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Finance & Economics

JPMorgan Seeks to Expand in Africa and Scandinavia

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, is currently stepping up efforts to expand its business globally, intending to form an enhanced presence outside the domestic market.

Blockchain & Crypto

Institutions Drive Crypto Adoption in South Korea and Hong Kong: Report

Eastern Asia is the sixth largest cryptocurrency economy in the world this year, accounting for 8.9% of global crypto value received between July 2023 and June 2024. South Korea and Hong Kong stand out as the most crypto-active countries in the region, with institutions driving increased adoption.

Blockchain & Crypto

USDC Integrates With Real-Time Payment Systems of Mexico and Brazil

Circle has partnered with leading banks in Mexico and Brazil to integrate its stablecoin, USDC, into the national real-time payment systems of these two countries.

Science & Technology

Microsoft Approves New Share Buyback Program

Microsoft announced that the company’s board of directors has approved a new share buyback program worth up to $60 billion.

Finance & Economics

VC Company Patron Raises $100 Million

Early-stage venture capital company Patron announced that its second fund raised $100 million.

Science & Technology

Microsoft and BlackRock to Launch Fund for AI Infrastructure

BlackRock and Microsoft intend to launch a fund worth more than $30 billion to invest in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Finance & Economics

US Retail Sales Demonstrate Growth

In the United States, an increase in retail sales was recorded in August, which was evidence that one of the main driving forces of the positive dynamic economic system of this country remains in force, despite various difficulties, including inflation that has not been fully overcome and continuing uncertainty about the scenarios of the future.

Science & Technology

Intel Shares Rise Amid Chip Deal With Amazon

Intel’s chip manufacturing business, which has recently faced significant difficulties, received an incentive for growth and development after the announcement of the beginning of interaction with a major customer, which is Amazon.

Finance & Economics

VC Firm Insight Partners Reportedly Prepares to Close $10 Billion-Plus Fund

The media reports that the venture capital company Insight Partners is currently preparing to close a fund worth more than $10 billion.

Science & Technology

Apple Presents iOS 18

Apple on Monday, September 16, presented a new version of the operating system for the iPhone called iOS 18.

Blockchain & Crypto

Circle Partners With Sony to Enable USDC on Soneium

Soneium, a public Ethereum layer 2 blockchain ecosystem, will integrate the Bridged USDC Standard and establish bridged USDC as one of its primary tokens for value exchange due to the fresh collaboration.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Announces New Independent Board Oversight Committee

OpenAI on Monday, September 16, announced that its Safety and Security Committee, which this company introduced in May during the proceedings in the framework of disputes related to security processes, is being transformed in a structural sense and corporate context into an independent board oversight committee.

Science & Technology

Larry Ellison Becomes World’s Second-Richest Man

On Monday, September 16, the value of Oracle shares continued their growth trajectory, increasing by more than 6%, against which the chairman of this company, which is a software developer and server hardware supplier, Larry Ellison became the second richest person in the world, displacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in the appropriate position.

Finance & Economics

Experts Cut China’s 2024 Growth Forecast

Experts from world-renowned financial institutions began to reconsider their vision of the prospects of the dynamic of the economic system of China in the current year, and for Beijing, these new expectations are clearly not favorable and do not belong to the category of a positive assessment of the possibilities of the foreseeable future.

Science & Technology

NAHREP Conference Showcases AI Tools for Real Estate Agents

The National Association for Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) L’Atitude conference illustrated mind-blowing AI use cases for tech-savvy real estate agents.

Fintech & Ecommerce

India Accuses Amazon and Flipkart in Violation of Competition Laws

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has conducted antitrust investigations, concluding that Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart repeatedly violated local antitrust laws, while Samsung and Xiaomi colluded with them.