After announcing new incentives for U.S. businesses to go cashless, Visa is hoping to extend its “war on cash” agenda to businesses in the U.K. To help them convert to a cashless payment model, a “cashless challenge” which would see 50 U.S. businesses receive $10,000 each would be launched, the payment technology company has revealed…
Certain member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership countries now need convincing to stay on board with the massive trade deal even as the 11 remaining TPP countries continue talks without Washington this week. After President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. earlier this year the TPP no longer remains alive as the world’s largest trade…
The German government has raised the bar on criteria for overseas acquirers seeking to snap up domestic targets in tech-heavy industries, and analysts believe that Germany has essentially reacted to last year’s foreign deal-making frenzy. In case a deal is perceived to threaten public order or national security, the German government is allowed to block…
Credit Suisse has said that as it turned more optimistic on the region’s banking sector, and in a shift that bodes well for Southeast Asian countries, domestic demand, instead of exports, will drive economic growth in the second half of 2017. Demand from other major economies is unlikely to fill that gap that has been created by the…
With the intention of serving as a hub for scouting startup investments and acquisitions in Europe, Samsung Electronics Co.is opening up an office in Berlin. As a part of a push to invest in and acquire fledgling companies in areas such as connected appliances, AI and augmented reality, Samsung is scouting office space for next…
In response to growing stress in the market, as well as a bank-wide push for more centralized risk controls, Wells Fargo & Co is scaling back and remolding its auto lending business. According to a May 11 company presentation, over the nine months leading into March 31, quarterly originations by nearly 30 percent have already…
Sitting in for the president when he stepped away for one-on-one meetings with world leaders, Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, took his seat at a Group of 20 meeting table in Hamburg. Seated between Chinese President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister Theresa May, is Ivanka Trump sitting at her father’s place, shows a photo on…
Some bankers and potential investors are pressing the Toshiba Corp’s board to seriously consider alternatives, people with direct knowledge of the sale process said – including picking a new buyer as the $18 billion sale of Toshiba Corp’s memory chip unit to a government-approved consortium falters. Toshiba prefers selling the world’s second-largest memory chip maker…
The European planemaker Airbus was handed a new headache over what to do with jets worth $1.2 billion at list prices as it tries to close a sales gap with rival Boeing after Qatar Airways has axed orders for four A350s because of delivery delays, Airbus said. The decision means that it could cost Airbus $60-80…
From cybersecurity to drones and from navigation to imaging, products that have made the jump from military application to civilian markets, both software and hardware, are brimming up in Israel’s high-tech industry. And the more impact the technology is likely to have, when its military reputation is bigger. The air defense system Iron Dome that…
