Новости за 12.04.2021

Prosecutors in Frankfurt are opening a criminal investigation into the way Germany’s financial regulatory authority BaFin supervised Wirecard AG, and whether a portion of the watchdog’s workforce traded shares unlawfully, Bloomberg reported. Wirecard collapsed last year following the disclosure that $2.3 billion in cash likely was never in existence. The move brought about a parliamentary […]

Global FinTech and payments group moneycorp has named cross-border payments specialist David Yates to serve as the company’s vice chairman. Mark Horgan, CEO at moneycorp, said in a press release on Monday (April 12) that Yates will bring new insights as the company continues its evolution and cements its digital-first position. The company is on […]

Tech giant Apple dropped the ball on gearing up for the connected home market. But while Amazon and Google have surged ahead in that area, Apple is still in the game. Now, Apple is developing a product that would take on a wide array of tasks, Bloomberg reported on Monday (April 12). The idea is to […]

The British cybersecurity firm Darktrace said it is planning to go public on the London Stock Exchange, an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company at $4 billion, according to published reports. Darktrace uses artificial intelligence (AI) to ferret out threats to IT systems, with a self-learning technology that the company says can […]

Uber saw its highest-ever monthly bookings in March thanks to a rise in COVID-19 vaccinations, the rideshare company reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Monday (April 12). The report said Uber’s mobility business marked its best month since March of last year, passing a $30 billion annualized gross bookings run-rate, while […]

Though many are beginning to return to restaurants, with newly vaccinated consumers eager to return to “normal” life and to create meaningful experiences in person, experts predict that the food delivery space is only going to continue to grow. In fact, PYMNTS research finds that about that the vast majority of consumers expect to maintain […]

Domino’s is testing out robotic pizza delivery in Houston this week using Nuro’s “completely autonomous, occupantless on-road delivery vehicle,” according to a Monday (April 12) press release. In the release, Nuro said R2 is the first such delivery vehicle with regulatory approval from  the U.S. Department of Transportation. The companies said the service is available to “select customers who […]

The Swedish payments startup Trustly announced plans to file an initial public offering (IPO) at a valuation of $9 billion, the Financial Times reported on Monday (April 12). Sources told FT that Trustly was in talks for several weeks with numerous potential investors before aiming for a valuation of about $8.2 billion-$8.8 billion. The company is hoping […]

The week has  kicked off with a much anticipated acquisition: Microsoft announced Monday (April 12) it will purchase speech recognition firm Nuance Communications for about $16 billion, or $56 share, 23 percent above its Friday closing price. Given that Microsoft will also be assuming Nuance’s debt, the value of the deal will total out around […]

For Alibaba, it may be a case of "pay up and move on." The weekend brought a fine in the billions of dollars for the Chinese tech giant, which – though unlikely to have much financial impact – may carry reverberations for other large tech players in that country. As reported, Chinese regulators have imposed […]

Shoppers and drinkers in the U.K. took the streets overnight and lined up to get into the country’s retailers, pubs and hair salons, which were allowed to open for the first time in three months on Monday (April 12). Although capacity and other restrictions are still in place, and the government is urging citizens to […]

For the past few years — but especially the last one — McDonald’s has been increasing its reliance on drive-thrus and decreasing its investment in places like its in-store Walmart locations that didn’t allow for that. In fact, last July — and again in its 2020 annual federal filings three months ago — McDonald’s made […]

There’s no question that the pandemic accelerated the digital shift, pushing online retail sales to new heights in a matter of months — faster than most industry watchers ever thought possible. But now, one year into the crisis — and with hopes rising that a post-COVID return to normalcy is at least in sight — […]