British payments start-up Currencycloud is to be acquired by Visa, the payments company said Thursday. This is the second major fintech firm acquisition this year by Visa. Visa said that the acquisition had valued Currencycloud at £700 million ($962 million). At the beginning of 2020, an $80 million investment in Currencycloud had been led by…
The Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company UBS reported a 63 per cent surge in its net profits for the second quarter as it comfortably beat analysts’ expectations with buoyant markets continued to aid the company to generate higher earnings from managing money for the super wealthy, said the largest wealth manager of…
The global shortage of auto chips prevented Sweden’s truck maker AB Volvo from fully capitalising by producing more truck to cater to the strong demand for its vehicles during the second quarter and consequently the truck maker warned of further production disruptions and stoppages for the rest of this year because of the chip shortage.…
Walmart’s Flipkart has recently argued with Indian anti-trust regulators that its case should not be treated as the same as its rival Amazon since the evidence against the two companies are “qualitatively different,” according to reports based on Flipkart argument in a court filing. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been challenged by both…
The United Kingdom based digital banking app Revolut was valued at around $33 billion during a new funding round led by Softbank’s Vision Fund and Tiger Global Management in which the company managed to raise about $800 million. The result of the increased valuation form the fundraising is that Revolut is now the most valuable…
Fakespot, a well-known app that is used for detecting fake product reviews, has been removed from its App Store by Apple following complaints from Amazon about the app providing misleading information to users while also presenting potential security risks. The credibility of an Amazon listing’s reviews is analysed by Fakespot’s app after which the app…
Global oil prices have clime dot a two and half year high as demand rise with the reopening of economies from the Covid-19 pandemic closures which has prompted the OPEC+ ministers to agree to increase oil supply from August so that prices come down. The crucial agreement between the OPEC countries and allies like Russia,…
A draft prospectus filed by the Indian digital payments firm Paytm shows that the company plans to raise as much as 166 billion rupees ($2.2 billion) through an initial public offering in Mumbai. It was just two days ago that the online food delivery giant Zomato began raising a targeted $1.3 billion through a share…
The former boss of both auto makers Nissan and Renault, Carlos Ghosn, spoke out publicly for the first time about his arrest and scape from Japan in an interview to the BBC. Ghosn recalled how he was bundled inside a box on board a plane at 10.30 pm on a cold December night in 2019…
Market sentiment could be boosted by the move by Chinese authorities to bring down the amount of funds banks need to hold in reserve, and it could also be beneficial for stocks in some sector, said a report from the investment bank UBS. Reduction of the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points for…
