Omni Raises $69 Million
Omni closed a Series B funding round worth $69 million this month.
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MoonPay Acquires Iron
Crypto payment giant MoonPay is expanding its push into the enterprise market as a result of the acquisition of Iron, an API-first stablecoin infrastructure startup.
Worth Raises $25 Million
Automation-focused fintech platform Worth raised $25 million in new funding.
Corsair Capital Acquires Stake in Platform IDnow
Investment company Corsair Capital has acquired a majority stake in the German IDnow identity verification platform.
Visa Says About Results of Its Anti-Fraud Unit Activity
Visa said that its anti-fraud disruption department saved potential victims of scammers $350 million last year.
US Budget Deficit Increases
The United States’ debt and budget deficit problem worsened during President Donald Trump’s first month in office.
EU Launches Countermeasures Against US Metals Tariffs
On Wednesday, March 12, the European Union launched countermeasures against the United States tariffs on metal imports, announcing its intention to enact its own levies on American goods worth up to 26 billion euros ($28.3 billion).
US Inflation Declines
In the United States in February, consumer prices showed growth, the pace of which turned out to be the slowest in the last four months, against which a kind of respite is forming in anticipation of the impact of tariffs, characterized by many experts as a factor in increasing the cost of goods and services.
Female Entrepreneurs Strive in Middle Income Nations Focusing on Domestic Markets
The majority of the countries where male early-stage entrepreneurial activity rates exceed that of females by five percentage points or more belong to the high-income group.
Fintech Zolve Raises $251 Million
Neobank Zolve on Tuesday, March 11, announced that it raised $251 million in the latest round of debt and equity financing.
Founder of Startup Butterfly Effect Says Chinese AI Agent Manus Transcends Chatbots
The Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, which has developed the general-purpose artificial intelligence agent dubbed Manus, appears to become a significant change factor in the market of large language models in the Asian country, as this virtual product focuses on apps beyond chatbots similar to ChatGPT from OpenAI.
Donald Trump Doubles Tariffs on Canadian Steel and Aluminum
President of the United States Donald Trump on Tuesday, March 11, announced that he would raise tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Canada to 50% in response to the decision of the province of Ontario to increase taxes on electricity sent to the US.
Gender Pay Gap Still an Issue in U.S.
As Women’s History Month progresses in the U.S., the same cannot be said about the gender pay gap, which hasn’t been shrinking much in the last few years.
China Announces High-Tech Fund
After the artificial intelligence reasoning model, a product of the Chinese company DeepSeek, became popular globally in the current year, the top economic officials of the Asian country promised to form a state-backed fund to support technological innovation.
Wall Street Ends Sharply Lower
On Monday, March 10, the stock indexes of the United States showed a significant drop.
TSMC’s Sales Accelerates
Revenue of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in the first two months of the current year showed growth of 39%, which is an acceleration compared to the upward dynamic of this indicator in 2024 and indicates a steady level of consumer demand for Nvidia chips used in the development of artificial intelligence.
