JLR’s Parent Tata Motors Expects Short Term Impact Of Chip Shortage As Its Reports Recovering Demand

India’s Tata Motors Ltd, the owner of JLR brand, is anticipating an easing of  global supply chain issues that started with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic with the rapid roll out of vaccines and forecast on Monday of its optimism to see an enhancement of performance of its business from the second half of…

Crypto broker CoinBurp does not full FCA registration: Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority

In a development that marks Britain latest crackdown on crypto trading, the country’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said, CoinBurp, a crypto broker, is not fully authorised to continue operations. The development comes at a time when CoinBurp planned on launching its $BURP token and initial exchange offering (ICO). CoinBurp could start business under its temporary…

Visa To Acquire UK Payments Start-Up Currencycloud, Its 2nd Such Acquisition In 2021

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…

IBM and Amadeux collaborate on easing air travel as tourism industry rebounds

In a joint statement Amadeus and IBM said, the former will integrate IBM’s digital health pass into its Traveler ID platform. The move will simplify the verification of passengers’ health credentials during the boarding process, said the companies on Thursday. Ever since the pandemic began, the tourism industry, along with the aviation and tech sectors…

Britain cuts off funding to microchip factory after its sale to China’s Nexperia

In a report the Telegraph said, British ministers have cut off funding to Britain’s biggest microchip factory following its sale to a Chinese-owned technology company. UK Research and Investment (UKRI) has suspended funding to Newport Wafer Fab following government instructions after it was sold to China’s Nexperia. Earlier this month, when asked whether the sale…

63% Jump In UBS Profit For Q2 Driven By Boom In Wealth Management

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…