e& (formerly Etisalat) has bought 2.8bn Vodafone shares for around $4.4bn, becoming the company's biggest shareholder
ELON Musk has said his deal to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold” over details around the number of spam and fake accounts present on the site.
Web 3 start-up Lighthouse has raised a $7 million seed round to build out “the search engine of the open metaverse.”
The company behind the "Bored Ape" series of NFTs has raised around $285 million worth of cryptocurrency by selling tokens which represent land in a virtual world game it says it is building.
Utility NFT Coin (UNC) has made its primary listing on bitmart and is now available to trade on the platform. Within 24 hours of the new and updated contract listing, UNC is expected to be the top gainer on Bitmart
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2022 second quarter ended March 26, 2022, posting a March quarter revenue record of $97.3 billion, up 9 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.52.
Social Life Network and Decentral Life, a Social Life Network has launched a new SaaS platform for private and public companies that aim to utilize blockchain tokenization as a governance tool or utility token.
BlackBerry is to host an investor event titled 'BlackBerry Retail Investor Focused Live Q&A' on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 3:00pm.
The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Twitter has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk
UK investment bank Standard Chartered has acquired a plot of virtual land at The Sandbox metaverse’s Mega City district.
Coinbase's NFT marketplace has launched in beta for select customers. The beta NFT marketplace is accessible to everyone to view from today, but initially only select users will be able to buy or sell.
The Squirrels Club NFT project will be launched during the end of April. The Squirrels Club NFT team, consisting of time-tested NFT personnel and knowledgeable investors, has decided to pull their knowledge together
Metahub is the world's first "Lego-style" NFT underlying trading platform, which the company says is dedicated to lowering the threshold for participation in NFT casting, trading, circulation, etc., so that every creator can freely create digital works on the blockchain.
Hyundai Motor is officially entering the NFT space, partnering with Meta Kongz to launch an NFT collection titled "Hyundai X Meta Kongz NFT Project". The collection will consist of 30 limited edition NFTs and the drop will happen on 20 April.
Mastercard has filed for several metaverse and NFT related trademarks. A range of virtual, crypto, and financial products and services will be covered by patents filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Online trading platform ‘eToro’ has unveiled a $20 million dollar fund to purchase NFTs and will launch the initiative under a new scheme that connects NFT creators with big brands.
Adyen is working with Apple to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone for its U.S. customers later this year. The solution allows Adyen’s U.S. customers to use their iPhones to accept contactless payments, without the need to purchase or manage additional hardware or payment terminals.
The UK government plans to mint its own NFTs. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has asked the Royal Mint, the government-owned body that mints coins for the UK, to create an NFT by this summer.
Caduceus, a metaverse protocol with decentralized edge rendering, designed to provide the infrastructure layer for metaverse development, has raised $4 million in an over-subscribed Series A round
The GEMS Esports aggregator platform has successfully raised 5,000,000 USDT, and has acquired support from 30+ venture capitals, and 45+ ecosystem and solution partners
BlackBerry has reported financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended February 28, 2022, with revenue falling to $185 million from $210 million a year earlier.
The Mosque NFT Project is a unique charity project on Ethereum, the world's most active blockchain network and the home of NFTs. The project plans to mint a collection of 12,000 unique hand-drawn NFTs of the grandest mosques in the world
Popular crypto wallet MetaMask has implemented support for direct digital asset purchases with debit and credit cards by way of Apple Pay.
Apple will reveal its Q2 2022 earnings in a conference call that is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Rapid Meta now accepts cryptocurrencies as a form of payment directly in our online store. Pay via your crypto wallets.
Apple has acquired Credit Kudos, a UK open banking start-up in a deal reportedly worth $150 million.
iPay has launched as a de facto payment gateway for content creators in web 3.0. Web 2.0 platforms are no longer relied upon by creators for the infrastructure that they have traditionally given in order to make money
BlackBerry will report results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2022 at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
Novum Global Ventures, the company behind CryptoHero, has launched its Bots Marketplace, offering experienced crypto traders an avenue to earn additional income by leasing their crypto trading bots to other users
BlackBerry will be participating at the Scotiabank TMT Conference on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 , at 5:30pm GMT
BlackBerry has granted an equity inducement award to John Giamatteo, President of BlackBerry's Cybersecurity business unit
Five Russian banks that have been sanctioned over Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will no longer support payment services like Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Mintable is looking to send 3 NFTs that were stolen in a recent OpenSea exploit, back to their rightful owners.
