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Science & Technology

Netflix Reports Earnings

Netflix has released information about its earnings for the first quarter of 2025.

Science & Technology

Security Startup Pillar Raises $9 Million

Pillar Security startup raised $9 million in seed funding to expand its research and development and support its go-to-market efforts.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Shein and Temu to Increase US Prices

Chinese online retailers Shein and Temu have notified US consumers that prices on their respective e-commerce platforms will increase from April 25.

Fintech & Ecommerce

SoFi Adds Funds in Commitments to Loan Platform Business

SoFi secured agreements worth $3.2 billion for expansion to its Loan Platform Business.

Finance & Economics

KeyCorp’s Commercial Payments Business Demonstrates Growth

KeyCorp released data on its earnings, which showed growth in deposits, while the bank’s management pointed to the momentum in payments, including commercial transactions of the relevant category, which should prove resilient even amid macroeconomic difficulties related to the tariff-driven trade war.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Toku Raises $48 Million

Toku raised $48 million in a Series A funding round for its accounts receivable (AR) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform focused on mid-market to enterprise businesses in Chile, Brazil, and Mexico.

Blockchain & Crypto

AEON Teams Up with Stellar to Grow Web3 Mobile Payments in Southeast Asia

AEON partners with Stellar blockchain to support payments using $XLM and Stellar-based USDC for e-commerce purposes.

Society & Lifestyle

Governments Agree on Green Shipping Guidelines

The international maritime regulator has established new rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping practices and agreed on the penalties for those missing the set objectives.

Science & Technology

AI Startups Raise $73B in Q1

Over half of the quarterly AI startup investments were brought in by a March $40 billion funding round secured by the industry leader – OpenAI.

Science & Technology

Nvidia CEO Visits Beijing

Nvidia Corp. chief executive officer Jensen Huang arrived in Beijing after the administration of United States President Donald Trump barred the company from the sale of the H20 artificial intelligence chip to China.

Science & Technology

TSMC Reports Earnings

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on Thursday, April 17, maintained its annual revenue forecast after its profit for the last quarter exceeded preliminary expectations and became evidence that global consumer demand for artificial intelligence chips continues.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Western Union Develops Media Network Business

Western Union is committed to developing its new Media Network business through collaboration with Magnite, an independent sell-side advertising company.

Fintech & Ecommerce

ValidiFI Offers Authoritative Bank Account Verification Tool

Bank account and payment intelligence company ValidiFI has started offering consumers new authoritative bank account verification capabilities.

Science & Technology

Anthropic Reportedly to Add Voice Capabilities to AI Assistant Claude

The media published information according to which Anthropic plans to add voice capabilities to its artificial intelligence assistant Claude.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Neobank Bunq Plans to Get US Banking License

The European neobank Bunq is currently on its way to obtaining a banking license in the United States.

Finance & Economics

Global Tech Stocks Decrease

On Wednesday, April 16, technology stocks are on a downward trajectory as new restrictions from the United States government on the export of Nvidia Corp. chips to China and the disappointing report from ASML Holding NV have significantly worsened the prospects for the semiconductor sector, which has already caused the market value of the two […]