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USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. US Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric S. Powell/Released Navy aircraft carriers, and the airwings they bring with them, have projected US power around the...

Germany's Merkel, EU's von der Leyen hold virtual joint news conference Reuters World leaders are concerned former President Donald Trump did irreversible damage to democracy, according to European Commission...

To provide a new cross-border money transfer offering to North American businesses, OANDA has teamed with cross-border solutions provider Currencycloud. The new offering, which is known as OANDA FX Payments, has been...

The great digital shift has been felt all over the world over the course of the last year, as shutdowns and concerns about the pandemic steered consumers away from their physical routines and toward adopting a greater...

2021 Northern Talent Cup Entry List revealed A 26-strong grid sets the NTC up for a spectacular second season  Wednesday, 27 January 2021 The entry list for the 2021 Northern Talent Cup can now be revealed. 26...

In today’s top digital-first banking news, JPMorgan Chase plans to roll out a digital bank in the United Kingdom, while The Clearing House (TCH) has introduced a new data sharing evaluation for data aggregators and...

Indonesia’s Gojek is seeking to expand its ridesharing and digital payments business throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. “One of our primary focuses for 2021 is really to expand our footprint outside of...

Green light for an IPO – but speed bumps on the road ahead. The on/off status of Ant Group’s initial public offering seems switched, now, to “on” – at least as signaled by China’s central bank governor. And...

Responding to pressure from Chinese finance regulators, Jack Ma will restructure Ant Group into a financial holding company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Jan. 27), citing sources. The new entity will...

Hong Kong’s travel and leisure booking platform Klook has closed a $200 million Series E funding round led by Aspex Management, with participation by Sequoia Capital China, SoftBank Vision Fund, Matrix Partners China...

Signal is exploring the idea of adding cryptocurrency payments into its messaging app by integrating MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency supported by the Stellar blockchain, Platformer reported. MobileCoin complements the...

Raytheon expects the Biden administration to cancel a $500 million sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia. AP Photo/Elise Amendola Raytheon expects the Biden administration to cancel a $500 million arms sale to Saudi...

Ret. US Navy Adm. William McRaven. Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images Retired Adm. William McRaven, a former US Navy SEAL commander and head of US Special Operations Command, had a...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology company Ariel AI has been acquired by Snap. Ariel AI had been concentrating on a type of AI called computer vision, which is used to develop augmented reality (AR)...