NFTs began their journey via games where assets such as swords, guns, rewards, etc., were traded for NFTs. Since then, these digital tokens have been moulded into all forms.
JPMorgan has become the first lender to enter the metaverse, having opened a lounge in Decentraland, a virtual world based on blockchain technology.
Animal Concerts has successfully held a $6.75 million private round from a consortium of funds and token holders.
MetaNFT has launched a Multi-CrossChain NFT marketplace, the first NFT Cross-Chain Marketplace.
Cloudflare has acquired Vectrix, a company that provides businesses one-click visibility and control across all of their SaaS applications.
Last month we reported how Apple was planning a new service that will allow businesses to accept payments directly on their iPhones, allowing your iPhone to become a contactless payment terminal, without any extra hardware required.
Vaiyo is entering the metaverse, enabling P2P crypto transfers and also starting support for NFTs Metaverse is the buzzword on the internet now. More than that, it will become a new standard in the foreseeable future.
Apple has posted its financial earnings results for the first fiscal quarter of 2022, reporting an all-time revenue record of $123.9 billion, up 11 percent year over year.
Apple is reportedly planning a new service that will allow small businesses to accept payments directly on their iPhones, allowing your iPhone to become a contactless payment terminal, without any extra hardware required.
Microsoft has agreed to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, for around $68.7bn, including net cash, in the biggest deal ever for the company.
Nokia has provided an update to its financial guidance for 2021 Tuesday, and a comparable operating margin guidance for 2022.
Atos has completed the acquisition of Cloudreach, a multi-cloud services company specializing in cloud application development and cloud migration
BlackBerry will be participating at the following virtual investor conferences in January 2022.
Apple has become the first company to hit a market capitalisation of $3tn, as shares in the company rose to $182.86, taking it past the $3tn milestone.
BlackBerry beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by demand for its cybersecurity and Internet of Things products.
Atos has agreed to acquire Cloudreach, a multi-cloud services company specializing in cloud application development and cloud migration, capitalizing on strong partnerships with all three hyperscalers.
BlackBerry will report results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 at 5:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday December 21, 2021.
Family safety platform Life360 are to acquire tracker company Tile for $205 million, with the deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.
Ericsson has entered into an agreement to acquire Vonage for $21 per share, representing a total acquisition price of approximately $6.2 billion.
With the help of Visa and touchless payments company tiptap, the Salvation Army is rolling out a contactless donation program at 2,000 kettle locations around the US.
Apple has posted financial results for its fiscal 2021 fourth quarter ended September 25, 2021, posting a September quarter revenue record of $83.4 billion, up 29 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings of $20.6 billion , or $1.24 per share.
Microsoft, has expanded its global payments relationship with Worldpay from FIS, where Worldpay will provide online credit and debit card processing for Microsoft online store fronts including, Xbox, Microsoft Advertising, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
The contactless card payment limit has been raised for the fifth time today (15 October). Initially set at £10 in 2007, it has now been raised to £100.
BlackBerry has reported financial results for the three months ended August 31, 2021. Revenues fell 34% to $175 million, nearly $11 million better than consensus expectations.
Boku has launched the M1ST (Mobile First), the world’s largest mobile payments network. The M1ST Payments Network features an unrivalled 330+ mobile payment methods
California-based financial technology solution provider Car IQ are to deliver highly-secure vehicle-based payment capabilities to unlock a connected car payments market that is projected to reach over €530 billion by 2030.
Car IQ, the first payment solution developed specifically for fleet vehicles, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Forté Ventures.
BlackBerry will be participating at the J.P. Morgan 2021 Auto Conference and the Canaccord Genuity 41st Annual Growth Conference in August 2021.
Credit control automation platform and service provider Chaser, has unveiled a new credit checking feature that helps businesses learn more about their customers' payment behaviours
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 third quarter ended June 26, 2021. The Company posted a June quarter record revenue of $81.4 billion, up 36 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.30.
Salesforce has completed its acquisition of Slack. Under the terms of the agreement, Slack shareholders will receive $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each Slack share,
Verizon Business and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership expected to drive transformational solutions for the global payments and commerce ecosystem. From contactless shopping and autonomous checkout technology to Cloud Point of Sale (POS) solutions....
BlackBerry trimmed its net loss to US$62 million in the first quarter of its fiscal year despite lower revenues. The company, which reports in U.S. dollars, says it lost 11 cents per share in the three months ended May 31, compared with a loss of $1.14 per share or US$636 million a year earlier.
