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Visa says spending on crypto-linked cards topped $1 billion in first half this year
(Reuters) - Visa Inc said on Wednesday its customers spent more than $1 billion on its crypto-linked cards in the first half of this year, as the payments processor takes steps to make crypto transact...
Jul 07, 2021
Hackers attack websites of Ukraine’s president and security service
KYIV (Reuters) - A cyber attack hit the websites of Ukraine's president, security service and other institutions on Tuesday afternoon but they were working again by the evening, the state service for ...
Jul 07, 2021
Explainer: What is driving China’s clampdown on Didi and data security?
By Josh Horwitz and Yilei Sun SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's cyberspace regulator has launched a probe into ride-hailing giant Didi Global, calling for it to stop adding new users and for app stores to ...
Jul 07, 2021
China clampdown could spur fresh short-selling of U.S.-listed shares, says S3
(Reuters) - China's clampdown on domestic companies listed on the U.S. stock market may prove the spark for a new burst of short-selling in Hong Kong and China-based firms after bears were forced to c...
Jul 07, 2021
Israeli startup AnyVision raises $235 million from SoftBank, others
(Reuters) - AnyVision, an artificial intelligence-based facial recognition startup, said on Wednesday it had raised $235 million in a funding round from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Eldridge, among othe...
Jul 07, 2021
Google-backed Planet Labs to go public in $2.8 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) - Earth data and analytics company Planet Labs Inc, which is backed by Alphabet Inc's Google, will go public through a merger with a blank-check company in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, the...
Jul 07, 2021
Spain’s Glovo considers appeal after Italian regulator finds Foodinho labour breaches
ROME (Reuters) - Spanish delivery start-up Glovo said on Wednesday it is examining its options, including a possible appeal, after Italy's data protection authority ordered Glovo's delivery firm Foodi...
Jul 07, 2021
Kremlin says Russian state had nothing to do with U.S. RNC hack
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday said the Russian state had nothing to do with a hack that targeted the U.S. Republican National Committee, and that it had no detailed information regarding...
Jul 07, 2021
Analysis: U.S. IPO market a danger zone for Chinese firms after Beijing crackdown
By Scott Murdoch, Kane Wu and Echo Wang HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's stepped-up scrutiny of overseas listings by its companies and a clampdown on ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc soon afte...
Jul 07, 2021
Crypto exchange Binance to double compliance staff as regulators circle
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Binance plans on doubling its compliance team by year's and said it will "humbly welcome more capable talents" as it faces a blizzard of global regulatory...
Jul 07, 2021
