Новости за 23.02.2021

An unintended side effect of the pandemic has been that younger Americans have found it more freeing to work from home and move to areas of their liking, even those outside of big areas where their corporate offices are located, according to a report from NPD. By December, almost 20 percent of consumers said they […]

Zomato, the foodtech unicorn, has raised another $250 million from both existing and new investors before its initial public offering (IPO) later this year, Mint reported. Zomato’s current valuation at the primary pre-IPO phase is $5.4 billion, which is a large increase from its December value of $3.9 billion, the report stated. Kora Management led […]

Bitcoin mine operator Northern Data AG is planning to go public and could raise up to $500 million in the initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported. The U.S. IPO would boost the Frankfurt-based company’s “global profile,” according to Bloomberg, citing people “familiar with the matter.” Northern Data’s largest computing center in Rockdale, Texas, is the […]

Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain said he has seen a number of signs that the cruise industry could recover from its pandemic-related economic strife, CNBC reported. Fain told CNBC that he has seen older people signing up for cruises more readily than the company had expected. “We really thought older people would be more cautious,” […]

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny from governments around the world. France Wants Member States To Have Greater Power In Upcoming EU Tech Legislation  France is seeking to have future European Union Big Tech rules let member states use additional power to penalize negative behavior and […]

MUFG Union Bank N.A. has announced a new green deposits feature to help corporate and commercial clients invest in environmentally sustainable projects, according to a press release. MUFG will use the program to invest deposits from corporate customers in environmental, social and governance (ESG) projects, such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, green transport, sustainable food, […]

In today’s top payments news around the world, Mastercard and ACI Worldwide are teaming to advance real-time payments in Peru, while TransferWise is changing its name to Wise. Plus, UK Finance is looking at international expansion for financial services in the country. Mastercard, ACI Worldwide Partner To Advance Real-Time Payments In Peru Mastercard and ACI […]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is looking into Google Pay to see if it has been abusing its dominance of the country’s digital payment markets, reported LiveMint.com on Monday (Feb. 22). The information came from executives of three different payment firms, who were not identified in the report. The CCI began conducting interviews with rival […]

Mastercard and ACI Worldwide are teaming up to advance real-time payments in Peru in collaboration with Cámara de Compensación Electrónica (CCE). “The volume of immediate transfers that we process each month has more than quadrupled. In January 2020, we processed 580,000, a number that increased to more than 2.8 million per month by January 2021,” […]

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Brex has filed to open an industrial bank in Utah, while MYBank is getting in on China’s moves toward launching a cryptocurrency. Plus, LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group have agreed to strengthen their investment in LINE Bank Preparatory Co. FinTech Brex Applies For Bank Charter Brex, which […]

In today’s top retail news, Camping World Holdings said it struck a deal to purchase Lee’s Family Trailer, while Foxtrot Market has landed $42 million in Series B growth investment. Plus, new data indicates that Amazon Prime keeps outpacing Walmart+. Camping World Signs Deal To Buy Maine Location Camping World Holdings announced that it signed […]

Earlier this month, the RESTAURANTS Act, which would dedicate $120 billion to restaurant relief, was reintroduced in Congress by a bipartisan group of senators, as reported by Restaurant365. The bill is a follow-up to the RESTAURANTS Act of 2020 that was introduced last June, which passed in the House of Representatives last October and was […]

Executives at trading platforms AJ Bell, Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor in the U.K. are pushing companies to open up initial public offerings (IPOs) to neglected retail buyers, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Feb. 22). The three trading platforms urge the government to consult on retail buyers gaining access to IPOs, saying the Treasury should consider […]

Oscar Health, a health insurance technology startup backed by Google parent Alphabet, is looking to notch $1.05 billion in an initial public offering (IPO). A regulatory filing with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated that the price would be $32-$34 per share, valuing the company at $6.7 billion at the upper end of the […]