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Fintech & Ecommerce

Global Payments Bets on Synergy From Worldpay

TSYS, which is the parent company of Global Payments, is currently focusing its efforts and hopes on making what can be called financial synergies a reality as part of moving forward, a process largely based on the acquisition of Worldpay.

Fintech & Ecommerce

HSBC Updates Hong Kong Mobile App

This month, HSBC plans to launch an updated mobile app in Hong Kong to offer local consumers what the management of this financial institution characterizes as the most personalized and simplified experience.

Fintech & Ecommerce

OakNorth Taps OpenAI Tech to Deliver AI-Led Digital Banking

OakNorth wants to embed custom-built GPT tools powered by OpenAI into the core of its digital banking platform that serves over 215,000 customers.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Vistra Acquires iiPay to Boost Multi-Country Payroll Solution

The combined business of Vistra and iiPay is expected to process about ten million payment records each year in over 170 markets around the world.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Palantir and xAI to Promote Financial Services AI Use

Palantir and xAI are launching a partnership aimed at exploring how companies operating in the financial services sector can use artificial intelligence.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Agree.com Raises Investments to Combine Payments and e-Signatures

Agree.com, the e-Signature platform, raised new funding for $7.2 million.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Plaid Integrates Claude AI

Plaid’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integrates directly with Claude, a virtual assistant powered by artificial intelligence from startup Anthropic.

Science & Technology

Duna Raises Investments to Bolster Business Identity Platform

Duna, a business identity platform founded by two Stripe veterans, raised $12.1 million.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Invests in BVNK

Stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK has received investments from the payment industry giant Visa.

Finance & Economics

First Saudi IPO Since Tariff Shock Draws $20 Billion in Orders

Saudi packaging manufacturer United Carton Industries Co. drew more than $20 billion in orders for its initial public offering (IPO) of shares.

Science & Technology

Apple and Anthropic Reportedly Develop AI-Powered Coding Platform

The media published information according to which Apple and Anthropic have partnered to develop a platform that will use artificial intelligence to write, edit, and test code for programmers.

Fintech & Ecommerce

HK Digital Banks to Expand Wealth Services

In Hong Kong, eight local digital banks intend to expand their wealth management services in the background of favorable results.

Finance & Economics

China Risks to Dive Into Deeper Deflation

High tariffs from the United States on imports of goods from China are a factor that will definitely significantly reduce or, quite likely, bring US orders for products from an Asian country to zero, against which Beijing, as part of its desire to help local exporters, is making efforts to divert sales to the domestic […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

MoneyFellows Raises $13 Million

Currently, most African-based digital lenders rely heavily on working capital in the context of efforts to stimulate the growth of their own businesses, but at the same time, MoneyFellows startup has been able to implement a practice that few fintech industry players on the mentioned continent can do, lend billions of Egyptian pounds with virtually […]

Finance & Economics

European Inflation Shows Stability

In April, inflation in the eurozone showed no change, remaining at the 2.2% mark.

Finance & Economics

Global Manufacturing Activity Decreases

In April, global manufacturing activity contracted for the first time since the beginning of the current year.