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Is It Time to Buy Latin America's Top Fintech Stocks at a Discount?
It's been a rough earnings season for the leading fintech stocks of Latin America. MercadoLibre (MELI 3.68%), DLocal (DLO 12.56%), and Nu Holdings (NU 5.26%) all declined after posting their latest financial results. Shares of e-commerce and…
Australia Plots Next Step in Tokenized Bond Market Expansion
Australia's central bank and financial regulators are laying the groundwork for a potential expansion of tokenized bond markets as policymakers seek to push the country's wholesale financial system further into the digital era. The Reserve Bank…
Mizuho shares slide 7% after denying decision on reported Rakuten Bank investment shift
Mizuho shares dropped after it said no decision had been made on a Rakuten Bank investment. Rakuten's finance units were being reorganized under a plan due in 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Mizuho Financial Group fell as…
New Silk Road 2.0: HK to Central Asia
For most Hongkongers, Central Asia remains a blank space on the map – but thanks to a resource boom and liberalization, the five “Stans” are becoming Hong Kong's next frontier. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Standard is…
Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech When Bitcoin first launched in 2009, it promised its users a decentralized digital currency that would be free from the prying eyes of financial authorities. That was possible thanks…
America has a plan to win the AI export race. Industry must deliver
Established through executive order in 2025 and now ramping up, the AI Export Program is one of the more structurally coherent technology policy initiatives in years. It treats AI as a complete capability requiring full-stack deployment: hardware…
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Trust is the only MOAT in value commerce
A few weeks ago, on one of our #BharatManthan field visits, I sat in a one-room kitchen in central India and listened to a man explain why he buys from us. He is a cook. He moves cities every two or three years for work. Indore, Surat, Lucknow…
Bernstein Sees Figure Q1 Proves Uniqueness of Blockchain Marketplaces
Bernstein analysts said Friday that Figure Technology Solutions' first-quarter earnings report shows that the fintech is fast becoming a company that is unique among blockchain marketplaces. Figure's May 11 earnings report soundly beat Wall Street…
Paramotor Digital Technology Files For Confidential IPO: Key Details
Paramotor Digital Technology Ltd has confidentially filed for an IPO with Sebi, leveraging the pre-filing route for greater flexibility in its market debut. Paramotor Digital Technology has filed draft papers with Sebi for an initial public…
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Purchases 185,553 Shares of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. $AIT
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in shares of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:AIT - Free Report) by 1,628.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange…
Phoenix Financial Ltd. Sells 34,543 Shares of Marvell Technology, Inc. $MRVL
Phoenix Financial Ltd. reduced its stake in shares of Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL - Free Report) by 89.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,910 shares of the…
Your avenues for investments abroad
India accounts for 3- to 4% of global market capitalisation. A portfolio invested entirely in domestic assets is therefore structurally under-diversified, ignoring the other 96-97%. Global investing is about diversification across geographies…
How workers are dealing with the 'LinkedInferno' of record Silicon Valley layoffs
A layoff was what inspired Julia, an executive at a well known tech company, to move to San Francisco in the first place more than a decade ago. Still, when she learned in mid-April that she was joining the hundreds of thousands of tech workers hit…
UK AI investment hits record £8.3bn as London tightens grip on tech boom
Britain's AI sector pulled in a record £8.3bn of investment last year, as global investors raced to back the country's next generation of AI firms, with London tightening its grip as Europe's leading tech hub. New research from Barclays Eagle…
Modest fashion's global turn
At Paris Modest Fashion Week last month, influencers, buyers and journalists crowded into the historic halls of Hotel La Marois as models prepared to emerge onto the runway in embellished satin tailoring, corseted silhouettes and full-coverage…
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