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Meet Belvo, a YC-backed startup building a financial API for Latin America

In the wake of the $5.3 billion sale of banking API provider Plaid to Visa — a deal generally lauded as intelligent for the larger company — fintech became an even hotter part of the ventu

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Khamenei loyalists may tighten grip at Iran elections

Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor, as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation

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Talk of decoupling absurd amid joint efforts to combat the coronavirus

Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column, "The Real Point."A World Health Organization-led team made up of experts from various countries, including the United

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Antimalarial drug confirmed effective on COVID-19

Chinese experts, based on the result of clinical trials, have confirmed that Chloroquine Phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effect on the novel co

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UN: Antarctic high temp records will take months to verify

Record high temperatures reportedly measured in Antarctica will take months to verify, the UN weather agency said Sunday.A spokesman for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said the measureme

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China issues guideline to further Shanghai, Yangtze River Delta development

China on Friday issued a guideline to further build Shanghai into an international financial center and boost the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. Th

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Beijing SportAccord Summit to be relocated due to coronavirus

This year's SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit will not take place in Beijing due to the novel coronavirus, it has been confirmed. SportAccord is exploring "contingency options" for a replac

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Beijing SportAccord Summit to be relocated due to coronavirus

This year's SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit will not take place in Beijing due to the novel coronavirus, it has been confirmed. SportAccord is exploring "contingency options" for a replac

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Hong Kong, Singapore Sevens rescheduled due to coronavirus outbreak

This picture taken on April 7, 2019, shows fans attending the third day of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament./Getty Images The Hong Kong and Singapore Sevens have been rescheduled due to c

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Merkel's conservatives stop short of Huawei 5G ban in Germany

Reuters Photo Lawmakers from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives have backed a position paper on 5G mobile networks that recommends tougher rules on foreign vendors while st

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Global forum on COVID-19 pins down research priorities: WHO

A two-day forum on COVID-19 coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded here on Wednesday, setting research priorities for scientists worldwide to better understand and fight the di

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Global forum on COVID-19 pins down research priorities: WHO

A two-day forum on COVID-19 coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded here on Wednesday, setting research priorities for scientists worldwide to better understand and fight the di

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Daily Crunch: Samsung unveils another foldable phone

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe her

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‘No Revolution': UK Cabinet Reshuffle Will Reportedly See Remainers Promoted

The structural reshuffle has been on everyone’s lips since Johnson’s overwhelming win in December, but the scale of it has been played down following speculation of a

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Good news for enterprise startups: SaaS helped kill the single-vendor stack

In the old days of enterprise software, when companies like IBM, Oracle and Microsoft ruled the roost, there was a tendency to shop from a single vendor. You bought the whole stack, which made life ea

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Alpha Foods raises $28 million for its vegetarian prepared foods

Alpha Foods, the vegetarian prepared food manufacturer, has raised $28 million in financing for its portfolio of vegetarian burritos, tamales, nuggets, pizzas, burgers, patties, and sausages.The Glend

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Impala raises $20 million to build the API of the hotel industry

Impala has raised another round of funding just a few months after raising an $11 million Series A round. This time, the startup is raising a $20 million Series B round led by Lakestar. Latitude Ventu