Dorsey Gardner, a veteran analyst and fund manager with about 5 million shares of BlackBerry, said investors should follow the advice of Glass Lewis & Co. and withhold their votes for Prem Watsa as lead director.
Teampay has teamed up with Mastercard to launch ' Catalyst by Teampay', a new digital corporate card that combines the technology of Teampay’s platform with Mastercard’s industry-leading capabilities, ushering in a new era of a premium commercial card experience for executives.
Shareholder advisory company Glass Lewis has urged BlackBerry investors to vote against Prem Watsa as lead director, arguing that he should be held accountable for an executive compensation plan that isn’t in shareholders’ interests. Glass Lewis recommended investors withhold support for Prem Watsa who chairs BlackBerry’s compensation committee.
BlackBerry will report results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 24, 2021. The conference call can be accessed by dialling +1 (877) 682-6267 or live streamed on the Company's website here. A replay of the conference call will be available at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET on June 24, 2021, by dialing +1 (800) 585-8367 and entering Conference ID #2676452. It will also be available at the link above.
Net Purpose is partnering with tickr to provide data to measure the social and environmental outcomes of its funds. Founded in 2019 with the goal of reaching one million investment professionals by 2025, Net Purpose is the world’s first dedicated data provider for a new generation of investors who invest for profit and purpose. By quantifying the social and environmental outcomes of companies and investment portfolios, Net Purpose enables investors to effortlessly report on their impact and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
SAM Seamless Network, a network security company for consumers and SMBs, has raised $20 million in series B funding led by BlackBerry and Verizon Ventures. Additional Investors include Blumberg Capital, Intel Capital, ADT, and NightDragon.
Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 second quarter ended March 27, 2021, posting a March quarter record revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.40. International sales accounted for 67 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple today unveiled Apple Card Family, a new way for people to share their Apple Card, track purchases, manage spending, and build credit together with their Family Sharing group.
AEVI and Mastercard Payment Gateway Services (MPGS) are to use their combined technologies and reach to simplify the omnichannel shopping experience. AEVI integrates payments and data across all customer channels by providing an open platform that is both device and solution independent.
When BlackBerry reported fourth-quarter 2021 and full fiscal year results Tuesday, the company missed quarterly and full-year revenue estimates. According to Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley, the miss was “primarily driven by licensing headwinds due to ongoing negotiations for the sale of part of its mobile device patent portfolio.”
BlackBerry reported reported a $315-million loss and missed quarterly revenue estimates for its fourth-quarter. Quarterly revenue for the company, which reports its results in U.S. currency, was $210 million, down from $282 million a year earlier.
Huawei has obtained a Chinese nonbanking payment license, giving the company a foothold in a fintech sector dominated by Tencent and Ant Group as those firms grapple with regulators.
BlackBerry has agreed to stop adjusting its revenue after receiving a comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) questioning the practice.
BlackBerry will report results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021 at 5:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The conference call can be accessed by dialling +1 (877) 682-6267 or live-streamed on the Company's website.
Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Business, Mastercard, Samsung Card, have signed a memorandum of understanding MoU) to develop a biometric card that features a built-in fingerprint scanner.
The Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson will be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors has decided that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders 2021 will be conducted without the physical presence of shareholders, representatives and third parties.
BlackBerry has been downgraded by stock analysts at Canaccord Genuity from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating. , Michael Walkley from Canaccord downgraded BlackBerry with a price target of $10.00.
A federal judge has tentatively declined a Robinhood app user’s bid to block the online brokerage firm from restricting purchases of certain stocks and from manipulating the price of shares.
NatWest has launched a new grant finder service in conjunction with Swoop, which will allow UK businesses to search for grants to help support their business deal with the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robinhood has narrowed its stock trade restrictions from fifty to eight companies on Sunday, including GameStop, Koss Corporation, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Express Inc., Naked Brands Group, Genius Brands International, BlackBerry Limited, and Nokia Corp.
Google has deleted negative reviews of the stock trading app Robinhood after backlash over the company’s decision Thursday to block users from buying or trading stocks that were popular on a Reddit subforum.
Ericsson beat fourth quarter core earnings forecasts on Friday, helped by strong sales of 5G equipment and the ban on rival Huawei in several countries.
