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Gen Z’s flock to Financial Ombudsman for support

Gen Z’s flock to Financial Ombudsman for support

Gen Z’s seeking Financial Ombudsman support for loans and credit cards rises by 200% in five years  Financial Ombudsman Service sees ..

4Front Credit Union Chooses Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Platform For Advanced Credit Decisioning

4Front Credit Union Chooses Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Platform For Advanced Credit Decisioning

NEW YORK – Jan. 24, 2022 – Leading AI-powered credit decision platform provider, Scienaptic announced today that 4Front Credit Union h..

Over 60% of investors used borrowed funds to purchase highly volatile cryptocurrencies

Over 60% of investors used borrowed funds to purchase highly volatile cryptocurrencies

A study by KIS Finance, has revealed that over two thirds of cryptocurrency investors borrowed money to make their purchase, rather th..

Newly inaugurated Honduran president says appreciates Taiwan ‘solidarity’

Newly inaugurated Honduran president says appreciates Taiwan ‘solidarity’

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ new president, Xiomara Castro, said she met with Taiwan Vice President William Lai after..

Oil prices rise on supply disruption jitters as geopolitical tensions grow

Oil prices rise on supply disruption jitters as geopolitical tensions grow

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous day’s ..

Britain says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck COVID pill

Britain says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck COVID pill

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it needed to recruit 6,000 more people onto a trial of Merck’s COVID-19 antivir..

Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks

Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks

By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian grocery startups are luring tech-savvy customers with the promise of deliv..

Oil prices hover around 2014 highs, supported by supply concerns

Oil prices hover around 2014 highs, supported by supply concerns

By Naveen Thukral and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil steadied on Thursday, clawing back losses earlier in the session, as s..

Oil rises to 7-year high as Turkey outage adds to tight supply outlook

Oil rises to 7-year high as Turkey outage adds to tight supply outlook

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose for a fourth day to a seven-year high as an outage on a pipeline from Iraq ..

New Zealand navy vessels with supplies to reach tsunami-hit Tonga on Friday

New Zealand navy vessels with supplies to reach tsunami-hit Tonga on Friday

By Michelle Nichols, Kirsty Needham, Tom Westbrook and Praveen Menon (Reuters) -Two New Zealand navy vessels carrying disaster relief ..

ZeroPay Goes Live With Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

ZeroPay Goes Live With Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

AI platform empowers ZeroPay to extend credit to consumers in BNPL segment  NEW YORK, BANGALORE – Jan. 18, 2022 – Leading AI-powered c..

Crezco hires former Chip Financial executive to head up growth and finance operations

Crezco hires former Chip Financial executive to head up growth and finance operations

18 January 2022:  Business-to-business open banking payments provider Crezco has appointed Ivelina Delcheva as its first Chief Financi..

Fintech Company Quartix raises $20M Funding to democratize Supply Chain Finance and unlock efficient capital to middle-market industrial companies

Fintech Company Quartix raises $20M Funding to democratize Supply Chain Finance and unlock efficient capital to middle-market industrial companies

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fintech company Quartix, who provides a SaaS platform that unlocks digital Su..

Scienaptic Fully Integrates With CU*Answers For Deploying AI-Powered Credit Decisions

Scienaptic Fully Integrates With CU*Answers For Deploying AI-Powered Credit Decisions

NEW YORK – Jan. 13, 2022 – Leading AI-powered credit decisioning platform provider, Scienaptic AI announced its full integration with ..

Oil struggles to hold gains amid mixed demand view

Oil struggles to hold gains amid mixed demand view

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Thursday, trimming big gains from the previous two sessions, amid unc..

Oil prices hold firm amid hopes for economic growth

Oil prices hold firm amid hopes for economic growth

By Koustav Samanta and Sonali Paul SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied on Wednesday, following steep gains in the previous sessio..

Djokovic confirms error made on Australian travel entry form

Djokovic confirms error made on Australian travel entry form

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday an incorrect answer was made on his Australian entry docum..

Intrepid Credit Union Chooses Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Platform For Advanced Credit Decisioning

Intrepid Credit Union Chooses Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Platform For Advanced Credit Decisioning

NEW YORK – Jan. 11, 2022 – Scienaptic AI, a leading global AI-powered credit decision platform provider, announced today that Mont.-ba..

