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Finance & Economics

Capital One to Acquire Discover Financial Services

Capital One has announced the acquisition of Discover Financial Services.

News

Airlines to Scan People’s Faces Instead of IDs

Experts believe that in the foreseeable future, the practice may become a reality, in which aircraft passengers will show their faces during boarding instead of presenting an identity card.

News

Brazil Stark Bank Doubles Profit

Stark Bank, one of the few startups from Latin America that received funding from Jeff Bezos’ family office, is currently recording profits as part of its activities to assist companies in handling payment transactions.

Finance & Economics

France and Germany to Propose Measures for Economic Growth

French Finance Chief Bruno Le Maire said that in early March he would make proposals to German Economy Minister Robert Habeck to reduce the norms of the European Union, which, in his opinion, are a factor of negative impact on business and create obstacles to economic growth.

News

Indian Fintech Sector to Continue to Operate Under Current Rules

In India, the local banking regulator has no intention of tightening the rules governing the fintech sector in this country.

News

Reddit Reportedly Signs AI Content Licensing Deal

Reddit has signed a contract that provides for the possibility of using content posted on this social media platform to train artificial intelligence models.

Finance & Economics

HSBC to Improve Ties With Hong Kong Unit

HSBC intends to tighten risk management in its Hong Kong unit Hang Seng Bank.

News

U.S. Bank Taps Pagaya’s Credit Intelligence Network for Personal Loans

U.S. Bank on Thursday, February 15, reported that over the past few months, more than 200 of its clients have received approval to get personal loans using technology and a credit intelligence network, which was enabled as part of the implementation of the partnership between this financial institution and Pagaya Technologies.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Launches Text-to-Video Model

OpenAI, which became world-famous after launching its artificial intelligence-based chatbot called ChatGPT, presented a new Sora product.

Science & Technology

Apple Reportedly Develops GenAI Coding Tool

The media reports that Apple is currently working on creating a new coding tool based on artificial intelligence.

Fintech & Ecommerce

DoorDash Increases Its Retail Presence

DoorDash is gradually undergoing a process of functional transformation from a digital restaurant food delivery platform into something more than a super app, expanding its retail offerings.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Bank of America and Starbucks Roll Out Rewards Program

Bank of America and Starbucks customers will get more benefits by linking accounts opened in a financial institution and a company that owns an international chain of fast-food cafes.

Science & Technology

Scammers Use GenAI to Scale Phishing Attacks

Currently, in the United States, more than 25% of companies prohibit their employees from using generative artificial intelligence, but these measures, taken, among other things, for security reasons, are not an effective tool to counter cybercriminals who, using AI, force their victims to provide confidential information or pay fraudulent invoices.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Payment Service Provider Bold Raises $50 Million

The fintech company Bold, which is based in Colombia, reported that it managed to raise investment funds for $50 million.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Chairman Launches AI Chatbot Startup Sierra

OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor announced the launch of the Sierra startup, which specializes in the development of chatbots based on artificial intelligence.

Finance & Economics

UK Falls Into Recession

The recession has become an economic reality in the United Kingdom, as evidenced by official data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday, February 15.