BRICS Pay seeks to reduce SWIFT dominance

The BRICS bloc has the BRICS Pay project ready, a payment alternative that seeks to confront SWIFT's dominance globally and reduce the effects of US sanctions. In this regard, the ten countries of the bloc have indicated that "more than a…

WhatsApp to implement unique usernames

The messaging platform WhatsApp is ready to implement unique usernames, a long-awaited development for users to finally free themselves from the requirement to provide their phone number to be contacted. The change, "confirmed in the…

OPEC+ agrees to increase production in November

In a virtual meeting, OPEC+, the eight energy ministers from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman, agreed to a further increase in oil production in November, of 137,000 barrels per…