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Finance & Economics

BoE Plans to Change SMB Lending

Bank of England has revealed its plans to change the capital treatment for small business (SMB) lending, calling for a more risk-based approach

Fintech & Ecommerce

Xiaomi Applies for Patent Enabling Contactless QR Payments on AR Glasses

Chinese designer and manufacturer of consumer electronics and related software Xiaomi has filed a patent for a QR code payment technology linked to its wearable augmented reality (AR) glasses

Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard Acquires Baffin Bay to Strengthen Cybersecurity

Mastercard acquired the cloud-based cybersecurity company Baffin Bay Networks to improve its resiliency against cyber-attacks with new AI ‘Cyber Shield’

Finance & Economics

ForwardAI Debuts Update to Small Business Lending Solution

Business data FinTech ForwardAI has presented a new version of its Precise API tool, which can be used to optimize financial solutions.

Finance & Economics

Charles Schwab Customers Deposit $16.5 Billion During Banking Crisis

Charles Schwab Company, which specializes in providing brokerage services in the financial market, reports an active influx of new customers in March amid the crisis of the American banking system.

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta Expands ID Verification Subscription Service to US

The Meta Verified subscription service has become available in the United States.

Blockchain & Crypto

Sam Bankman-Fried Close to Bail Agreement With Feds

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to media reports, is close to concluding a new bail agreement with federal prosecutors.

Finance & Economics

Warren Buffett May Invest in Regional Banks

The media reported that the US authorities turned to Warren Buffett for help amid the crisis in the financial sector.

Finance & Economics

SVB Financial Group Files for Bankruptcy Protection

The former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank SVB Financial Group has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Intellect Design Arena Launches eMACH.ai Open Finance Platform

A multi-product fintech company Intellect Design Arena has introduced a cloud-native open finance platform eMACH.ai, powered by AWS and embedded with AI

Finance & Economics

Signature Bank Has a New Owner

FDIC announced Signature Bank would be sold to Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, a week after the bank was placed into receivership

Finance & Economics

UBS to Buy Credit Suisse, While Central Banks Try to Soothe Market Turbulence

UBS Group will buy Credit Suisse Group for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.23 billion) in a historic deal backed by Swiss authorities, as problems in the global banking sector persist

Finance & Economics

Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature: Big Picture in Small Details (Part 1/3)

The Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank saga, in three not-so-concise parts, examines the chaos of centralized cryptocurrency companies, the failing and scrambling US banking system, and the outcomes for the crypto industry and the regular person.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Tamara Secures Debt Financing to Expand BNPL in GCC Region

Tamara has secured $150 million in debt financing for its shopping and payments platform.

Finance & Economics

BBVA Targets Colombia’s Innovation Sector

Spanish financial group BBVA announced the creation of a business unit in Colombia.

Fintech & Ecommerce

VR Payment and Hawk AI Join Efforts to Prevent Financial Crime With AI

VR Payment, part of the cooperative financial group Volksbank Raiffeisenbanken and DZ BANK Group, partnered with AML and fraud prevention software provider Hawk AI to fight financial crime