Companies of all sizes in Ukraine are still going strong and eager to expand global operations as they continue to remain resilient and build out in the face of the ongoing war that began with Russia’s attack in February. The small and medium-sized business (SMB)...
Global FinTech Circle, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EUROC), has signed an acquisition deal for merchant and developer-first payments orchestration platform Elements for undisclosed terms. The acquisition aligns with Circle’s plan to accelerate crypto payments, a roadmap it unveiled at the...
The Biden administration is ordering the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) to add more scrutiny on deals that might give China access to critical tech or that could put personal data at risk, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote. The executive order, signed Thursday (Sept....
Remitly, which works to provide remittances and financial services for immigrants, announced an $85 million funding round amid a worldwide surge in demand for those kinds of services, a press release says. Prosus’s PayU, an existing investor, led the round with a $1.5 billion valuation,...
October 22, 2019
In early 2019, Visa launched the “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. Since its launch in the U.S. earlier this year, the program has hosted workshops in New York, Atlanta and, most recently, Washington D.C. to connect like-minded women founders […]
August 27, 2019
Gaining scale as a marketplace is, by-and-large, a good thing. It’s a sign that one has successfully found a way to reach a stable base audience with its goods or...
December 28, 2017
Jonathan Wu co-founded a company in 2009 to help urban males, like himself, to buy interesting and unique products. That company, Touch of Modern, built its reputation on curating those...
February 13, 2024
GoTo has denied that it is in merger talks with Grab Holdings. The company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 13) filing that it “is not having any discussion on such matters,” Reuters reported Tuesday. Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 9) that GoTo and Grab Holdings — which are both Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food-delivery companies — had restarted merger talks. “We have only just […]
October 07, 2022
Companies of all sizes in Ukraine are still going strong and eager to expand global operations as they continue to remain resilient and build out in the face of the...
September 29, 2022
Global FinTech Circle, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EUROC), has signed an acquisition deal for merchant and developer-first payments orchestration platform Elements for undisclosed terms. The...
September 15, 2022
The Biden administration is ordering the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) to add more scrutiny on deals that might give China access to critical tech or that could put personal...