Maitland bolsters fund services technology expertise with senior hire

Maitland bolsters fund services technology expertise with senior hire

Fund administration firm continues to innovate  Maitland, the global fund administration firm, has recruited JP Khaitan as Head of Tec..

MOT GARAGES FUELLED BY FLEXIBLE FINANCE

MOT GARAGES FUELLED BY FLEXIBLE FINANCE

Merchant cash advances more popular now with MOT test centres than pre-COVID   365 Business Finance reports 35% rise in average amoun..

DeFinity partners with leading Fintech market infrastructure Cobalt to enable real-time FX clearing and dynamic credit management of digital asset trades.

DeFinity partners with leading Fintech market infrastructure Cobalt to enable real-time FX clearing and dynamic credit management of digital asset trades.

LONDON, Dec. 22, 2021:  DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for fiat FX, Cryptocurrencies and Central Ba..

Amber Group’s UK Subsidiary, WhaleFin Technologies, Receives Approval as Appointed Representative for UK FCA-Authorised Firm Strata Global Limited

Amber Group’s UK Subsidiary, WhaleFin Technologies, Receives Approval as Appointed Representative for UK FCA-Authorised Firm Strata Global Limited

SINGAPORE, 23 December 2021 — Amber Group, a leading global digital asset platform, has announced that its UK subsidiary, WhaleFin Tec..

Only 30% of UK businesses have a Net Zero Strategy

Only 30% of UK businesses have a Net Zero Strategy

Only 30% of UK businesses have a Net Zero Strategy Research by Veolia shows that less than a third of UK businesses have a strategy fo..

PKN Orlen says talks on sale of Lotos assets not finalised yet

PKN Orlen says talks on sale of Lotos assets not finalised yet

GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s top energy group PKN Orlen denied a media report it had picked buyers for assets of Grupa Loto..

Cricket-Australia storm rattles England after drizzle delay

Cricket-Australia storm rattles England after drizzle delay

SYDNEY (Reuters) -England lost both openers and skipper Joe Root in a fiery storm of pacebowling on the third morning of the fourth As..

Oil falls from one-month high after U.S. fuel inventory surge

Oil falls from one-month high after U.S. fuel inventory surge

By Florence Tan and Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices lost ground on Thursday, falling more than $1 a barrel from their h..

Outcry as Australia bars Djokovic over vaccination status

Outcry as Australia bars Djokovic over vaccination status

By Courtney Walsh and John Mair MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Austra..

South Korea to appeal court order exempting private schools from vaccine passes

South Korea to appeal court order exempting private schools from vaccine passes

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government said on Wednesday it will appeal against a court order to exclude ..

Oil prices slip as U.S. fuel inventories rise

Oil prices slip as U.S. fuel inventories rise

By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Oil prices dropped on Wednesday after U.S. fuel stockpiles climbed, indicating declining demand i..

Beijing meets state air quality standards for first time in 2021

Beijing meets state air quality standards for first time in 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese capital Beijing met state air quality standards for the first time last year, officials said on ..

COVID patients showing less severe symptoms, UK vaccine minister says

COVID patients showing less severe symptoms, UK vaccine minister says

LONDON (Reuters) – People being hospitalised with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom are broadly showing less severe symptoms than b..

U.S. FDA backs Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds

U.S. FDA backs Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Ankur Banerjee WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the https://ww..

CrowdX joins forces with Vestd to transform access to capital

CrowdX joins forces with Vestd to transform access to capital

Vestd and CrowdX have announced a brand new partnership, which is set to revolutionise capital access and market liquidity for SMEs. B..

Samsung, Micron warn China’s Xian lockdown could disrupt memory chip manufacturing

Samsung, Micron warn China’s Xian lockdown could disrupt memory chip manufacturing

By Joyce Lee and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology, two of the world’s largest memory chip makers..

U.S. coronavirus cases hit new high, hospitalizations creep up

U.S. coronavirus cases hit new high, hospitalizations creep up

(Reuters) -The average number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States hit a record high of 258,312 over the past sev..

Australia seeks to ease COVID-19 test rules as cases hit records

Australia seeks to ease COVID-19 test rules as cases hit records

By Renju Jose and Sonali Paul SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will seek to make urgent changes to COVID-19 testing rules ..

Dollar firms in soft holiday trading, outlook bullish

Dollar firms in soft holiday trading, outlook bullish

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – The dollar inched up on Wednesday as a recent rally in shares showed signs of petering out, b..