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Science & Technology

OpenAI Reportedly Aims to Raise $40 Billion in New Funding Round

The media published information according to which OpenAI is currently negotiating a new $40 billion funding round.

Finance & Economics

Walmart Canada Plans to Build Dozens of Stores

Walmart Canada announced last Thursday, January 30, that over the next five years, it will build dozens of new stores and sell its fleet business.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Reports Growth in Tokens

Visa’s performance in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 showed a significant increase in the number of payment transactions, carried out in digital format, and a growth in tokens and credentials issued by this payment network.

Finance & Economics

US Inflation Rises

Last month, there was a rise in prices in the United States.

Science & Technology

Apple Reports Earnings

Apple on Thursday, January 30, published information about its earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended on December 28.

Fintech & Ecommerce

UPI Transactions Halt for Select Apps

UPI app users are advised to check with their service providers to confirm compliance with the new guidelines, ensuring uninterrupted transactions flow.

Finance & Economics

ECB Cuts Interest Rates

The European Central Bank on Thursday, January 30, decided on another interest rates cut, which was the fifth since June.

Finance & Economics

Euro-Area Fails to Grow

At the end of 2024, the process of implementing a stagnation scenario suddenly began in the eurozone economic system.

Finance & Economics

German Economy Shrinks

The German economic system continues to face difficulties, and the dynamic of growth is not a reality for it, as evidenced by the fact that in the fourth quarter of 2024, the gross domestic product (GDP) of this country decreased by 0.2% compared to the previous three-month period of last year.

Finance & Economics

US Economy Slows

In the last three months of 2024, the upward dynamic of the United States economic system began to show a slowdown, but still, growth in this case was a steady process, and not a kind of symbolic alternation of ups and downs, forming a situation of sharp manifestations of multidirectional phenomena.

Science & Technology

India Joins GenAI Race

India is planning a GenAI project tailored to the nation’s unique cultural and linguistic diversity.

Blockchain & Crypto

El Salvador Amends Bitcoin Laws to Comply With IMF Deal

The legislative assembly of El Salvador has swiftly approved significant alterations to its unique national Bitcoin law following a $1.4 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

News

PaySpace Magazine Tops FeedSpot’s Ranking of Best Payment Magazines

PaySpace Magazine topped the ranking of the best payment magazines compiled by FeedSpot.

Blockchain & Crypto

Trump Media Plunges Into DeFi

Trump Media and Technology Group launches a fintech brand Truth.Fi aligned with the broader DeFi ecosystem through its planned investments in Bitcoin and other digital assets.

Fintech & Ecommerce

ServiceNow Expands Visa Alliance

ServiceNow, a cloud-based platform that automates organisational processes, expands its five-year strategic alliance with Visa to transform payment services, adding dispute management tools to the service package.

Science & Technology

Amphitrite Optimizes Maritime Shipping and Ocean Cleanup With AI and NVIDIA Earth-2

Amphitrite, a French startup powered by NVIDIA technology, helps ships reduce travel time, fuel use, and emissions by predicting ocean currents and simulating different weather conditions.