Fintech

Amsterdam’s Bloqhouse Technologies hits €1B mark in funding via its investment platform

Image credit: Bloqhouse Technologies Amsterdam-based Bloqhouse Technologies, an investment management platform, announced on Tuesday that it has hit the €1B mark in funding volume via its platform. Tim Rutgers, CEO and founder […]

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Economy

As China fixes its property mess, can foreign capitalists benefit?

Overseas investors have been pecking at the Evergrande empire for well over a year. They have so far come away with very little. The Chinese company, which is the world’s most indebted […]

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Fintech

UK’s fintech unicorn Revolut launches Joint Account feature in the Netherlands and EEA

Image credits: Revolut London-based fintech unicorn Revolut announced on Thursday that it has launched a new banking product – Joint Accounts in the Netherlands and the European Economic Area (EEA). With Joint […]

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Economy

Is China better at monetary policy than America?

When china’s leaders reappointed Yi Gang as governor of the country’s central bank in March, it was a pleasant surprise. With an economics phd from America, where he also taught, Mr Yi […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Januar Expands Crypto Offering Across EU Having as It Receives Its Full Payment Institution Licence

Januar ApS, the financial services partner for crypto businesses, has received its full payment institution licence from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA). The issuing of the licence is a landmark for […]

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Fintech

Luxembourg’s Next Gate Tech raises €8M from Deutsche Börse Group, others: Know more

Image credits: Next Gate Tech Luxembourg-based Next Gate Tech, a cloud-based fintech platform that provides SaaS solutions for the asset management industry, announced on Wednesday, April 12, that it has raised €8M […]

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Economy

Development finance needs to be bolder

For cash-strapped governments, development-finance institutions (dfis) offer an understandably alluring vision: that of development executed by the private sector at little cost to the state. Such institutions try to build businesses and […]

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Fintech

Aegon Asset Management backs Amsterdam’s fintech firm Factris with €50M: Know more

Amsterdam-based Factris, a fintech company that provides quick, low-cost working capital to European SMEs, announced on Monday that it has secured €50M in funding from Aegon Asset Management. Last month, Factris announced […]

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Economy

Warren Buffett is shaking Japan’s magic money tree

Shares in three of Japan’s five largest trading conglomerates reached record highs over the past week, following an announcement by Warren Buffett that he is keen to own more of their stock. […]

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Fintech

Razorpay sets up new independent advisory board, BFSI News, ET BFSI

Razorpay, a digital payments provider to businesses, has set up an independent advisory board and hired former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India N Vishwanathan, along with other industry experts, […]

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News

Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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News

Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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News

Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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News

Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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