France aiming to introduce digital taxes for big internet firms by December 2018

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is pushing for the deal so as to retain earnings of large tech companies who use clever strategies and tax loopholes to evade taxes. On Monday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated, the European Union plans on introducing digital taxes for large internet firms such as Google and…

Israeli cybersecurity firm Coronet partners with Dropbox

The partnership will extend Coronet’s expertise to millions of Dropbox users. Israeli cybersecurity firm Coronet has stated, it has entered into a partnership with Dropbox. The move brings millions of users within Coronet’s ambit of protection from possible hacker attacks. The partnership will see Coronet’s own security features merge with Dropbox’s own security settings, both…

Bank of England to test resilience of Britain’s financial system to a major cyber attack

Bank of England along with the finance ministry and the Financial Conduct Authority are slated to run a test today to gauge the resilience of the country’s financial sector against a major cyber attack. Britain’s central bank has disclosed, it will carry out a test on Friday to gauge the ability of the financial sector…

France’s finance commission eases capital gains tax on bitcoins with other non-real estate assets

The finance commission has moved to amend the 2019 budget bill to include the sales of crypto assets which will be taxed at 30% rather than the earlier 36.2%. France’s finance commission in its lower house of parliament has backed plans to lower tax on the sales of bitcoins, thus bringing it on par with…

Groceries delivery startup Instacart launches pickup service across the United States

This new service deepens Instacart’s relationship with existing partnerships including Germany’s Aldi. Groceries delivery startup Instacart stated it is in the process of launching a new service, Instacart Pickup, across the United States; the service will enable customers to order groceries and choose either delivery or store pickup options. The nation-wide rollout of the new…

Nokia signs $2.3 billion deal with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom

The development comes midst efforts by China to merge two of the nation’s top wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services. 5G will play a strategic and significant role in the coming years. On Wednesday, Finland’s mobile telecom network maker Nokia stated, it has signed a $2.3 billion (2 billion euros)…