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Finance & Economics

National Bank of Cambodia Partners IFC to Boost Green Finance

Cambodia’s transition towards a green economy requires a financing boost, with the National Bank of Cambodia and IFC joining efforts to support climate-friendly projects.

Blockchain & Crypto

Enhanced Blockchain Security Brought Crypto Hack Losses Down 51% in 2023

The state of Web3 and blockchain security improved over the past year, causing a twofold decrease in losses to crypto hacks and other cybersecurity incidents.

Science & Technology

Samsung Previews New Smartphone

Samsung has announced a new smartphone, hinting very clearly that artificial intelligence will be the main element of technological content in this development.

Science & Technology

Intel and DigitalBridge Establish Generative AI Company

Intel and DigitalBridge Group are jointly establishing the company Articul8, which will provide corporate clients access to a secure and vertically optimized software platform for creating artificial intelligence.

Science & Technology

Barclays Warns on Cooling iPhone Demand

The price of Apple shares on Tuesday, January 2, showed a drop of 3.6%.

Finance & Economics

US National Debt Hits $34 Trillion

The debt of the Government of the United States has exceeded the $34 trillion mark for the first time in history.

Fintech & Ecommerce

FinTech KindCard Plans to Acquire Banking Platform OpenTransact

The fintech company KindCard, specializing in the provision of payment services, intends to acquire the OpenTransact banking platform.

Finance & Economics

UK Executives Urge Bank of England to Cut Rates

In the United Kingdom, the executives of local companies appealed to the Bank of England to lower interest rates shortly, arguing that this decision by the financial regulator would be able to support the country’s weakening economic system after the so-called depressed confidence turned out to be at a four-month low.

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.