McLEAR

Investing.com | April 21, 2020

U.S. oil prices hobbled back into positive territory on Tuesday after sinking below $0 for the first time ever, but international benchmark Brent dipped as the global coronavirus crisis severely reduces demand for crude. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for May delivery (CLc1) was up $38.99 in thin trade at $1.36 a barrel by 0622 GMT after settling down at a discount of $37.63 a barrel in the previous session. The May contract expires on Tuesday and the more-active June con...

FINTECH

IBM | July 30, 2021

IBM and SAP SE announced today that SAP would onboard two of its finance and data management products to IBM Cloud for Financial Services, accelerating IBM cloud adoption in the financial services industry. The collaboration will be geared to assist the companies in meeting the industry's high compliance, security, and resiliency standards, as well as to support financial services institutions' business transformation and innovation. Hybrid cloud environments are becoming ...

Sila | April 09, 2020

Sila, the banking and API payment platform set up by former Simple co-founder Shamir Karkal, has closed a $7.7 million seed funding round. The round is co-led by VC firms Madrona Venture Group and Oregon Venture Fund, with support from Mucker Capital, 99 Tartans, Taavet Kinrikus, CEO & Co-founder of Transferwise, and investor & entrepreneur Jerry Neumann. Sila launched its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform in April 2019 to help companies integrate their business applications wi...

PAYMENTS

Shift4 | March 03, 2022

Shift4, a leading integrated payment and technology solutions provider, announces that it will acquire Finaro, a popular cross-border eCommerce payments provider, and The Giving Block, a specializer in cryptocurrency fundraising for nonprofits. These acquisitions are Shift4’s ambitious goals to pursue a multi-trillion-dollar marketplace worldwide. The marketplace includes stadiums, eCommerce, restaurants, gaming, hospitality, charitable donations, specialty retail to accelerate growth in t...