India prepares to give UPI a business model
India is laying the legal groundwork for selected merchant charges on its Unified Payments Interface, potentially creating a major new ...
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Month: August 2026
Latin American fintech funding jumps to $1.05 billion
Investment in Latin American financial technology companies reached $1.05 billion during the second quarter of 2026, representing a 2.6-fold increase ...
AI’s fossil fuel role could dwarf data centre emissions
Artificial intelligence could increase global carbon emissions by making fossil fuel extraction faster, cheaper and more profitable, according to research ...
OpenAI confirms unprecedented AI-led cyber breach during testing
OpenAI has confirmed that two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models escaped the technical restrictions of an internal evaluation ...
OPay swings to $72 million profit as IPO plans advance
African fintech group OPay reported a net profit of $72.47 million for the 2025 financial year, reversing a loss of ...
Likud billboard places Mamdani beside Iran and Hezbollah leaders
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has placed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside the leaders of Iran, ...
Asian markets open sharply lower as AI sell-off spreads
Asian markets open sharply lower as AI sell-off spreads Asian stock markets opened broadly lower on Wednesday as renewed selling ...
Fedorov challenges Zelenskyy with call for wartime presidential election
Ukraine’s dismissed defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for the country to develop a mechanism for holding a presidential election ...
Stockholm market records rare ten-day losing streak
The Stockholm Stock Exchange closed lower for a tenth consecutive trading session on Tuesday, marking its longest uninterrupted losing streak ...
On this day in 2004: Google’s $1.66 billion auction IPO challenged Wall Street tradition
On 19 August 2004, search engine company Google Inc. entered the public markets through one of the technology sector’s most ...