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Citi and SDX to Unlock Access to Tokenized Private Market Assets for Global Issuers and Investors

Citi, one of the largest international banks, and the Swiss company SDX announced cooperation at the Point Zero Forum.

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Nuvei Expands B2B Payments Capabilities for High-Growth Construction Vertical

Canadian fintech company Nuvei, which positions itself as a brand that accelerates payments on a global level, has announced the strategic expansion of its B2B transactions, starting to offer appropriate functional solutions for the construction sector of the United States, currently characterized by experts as something that corresponds to such a formulation as a fast-growing […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

Perpay Selects Marqeta to Power Consumer Credit Card

Marqeta, which owns a global functional platform designed for issuing modern bank cards, reported that it was selected by Perpay to power a credit card.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Global Payments Bets on Synergy From Worldpay

TSYS, which is the parent company of Global Payments, is currently focusing its efforts and hopes on making what can be called financial synergies a reality as part of moving forward, a process largely based on the acquisition of Worldpay.

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Palantir and xAI to Promote Financial Services AI Use

Palantir and xAI are launching a partnership aimed at exploring how companies operating in the financial services sector can use artificial intelligence.

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Agree.com Raises Investments to Combine Payments and e-Signatures

Agree.com, the e-Signature platform, raised new funding for $7.2 million.

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Plaid Integrates Claude AI

Plaid’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integrates directly with Claude, a virtual assistant powered by artificial intelligence from startup Anthropic.

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First Saudi IPO Since Tariff Shock Draws $20 Billion in Orders

Saudi packaging manufacturer United Carton Industries Co. drew more than $20 billion in orders for its initial public offering (IPO) of shares.

Finance & Economics

China Risks to Dive Into Deeper Deflation

High tariffs from the United States on imports of goods from China are a factor that will definitely significantly reduce or, quite likely, bring US orders for products from an Asian country to zero, against which Beijing, as part of its desire to help local exporters, is making efforts to divert sales to the domestic […]

Finance & Economics

European Inflation Shows Stability

In April, inflation in the eurozone showed no change, remaining at the 2.2% mark.

Finance & Economics

Global Manufacturing Activity Decreases

In April, global manufacturing activity contracted for the first time since the beginning of the current year.

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Amazon’s Cloud Business Increases

Amazon’s cloud business showed growth in the first quarter of 2025, but the pace of this upward process turned out to be slower than preliminary expectations.

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Apple Reports Earnings

Last Thursday, May 1, Apple published information about the financial results of its activities in the second fiscal quarter, which ended on March 29, 2025.

Finance & Economics

US Economy Adds 177,000 Jobs

The United States labor market, which has demonstrated resilience for a long period, continues to defy expectations in a positive sense even amid increasing uncertainty related to the trade war.

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Affirm Launches AI-Powered Promotion Platform

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) network Affirm introduces to its merchant partners an artificial intelligence-powered platform called AdaptAI.

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Amazon to Speed Delivery in Rural Areas

Amazon announced last Wednesday, April 30, that it will invest more than $4 billion to expand its rural delivery network and provide fast delivery to millions of customers in less densely populated areas.