Telefónica will invest three million dollars (2.9 million euros at the exchange rate) in the Brazilian 'fintech' Klavi through its investment fund in the country Vivo Ventures, as announced on Thursday by the Brazilian subsidiary of Telefónica, which has indicated that the investment of the operator…
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UK GDP contracted between April and June
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United Kingdom registered a contraction of 0.1 % between April and June, after growing at a rate of 0.8 % in the first three months of 2022, according to the first estimate of the data published by…
Sudeban published banking requirements for financing entrepreneurs
The Superintendence of Institutions of the Banking Sector (Sudeban) of Venezuela published this Thursday a circular detailing the requirements that must be met by "individuals with registered enterprises to request credits and established…
Cyberattacks with LNK files on the rise in business environments
HP has noted, in its latest global HP Wolf Security Threat Insights report on real-world cyberattacks, that the most common attacks are via files with shortcuts (LNK). In fact, they have become the most used method to threaten businesses…
Germany announces a plan of reductions and tax aid against inflation
The German Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, announced this Wednesday a package of fiscal measures of up to 10,000 million euros to offset the impact of high inflation on the purchasing power of citizens, including tax cuts and an…
Fedecamaras will meet with Colombian authorities to propose a trade agreement
Carlos Fernández, president of Fedecamaras, pointed out that a meeting between the Venezuelan organization and the Colombian authorities is scheduled for next August 18 to discuss the possibility of "making a trade agreement between the two…
Spanish airports will have Bitcoin ATMs
The Spanish startup Bitbase announced that it reached an agreement with the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation agency (AENA) for the installation of cryptocurrency ATMs.
According to the official statement, initially four spaces were…
The US created more than half a million jobs in July
During the month of July, the United States economy generated a total of 528,000 new non-agricultural jobs, double what was expected by the market consensus, while the unemployment rate fell one tenth, to 3.5 %, reported the Bureau of Labor…
Ecopetrol reaches a profit of 3,882 million euros in the first half of the year
The Colombian oil company Ecopetrol recorded a net attributable profit of 17 billion Colombian pesos (3,882 million euros) during the first six months of the year, which means multiplying by more than two the result obtained during the same…
Meta Platforms makes its first bond issue
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, confirmed to the United States Securities Market Commission (SEC) the start of a placement of unsecured preferred bonds among institutional investors, in which it represents the company's…
Gucci incorporates payments with Apecoin
Gucci, the Italian clothing brand, announced the addition of the digital asset Apecoin, affiliated with the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection, as a payment method.
The luxurious company thus becomes, from August 1st, the first of its kind to…
Brussels disburses 1 billion euros in aid to Ukraine
The economic vice-president of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, announced on Monday that "this payment of 1,000 million euros is the first part of our macro-financial assistance package of 9,000 million euros to help Ukraine…