The Leading Tech Giant Is Hiring For A Crypto Position
The leading tech corporate giant is hiring a business development manager with with Crypto Experience as well as alternative payments.
Fault Lines in the World of Finance
Consider this. Over the last decade after the global financial crisis, generally referred to as GFC, the world has seen trillions of dollars being pushed into economies by major central banks. Initially, this was done to stave off an economic collapse after the fall of Lehman Brothers in mid-September 2008. The immediate aftermath of the storied investment bank that had tentacles into many markets around the world caused a lot of global markets to freeze, causing a serious risk of massive corporate failures, job losses and social unrest.
“Power to the People”, how powerful is FinTech?
FinTech is also widening access to investment opportunities, through crowdfunding. Let us not forget that equity investment was once restricted to wealthy individuals. It is now accessible to all!
Banking and Fintech, The Revolution and the old generation
The world’s major retail banks still dominate the financial services landscape, providing the deposit, payment, and credit facilities that we all use and take for granted, but they are no longer the only players in town. Today’s online shopper might pay with a debit card but equally they might choose PayPal. The business that would once have relied on its bank for credit can now borrow from peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms or specialist lenders. And digital banks are vying with their bricks-and-mortar counterparts for customer deposits. It’s all about access and convenience.
Space sector investment shows signs of strength in Q1 2021 despite COVID-19 pandemic’s aftermath
The most recent quarterly report from specialist investor Space Capital shows that despite obvious impacts stemming from the current coronavirus pandemic, investment in general in space startups didn’t suffer as much as some predicted with the interest surging in the ‘Applications’ category
The New Paradigm Shift in Grocery
For the consumer, online grocery generally starts and ends the same way: They place their order on an app or website, and hours later it shows up at their door. But the ways those orders are being fulfilled run the gamut.
Al Amal aka “Hope” Probe bound for Mars from UAE
Today, the United Arab Emirates’ first interplanetary mission successfully took off from the southern tip of Japan, sending up a car-sized probe bound for the planet Mars. The launch marks the beginning of the country’s most ambitious space project yet, aimed at studying the weather on Mars as it evolves throughout the planet’s year.
Justice League Extreme Trilogy Won’t Get a Powerful Sequel sadly
Justice League Snyder Cut released Thursday last week, fulfilling the dreams of DC fans who had campaigned for it under #ReleaseTheSnyderCut for over two years.
Netflix to open a production hub in New York and invest up to $100 million in the city
The streaming media service has committed to invest up to $100 million to build a production hub and hire hundreds of new staffers in the Big Apple, according to a statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.
Uber’s self-driving car unit raises $1B
Uber’s has confirmed it will spin out its self-driving car business after the unit closed $1 billion in funding from Toyota, auto-parts maker Denso and SoftBank’s Vision Fund.