Uber’s Careem Looks to Hire Over 200 Staff to Debut Super App

Uber’s Careem Looks to Hire Over 200 Staff to Debut Super App
Uber’s Careem Looks to Hire Over 200 Staff to Debut Super App
February 07, 2022  |  International

Careem, Uber’s Middle East business, is angling to hire over 200 people, a Reuters reports says, to debut its super app, which will offer services...

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17 Crypto Exchanges Pledge Safe Markets, Cooperation With Regulators
17 Crypto Exchanges Pledge Safe Markets, Cooperation With Regulators
February 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Solidus Labs, Coinbase and several other big names in crypto announced Monday (Feb. 7) that they are forming a Crypto Market Integrity Coalition (CMIC) to...

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Expensify Lands $100M Credit Facility From CIBC Innovation Banking
Expensify Lands $100M Credit Facility From CIBC Innovation Banking
February 07, 2022  |  Investments

CIBC Innovation Banking has provided $100 million as a credit facility to Expensify, a payments super app helping people manage money, the companies announced Monday...

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SEC Probes Elon Musk’s Tesla Tweets as Possible Violations
SEC Probes Elon Musk’s Tesla Tweets as Possible Violations
February 07, 2022  |  Regulation

Tesla has received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission over a settlement that required CEO Elon Musk’s tweets to be vetted if they...

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Today in Crypto: Payments Platform Wirex Makes US Debut; Tesla Says It Held $2B in Bitcoin at End of ’21
Today in Crypto: Payments Platform Wirex Makes US Debut; Tesla Says It Held $2B in...
February 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

North Korea has reportedly used stolen crypto funds to help fund its missile development program, according to a Reuters report Monday (Feb. 7), which cited...

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Google Cloud Unveils Crypto Mining Threat Detection
Google Cloud Unveils Crypto Mining Threat Detection
February 07, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Google Cloud on Monday (Feb. 7) expanded its security platform to include detection for cryptocurrency mining in virtual machines, Google Cloud executive Sunil Potti told...

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Thiel Leaving Meta Board Seat to Focus on Politics
Thiel Leaving Meta Board Seat to Focus on Politics
February 07, 2022  |  Personnel

Peter Thiel will step down from his position at Meta’s board to focus instead on helping political candidates, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday...

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Today in FinTech: UK FinTechs Feel the Love; Digital Desires Drive Aussie Banking Giant
Today in FinTech: UK FinTechs Feel the Love; Digital Desires Drive Aussie Banking Giant
February 07, 2022  |  Acquisitions

In today’s FinTech news, acquisitions were in full bloom as the biggest bank in Australia picked up a stake in FinTech Paypa Plane to help...

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British FinTechs Felt the Love in 2021 with $37.3B in Funding
British FinTechs Felt the Love in 2021 with $37.3B in Funding
February 07, 2022  |  Investments

Last year was good to British FinTechs, which were backed with $37.3 billion in funding, up 617% over 2020, according to a biannual report from...

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