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Fintech & Ecommerce

MoneyHero Enables Direct Car Insurance in Hong Kong

MoneyHero customers in Hong Kong can now directly complete their end-to-end car insurance purchase journey on the personal finance aggregation and comparison platform.

Science & Technology

Wells Fargo Says Amazon Pauses Some Data Center Lease Commitments

Wells Fargo analysts reported last Monday, April 21, that Amazon delayed some commitments to lease new data centers, which is the latest sign that economic problems may become an impact factor on technology companies’ spending plans.

Fintech & Ecommerce

CompoSecure Launches Wallet Integration With MoneyGram

CompoSecure, a payment card and security solutions provider, has announced the integration of its Arculus Cold Storage Wallet with MoneyGram Access.

Science & Technology

Dubai’s Du Announces Hyperscale Data Center Deal With Microsoft

The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du) on Tuesday, April 22, announced a 2 billion dirhams ($544.54 million) hyperscale data center deal with Microsoft.

Finance & Economics

Gold Surges to New Record High

The price of gold on Tuesday, April 22, reached a new record high amid scaling and increasing concerns related to the intention of the President of the United States Donald Trump to oust Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

Blockchain & Crypto

Kenya Enters the Digital Asset Era with Launch of KDX by DeFi Technologies, SovFi, and NSE

Kenya Digital Exchange (KDX) will enhance the country‘s financial market infrastructure by offering a secure and fully regulated way to tokenise real-world assets.

Science & Technology

S&P Global Makes Commodities Data AI-Ready with Microsoft 365 Copilot

The S&P Global AI tool on Microsoft 365 Copilot uses knowledge from S&P Global Commodity Insights, a top source for information and prices in the commodities and energy markets.

Science & Technology

El Salvador Taps Into NVIDIA Stack for Sovereign AI Development

One of the most crypto-friendly nations worldwide, El Salvador, is now working hard to develop domestic AI infrastructure, leveraging the tools brought by NVIDIA.

Science & Technology

ChatGPT Search Demonstrates Growth in Europe

ChatGPT search, OpenAI’s feature within ChatGPT, which allows this chatbot to access and incorporate up-to-date information from the Internet into its responses, is at a fast clip in Europe.

Science & Technology

Analysts Say US Chip Controls to Benefit China’s Nvidia Rivals

Analysts in the semiconductor area suggest that as the United States tightens control over Nvidia’s sales in China, the Asian country-based manufacturers of artificial intelligence chips such as Huawei may become beneficiaries of these measures from Washington.

Finance & Economics

China Warns Other Countries Against Striking Trade Deals With US at Its Expense

China has warned other countries of the consequences if they strike deals with the United States that could harm Beijing’s interests.

Finance & Economics

China Keeps Lending Rates Steady

The central bank of China on Monday, April 21, left loan prime rates unchanged, which is generally the expected decision of this financial regulator, since strong macro data is currently being observed in the Asian country, allowing Beijing to focus on stabilizing the yuan amid trade tensions with the United States, which has become an […]

Blockchain & Crypto

Metaplanet Tops $400 Million Bitcoin Holdings

Japanese investment company Metaplanet has increased its Bitcoin holdings to over $400 million after its latest purchase.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Stripe Expands Partnership With Tencent and Weixin Pay Availability

From now on, Weixin Pay, a version of WeChat Pay, is available not only for online payments powered by Stripe but also for in-person shopping via Stripe Terminal in 20 countries.

Science & Technology

Former Y Combinator President Launches New AI Safety Fund

Geoff Ralston this week announced his return to a formal investment ring.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Swift Enhances Case Management to Optimise Payment Investigations

Swift estimates that adopting Case Management early could help the financial industry save more than $600 million each year in operational and liquidity expenses, while also potentially increasing gross revenue by 3–5%.