integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot.

Blockchain & Crypto

Huawei Integrates Chinese CBDC Into HarmonyOS NEXT

Huawei is embedding Chinese CBDC, digital yuan, directly into its HarmonyOS NEXT operating system, potentially reaching up to a billion users.

Science & Technology

Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Spending Surges to $84B

In Q3 2024, global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was $84 billion, up 23% from the same period in 2023, with generative AI driving the market acceleration.

Finance & Economics

US Manufacturing Demonstrates Decline

In October, the United States recorded a decrease in the level of manufacturing activity to a reading that is a 15-month low.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Reportedly Uses More Than 500 Gen AI Apps

The media published information according to which the payment industry giant Visa currently uses more than 500 apps based on generative artificial intelligence.

Science & Technology

Nvidia to Join Dow Jones Industrial Average

Nvidia is replacing rival microcircuits manufacturer Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is a shakeup in the blue-chip index.

Finance & Economics

US Unemployment Rate Demonstrates Resilience

In the United States, job growth almost stalled last month.

Finance & Economics

Amazon Reports Q3 Earnings

Amazon on last Thursday, October 31, released information about its earnings in the third quarter of the current year, which exceeded analysts’ preliminary expectations in large part due to the growth of the company’s business in the areas of cloud computing and advertising.

Finance & Economics

South Korean Export Growth Slows

In South Korea, a slowdown in the export dynamic was recorded last month.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Amazon Introduces New Virtual Holiday Shop

Holiday shopping has just become easier and more fun with a new virtual holiday shop by Amazon.