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15 Aug

Turkish Fintech Colendi Raises Funds at $700 Million Valuation

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Turkey’s fintech startup Colendi raised $65 million in fresh funding from a group of investors including Citicorp North America Inc. at a valuation of $700 million.Apart from Citicorp, Migros Ticaret AS, Sepil Ventures, Re-Pie Asset Management, Finberg and Hedef Holding participated in the Series B round, according to Bulent Tekmen, co-founder and chief executive office of Colendi, formally known as Colendi Yapay Zeka ve Buyuk Veri Teknoloji Hizmetleri AS. Existing investors also took part in the round, he said. Source link lol

13 Aug

Traders Hope Alphabet’s Pixel Event Can Stem $360 Billion Rout

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Alphabet Inc. investors are anxiously awaiting a Google hardware event on Tuesday — banking on new AI features to help stop a selloff that’s wiped out more than $360 billion in market value in just one month.Google is unveiling one of the biggest redesigns of its Pixel phones in their nearly decade-long history at an event starting at 10 a.m. in Mountain View, California. While the devices are usually an afterthought for investors because of their small revenue contribution relative to Google’s digital advertising business, expectations are high that new AI capabilities could demonstrate leadership in the highly competitive arena.…

12 Aug

CrowdStrike Social Media Tracked by Blackbird.AI After IT Meltdown

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The company has been on a goodwill tour in recent days. Source link lol

12 Aug

CrowdStrike Hired Help to Monitor Social Media After IT Meltdown

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The company has been on a goodwill tour in recent days. Source link lol

09 Aug

ClearBank Wins License Allowing Fintech to Expand Across Europe

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ClearBank Ltd. said it received a banking license allowing the fintech to offer real-time clearing and settlement services to clients across Europe, marking the UK company’s first step toward global expansion. The European Central Bank authorized the permit, under the supervision of De Nederlandsche Bank, ClearBank said in a statement Friday. The license allows the financial-technology firm to offer European clients with euro accounts, foreign-exchange services, embedded banking and access to major European payment rails, and funds will be protected by the central bank’s deposit-guarantee rules. Source link lol

09 Aug

Philippines’ GCash May Seek Digital Bank License in Lending Push

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The company behind the Philippines’ top mobile wallet GCash may seek a digital banking license as it boosts its lending business after Japan’s biggest bank invested in the fintech firm.Applying for a digital banking license “is being discussed, although nothing is definite as of the moment,” Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. CEO Martha Sazon said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on Friday. Source link lol

08 Aug

Rakuten Likely to Report Narrower Loss as Bond Redemptions Loom

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Rakuten Group Inc. looks set to report on Friday a narrower loss in the April-June quarter, which would shore up confidence in its ability to pay bonds due through next year.The focus is on billionaire founder Hiroshi Mikitani’s efforts to turn around his four-year-long foray into the saturated mobile market without a single profitable quarter. Investors are also seeking clarity on the Japanese online shopping mall operator’s delayed plan to combine its profit-churning financial arms. Source link lol

07 Aug

CIBC Plans Hiring Spree in Artificial Intelligence, Data Jobs

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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce plans to hire more than 200 employees in data and artificial intelligence over the next year as it expands its use of generative AI.The country’s fifth-largest bank has carried out a number of pilot programs using generative AI and is adding staff in Canada to accelerate those efforts, Christina Kramer, the bank’s head of technology and innovation, said in a statementBloomberg Terminal. Source link lol