Brazil fintech Nubank takes aim at small business owners
Brazilian financial startup Nu Pagamentos SA is planning to launch digital accounts for small business owners, expanding its product portfolio beyond individuals, it said in...
Senate opens hearing into Facebook plans for Libra cryptocurrency
U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle were set to grill Facebook Inc on its cryptocurrency plans on Tuesday, as the project continues to...
Ancient origami inspires new rocket leg design
In the 50th anniversary year of the first manned moon landing, scientists at the University of Washington in Seattle are in the early stages of...
Hackers steal millions of Bulgarians’ financial records: tax agency
Hackers have stolen the financial data of millions of Bulgarians from the country’s tax agency, the government said on Tuesday, in an attack that one...
Vodafone launches 5G in Germany, challenges D.Telekom on price
Vodafone said on Tuesday it was launching 5G services in Germany, taking on Deutsche Telekom by offering cheaper deals and reaching more cities than the...
Softbank’s Arm Holdings eases upfront license costs
Arm Holdings, the British chip technology firm whose designs underlie mobile phone chips, is changing its licensing model to pursue a bigger customer base as...
Bulgarian tax agency says hackers stole millions of financial records
Hackers have stolen the personal and financial data of millions of Bulgarians by breaking into the tax agency’s systems, the government said on Tuesday....
Norway’s Telenor CEO sees decision on 5G supplier in fourth quarter
Telenor expects to decide on its supplier of 5G technology in the fourth quarter of 2019, its CEO told Reuters, despite having as yet no...
Germany’s Scholz sounds alarm on cryptocurrencies such as Facebook’s Libra
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said regulators must ensure that cryptocurrencies such as Facebook’s planned digital coin Libra do not threaten financial stability and consumer...
France to approve first crypto-issuers as new rules loom
France’s financial watchdog is poised to approve a first tranche of cryptocurrency-related companies under new rules on digital coins, some of the first such regulations...