Mastercard Inc has made a strategic investment in fintech firm Marqeta Inc and extended an existing partnership with the card issuing start-up, the companies said on Thursday.
Alibaba-backed Indian fintech firm Paytm is aiming for a million apps on its "mini app store" by the first quarter of 2021, it said on Thursday, seeking to challenge the dominance of Alphabet's Google in India's mobile web economy.
BANGKOK: Thailand is pushing back plans to receive its first batch of foreign tourists due to administrative issues, a senior official said on Thursday (Oct 8), adding to uncertainty about when it will welcome back visitors vital to its economy. Processes involved in applying for and issuing ...
Top executives at BitMEX, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges, will step back from their roles, the company said on Thursday, a week after U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against them.
Ant Group's US$35 billion initial public offering (IPO) is unlikely to suffer from any U.S. restrictions on the Chinese financial technology giant due to its very limited overseas presence, potential investors and analysts said.
Canadian hospitality businesses, already reeling from the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, are facing yet another existential threat as insurance companies spike premiums or exit the space, citing losses and the sector's risks.
South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee, one of the two women vying to be the next head of the World Trade Organization, is known at home as a glass-ceiling breaker in a still male-dominated society.
Millions of U.S. workers have lost their jobs to the pandemic, but in the auto industry, suppliers are scrambling to find enough people to staff production lines, resorting to such approaches as rewards for good attendance and at-work teachers to lure job seekers.
The British competition regulator has asked to review the merger between Liberty Global's Virgin Media and Telefonica's O2 instead of Brussels because any impact on consumers will be felt in the UK and after Brexit.
HSBC shareholders face a future of paltry payouts when regulators restore its powers to pay dividends as the bank's bosses press on with a costly revamp against a backdrop of a global recession and the threat of negative interest rates.
