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Fintech & Ecommerce

Lloyds Bank and Cleareye Launch Partnership

Lloyds Bank announced the start of a partnership with the artificial intelligence platform Cleareye.ai.

Finance & Economics

Brazil Tries to Calm Investors

In Brazil, the local economic team is going into damage control mode to reassure investors and ensure that the country’s government is complying with fiscal rules, even as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is pushing for a decision to increase social spending.

Science & Technology

Brazil Blocks X

In Brazil, a panel of federal supreme court justices voted unanimously to uphold an order suspending the operation of social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, in the country.

Science & Technology

Singapore Considers Bill to Fight Fraud

Singapore is currently considering a bill that provides for the police to be able to order banks to temporarily prevent customers from transferring money to fraudsters.

Fintech & Ecommerce

PDD Holdings Reportedly Accumulates $38 Billion Cash Stockpile

The media reports that PDD Holdings, which ownership structure includes Temu, a company operating in the e-commerce area, is currently sitting at $38 billion in cash.

Science & Technology

China Warns Japan of Consequences for Possible New Chip Restrictions

China has stated to Japan that it is ready to take restrictive retaliatory measures if Tokyo continues to reduce the scope of sales and service of equipment necessary for the production of chips.

Blockchain & Crypto

Qatar Launches Digital Asset Regulations

A comprehensive regime for regulating and creating digital assets will enable safe and transparent custody arrangements, transfer and exchange of cryptocurrencies in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) in Doha.

Finance & Economics

Central Banks Buy Record Gold Reserves

Global central banks purchased 483 tonnes of gold in the first half of 2024, outperforming the previous record of 460 tonnes set in H1 2023 by 5%.

Science & Technology

ChatGPT Weekly Users Reach 200 Million

OpenAI reported that the number of weekly active users of its AI-powered chatbot called ChatGPT is more than 200 million.

Science & Technology

Amazon Reportedly Chooses Anthropic to Power Alexa 2.0

Media reports say Amazon is using Anthropic’s Claude AI model to power a new version of its Alexa voice assistant.

Science & Technology

Magic Raises $320 Million

Magic has announced that it has raised $320 million in funding to develop an artificial intelligence coworker for AI research and code generation.

Finance & Economics

Eurostat Reports Inflation Decline

Inflation in the Eurozone fell to 2.2% in August.

Science & Technology

Google to Launch Second Data Center in Latin America

Last Thursday, August 29, Google announced its intention to open its second data center in Latin America.

Science & Technology

Dell Shares Rise Amid Positive Earnings Report

Last Thursday, August 29, Dell published information on the financial results of its operations in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, which turned out to be more optimistic compared to the content of the preliminary forecasts of Wall Street analysts and became evidence of the company’s upward dynamic business related to servers.

Science & Technology

Intel Rises Due to Investor Enthusiasm

Intel shares are currently on a growth trajectory.

Blockchain & Crypto

Crypto.com Launches Global Retail Services Through Its Dubai Hub

The launch of Crypto.com global retail services is enabled by Standard Chartered’s tailored banking solutions and the forward-thinking regulatory framework of Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).