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Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Payment partnership fuels Ribbon’s UK expansion
What happened: Ribbon teams up with Tribe Payments for UK launch Ribbon, a Gibraltar-based digital financial platform, has successfully expanded into the UK by forming a strategic payment partnership with Tribe Payments, a specialist in payment infrastructure and processing.…
North America Cloud Services Trends
Industry backs Rosenworcel’s call for more Replace Cash funding
What happened: Rosenworcel calls for more funding to fix Rip and Replace Cash program US telecoms industry representatives, particularly those from smaller carriers, have strongly backed FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel’s renewed call for additional funding for the Rip and Replace…
Global Institutional Trends
Australian regulator cracks down on cryptocurrency-related crime
What happened: Australian regulator’s crypto clampdown The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has announced the establishment of an internal cryptocurrency task force to tackle the misuse of cryptocurrency ATMs for criminal activities. AUSTRAC’s…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Mambu acquires Numeral to improve core banking services
What happened: Mambu acquires French payments platform Numeral Cloud-based core banking provider Mambu has acquired Numeral, a banking aggregation and payment automation platform headquartered in Paris, France. The acquisition will integrate Numeral’s advanced payment…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
French operators collaborate to launch anti-fraud APIs
French operators Bouygues Telecom, Free, Orange, and SFR launch APIs to fight online fraud and identity theft.
Global Institutional Trends
Telstra acquires boost mobile in $100m prepaid services deal
Telstra acquires Boost Mobile in a $100 million deal.
Latin America and Caribbean Cloud Services Trends
Mastercard partners with Sympla and Yuno to launch Payment Passkey
What happened: Mastercard Payment Passkey debuts Mastercard has partnered with Brazil’s leading events platform, Sympla, and Latin American payments orchestrator Yuno to introduce its Payment Passkey Service in the region. Starting in January, these companies will be the first to…
North America Cloud Services Trends
Uptiq.AI acquires UpSwot to improve data integration
What happened: Uptiq.AI acquires financial data integration fintech UpSwot US-based Uptiq.AI has acquired financial data integration fintech UpSwot for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will integrate UpSwot’s data capabilities into Uptiq.AI’s newly launched AI Workbench…
North America Institutional Trends
R2 secures $9M investment and $50M debt facility
What happened: Mexican fintech R2 secures $59M in funding R2, Latin America’s embedded finance platform, has raised $9 million in an investment round led by Hi Ventures and Cometa, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Y Combinator, and Gradient Ventures. This equity round…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Mastercard reaches $250m settlement in UK overcharging lawsuit
What happened: Mastercard settles UK fee overcharging lawsuit Mastercard has reached a settlement agreement in principle to resolve a groundbreaking legal claim brought on behalf of approximately 46 million UK consumers. The consumers alleged that the payments company imposed…
North America Cloud Services Trends
IPH Limited acquires Bereskin & Parr, expanding Canadian reach
Canadian footprint with Bereskin & Parr acquisition IPH Limited, a leading global provider of intellectual property (IP) services, has announced its acquisition of Canadian IP firm Bereskin & Parr. The acquisition strengthens IPH’s presence in Canada, as Bereskin & Parr will…
Global Cloud Services Trends
Kyivstar’s GenAI lab boosts innovation with AWS partnership
What happened Kyivstar, the largest telecommunications operator in Ukraine, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to establish a Generative AI Lab aimed at empowering Ukrainian businesses to leverage AI technologies for innovation and operational efficiency. The lab will…
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Fraud fighters: French telecoms launch security APIs
What happened: French telecoms use network APIs to combat fraud France’s four largest mobile operators, Bouygues Telecom, Free, Orange and SFR, on December 3 jointly launched two innovative network apis designed to combat online fraud and protect mobile users’ digital identities.…
North America Institutional Trends
SolarWinds CEO discusses rebuilding trust post-breach
What happened When Sudhakar Ramakrishna became SolarWinds CEO in 2021, he faced the fallout of a major cyberattack, which had targeted its Orion software. Despite the breach affecting multiple U.S. government agencies, SolarWinds rebuilt its reputation through transparency…
Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Telstra acquires Boost Mobile for $100M
What happened Telstra Group, Australia’s largest telecommunications company, has taken a significant step in its multi-brand strategy by acquiring Boost Mobile in a deal valued at approximately $100 million. This move formalises a long-standing partnership between the two…
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Top tech news today: December 3, 2024
1. Kyivstar partners with AWS for AI lab Veon’s Kyivstar launches a GenAI lab with Amazon Web Services to foster innovation and aid Ukraine’s economic recovery. Veon Expired DNSSEC signatures disrupt 26 African TLDs 2. TIM’s Sparkle sale faces more delays The much-anticipated…
Global Cloud Services Trends
Akhetonics secures funding to pioneer all-optical chip revolution
What happened Akhetonics, a advanced startup specializing in photonic computing, has secured a significant round of fresh funding to advance its work on all-optical chips. These chips represent a bold departure from traditional electronic processors, using light instead of…
North America Cloud Services Trends
Intel’s $7.86B CHIPS Act funding comes with strict conditions
What happened Intel has secured $7.86 billion in funding under the United States CHIPS Act, but the deal comes with firm restrictions. The conditions, revealed in a recent filing, require Intel to retain at least 50.1% ownership and control of its foundry business if spun out as…
Global Institutional Trends
SpaceX celebrates 400th Falcon 9 launch with Starlink satellites
What happened SpaceX marked a historic achievement on November 27, 2024, completing its 400th Falcon 9 rocket launch. This milestone flight carried 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, departing from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission saw the Falcon 9’s…
Global Cloud Services Trends
$4M funding powers OpenTrade’s stablecoin growth mission
________________ What happened OpenTrade, a London-based platform for stablecoin yield products, has raised $4 million in a seed extension round led by AlbionVC with participation from a16z Crypto and CMCC Global. The funding will help scale OpenTrade’s operations, enhance its…