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Science & Technology

CES 2023 Showcases Touch and Smell Tech for Metaverse

Metaverse needs more customised and real-life-like user experiences such as the integration of the senses of smell and touch into VR experiences, as demonstrated at CES 2023

Jack Ma

Jack Ma Gives Up Control over Ant Group

The billionaire Jack Ma will give up control of the Chinese fintech giant Ant Group under a corporate restructuring

Blockchain & Crypto

DeFi Projects were Main Attack Target in 2022, Expect More Hacks This Year

Reports show DeFi projects faced 113 hacking attacks in 2022, with a total of $950 million in losses

Finance & Economics

Santander Partners Allianz Trade & Two for B2B BNPL Solution

The partnership combines Allianz Trade’s global corporate database with Two’s B2B BNPL technology, while Santander provides expertise in Working Capital Solutions

Federal Reserve System

Who Is and Isn’t Feeling the Unofficial Recession?

“The credit market is clearly telling the equity market: we don’t see a recession, and if we do see one, it will be a mild one,” says head of international fixed income at NatAlliance Securities, as quoted by the Financial Times. And yet, the current inflation is deemed “the hottest” in four decades. The first […]

Finance & Economics

Customers of US Bank Silvergate Withdrawn Over $8bn of Crypto-Linked Deposits

Customers of the American bank Silvergate have withdrawn more than $8 billion from their cryptocurrency-related deposits. About 65% of Silvergate’s customers have withdrawn their deposits in the last three months of 2022. The bank sold its assets worth $5.2 billion. This decision was made by a financial institution to cover expenses. Also, the sale of […]

Finance & Economics

MACH Alliance Announce New Member Adyen

The MACH Alliance group of independent technology companies announced on January 6 that its structure will include Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), a global financial technology platform.

Finance & Economics

Demographics Determine Payment Preferences

The European Central Bank found out that the demographic factor determines consumers’ payment preferences.

Finance & Economics

Twenty7tec to Buy Meet Parker

British mortgage technology firm Twenty7Tec acquired a specialist in digital interaction based on artificial intelligence, Meet Parker.

Finance & Economics

Tanzanian Fintech Company Nala Launches Business in EU

The Tanzanian fintech company Nala announced the start of work in 19 countries of the Eurozone.

Blockchain & Crypto

Cascade of Bankruptcies: Crypto Empire DCG Shuts Wealth-Management Division

Financial interplay, 30% staff layoffs, federal prosecution, suspended withdrawals, and a public feud between the founders. Another cryptocurrency conglomerate joins the growing list of troubled industry giants.  With reportedly over $3.5 billion in assets, Digital Currency Group (DCG), parent company Grayscale Investments, crypto brokerage Genesis, and publication CoinDesk, closes its wealth-management division, HQ Digital. Investigation […]

Blockchain & Crypto

Mastercard Launches Web3-Focused Incubator

Mastercard launches an incubator focused on web3.

Finance & Economics

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Release Contactless Payment Devices

The Islamic Bank of Abu Dhabi launched the release of devices for contactless payments.

Finance & Economics

Duck Creek Technologies to Acquire Swiss Payment Platform

Duck Creek Technologies has announced an agreement to acquire Imburse Payments, a modern payment platform in Switzerland.

News

Survey: Singapore Consumers Want to Control Their Data

Singapore consumers of digital services have expressed a desire to control personal data in the virtual space.

Finance & Economics

Inflation in Eurozone Fall to 9.5%

For the first time in two months, inflation in the Eurozone was less than 10%. The preliminary consumer price index in the single euro area increased by 9.2% year-on-year in December. This figure in November was 10.1%. In October, the index was a record, its value was equal to 10.6%. Experts predicted inflation in the […]