In an effort to boost Spain’s semiconductor and audiovisual industries, the country is set to launch a new state-owned technology investment company with a capital of €20 billion ($22 billion). Digital Transformation Minister Jose Luis Escriva, announced the creation of the Spanish Society for Technological...
Bakkt has expanded its crypto trading capabilities to Brazil, Guatemala, Spain, Hong Kong and Singapore. This expansion broadens Bakkt’s footprint in Latin America and marks its entry into Asia, the provider of custody, trading and onramp capabilities for the crypto economy said in a Wednesday (Jan....
Cybersecurity firm WISeKey has integrated Spain’s Port of Algeciras into its WISeSmartContainers Consortium. “WISeSmartContainers represents a revolutionary technological platform in the transport and logistics industry, enabling complete traceability of container movements and thus facilitating logistics in ports,” the company said in a news release Thursday...
The European Commission said Tuesday (Nov. 21) that it has carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies involved in the online ordering and delivery of food, groceries and other consumer goods in two Member States. These inspections are part of an investigation into...
August 01, 2023
The real-time payments landscape is constantly changing. Growth in adoption and transaction volume has been measured across the continents. With the U.S. Federal Reserve’s launch of FedNow, this change seems likely to be a constant. South Korea, one of the countries this edition focuses on, has the lowest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the […]
July 24, 2023
According to Alex Saiz Verdaguer, founder and CEO of MONEI, Click to Pay is set to find wider berth in Europe. Discover® Global Network recently struck a partnership with MONEI,...
January 09, 2023
Eurozone inflation has dropped back into the single figures after two months of double-digit rates. The latest figures from the EU statistics agency Eurostat estimate that the annual inflation rate...
March 06, 2024
Spain has ordered Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency project Worldcoin to cease collecting its citizens’ data. The order Wednesday (March 6) from the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) also blocks the data the project has already collected using its eyeball-scanning orb. “The AEPD has received several complaints against this company about insufficient information, the collection of data from minors and the fact […]
February 26, 2024
In an effort to boost Spain’s semiconductor and audiovisual industries, the country is set to launch a new state-owned technology investment company with a capital of €20 billion ($22 billion)....
January 24, 2024
Bakkt has expanded its crypto trading capabilities to Brazil, Guatemala, Spain, Hong Kong and Singapore. This expansion broadens Bakkt’s footprint in Latin America and marks its entry into Asia, the provider...
December 21, 2023
Cybersecurity firm WISeKey has integrated Spain’s Port of Algeciras into its WISeSmartContainers Consortium. “WISeSmartContainers represents a revolutionary technological platform in the transport and logistics industry, enabling complete traceability of container...
