Meet Lightyear, a new London-based startup coming out of stealth today. The company is building a stock trading app with a focus on creating a truly commission-free app. In addition to waving account
Debt is a tool, and like any other — be it a hammer or handsaw — it’s extremely valuable when used skillfully but can cause a lot of pain when mismanaged. Fortunately, this is a story abou
Belvo, a Latin American startup which has built an open finance API platform, announced today it has raised $43 million in a Series A round of funding.A mix of Silicon Valley and Latin American-based
British health authorities were aiming to vaccinate 15,000 people at London’s Twickenham rugby stadium on Monday as part of a race to contain a fast-spreading coronavir
Andrea Pirlo, manager of Juventus, looks on in the Coppa Italia Final against Atalanta at Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 20, 2021. /CFP When Andrea Pirlo was ap
Here in the U.S. the concept of using driver’s data to decide the cost of auto insurance premiums is not a new one.But in markets like Brazil, the idea is still considered relatively novel. A new star
With more people than ever before going online to pay for things and pay each other, startups that are building the infrastructure that enables these actions continue to get a lot of attention.In the
Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland, the U.S., and a former assistant r
Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland, the U.S., and a former assistant r
Alphabet Inc's Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co for users of its U.S. payments app, the co
Singapore-based Aspire, which wants to become the financial services “one-stop shop” for SMEs, announced that its business accounts have reached $1 billion in annualized transaction volume one year af
A screenshot of the Democracy Perception Index 2021. Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a London-based journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and television and documentary filmmaker. The
America and China's national flags are shown on chess pieces on a chessboard. /Getty Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author'
America and China's national flags are shown on chess pieces on a chessboard. /Getty Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author'
Africa is "watching with total disbelief" as India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the continent's top public health official said Thursday. /Xinhua Africa is "watch
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has died aged 90, his family has said.Collins was called the "forgotten astronaut" because he stayed aboard the command module as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ma
Community banks and credit unions aim to be the heart of the, well, communities, they serve. But without the big budgets of larger institutions, keeping up technology-wise can be a challenge. And not
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