Three BlackBerry executives, including the chief financial officer, sold $1.7 million of the firm’s stock in the early days of this month’s reddit-driven share price hike, filings with securities regulators show.
Several retail stockbrokers, including Robinhood, said they would allow trades of GameStop and other volatile companies after restricting customers’ ability to purchase securities earlier in the day.
Popular trading app Robinhood has shut down buying of AMC, BlackBerry, Bed Bath and Beyond, Express, GameStop, Koss, Naked Brand Corp and Nokia. Users can only liquidate or close positions.
Nokia will publish fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 report on 4 February 2021 at approximately 8 a.m. Finnish time (EET). The financial report will be made available on the Nokia website immediately after publication.
Samsung said WEdnesday that its Fourth Quarter and FY 2020 revenue climbed 2.8% from the previous year, but its mobile business sales tumbled 11%.
Square has launched its latest hardware offering, Square Register, a fully integrated countertop point-of-sale (POS) solution, designed to give UK businesses with complex needs the versatility they need to manage sophisticated operations.
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 first quarter ended December 26, 2020, posting an all-time record revenue of $111.4 billion.
BlackBerry's U.S.-listed stock, which is on track for the highest close since December 2011, blasted 42.7% higher last week, the biggest weekly gain since the week ended Dec. 26, 2003. The stock jumped 43.5%, to $20.15 on Monday, reaching the highest price in 10 years.
BlackBerry has announced that it is scheduled to present at the following virtual investor conferences in January 2021
BlackBerry reported its Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Results today, with revenue falling 18% to $218 million, compared with analysts' estimate of $219.7 million.
Nokia will hold an investor call on December 16, 2020 at 3 p.m. Finnish time (EET) to share the second phase of its refreshed strategy.
BlackBerry will report results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2021 at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 17, 2020. The conference call can be accessed by dialling +1 (877) 682-6267 or live-streamed on the Company's website.
Salesforce is to spend $27.7 billion to acquire Slack in a cash-and-stock deal that will see Salesforce incorporate the company’s technology in a range of Salesforce cloud-based services.
Shares in BlackBerry gained as much as 63.9 per cent in intraday trading on Tuesday following news of a deal with Amazon Web Services to develop and market BlackBerry's intelligent vehicle data platform, called IVY.
BT has concluded the sale of its domestic operations in France to Computacenter. The transaction is part of BT’s ongoing transformation of its Global unit.
Users of NatWest's Mettle Business Account can now use their cards with Apple Pay, giving users the ability to make secure purchases online, in-app and in-store using Apple devices.
Ericsson has completed its acquisition of Cradlepoint. The investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G enterprise space.
Twilio has completed its acquisition of customer data platform Segment. The transaction is valued at approximately $3.2 billion in Twilio Class A common stock
Apple has announced its quarterly financial results, with record Mac and Services revenue and a big drop in iPhone sales.
Samsung has reported KRW 66.96 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 12.35 trillion in operating profit for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, reporting its highest-ever quarterly revenue.
Microsoft reported fiscal Q1 results today that beat on the top and bottom lines with $31.7B in revenue and $1.82 EPS, which is $0.28 above estimates.
HSBC UK has launched a new voice-driven menu to assist its telephone banking customers, enabling callers to state their intent verbally and be directed to the correct team automatically
PCI Pal has today announced an alliance with Stripe, where organisations already using Stripe’s range of payment infrastructure services for web-based businesses, can now quickly deploy PCI Pal’s security solutions
Sunline and Huawei have released the Digital Loan One Box Solution — a global contactless solution for financial services, which will be rolled out across countries and regions, such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, where financial inclusiveness is urgently necessary.
BlackBerry on Thursday reported a loss of $23 million in its fiscal second quarter but beat both Revenue And EPS Expectations. The company says the loss amounted to four cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Aug. 31. The result compared with a loss of US$44 million or 10 cents per diluted share a year earlier.
The Members Exchange (MEMX), a new US stock exchange that counts some of Wall Street's biggest banks as its backers launched today (September 21). The MEMX started trading seven symbols upon launch including Alphabet, ExxonMobil and BlackBerry.
Ericsson has agreed to acquire Cradlepoint, a US-based market leader in Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise solutions. The investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G Enterprise space. Cradlepoint complements Ericsson’s existing 5G Enterprise portfolio which includes Dedicated Networks and a global IoT platform.
GoCardless has launched GoCardless for Salesforce Billing on Salesforce AppExchange, providing Salesforce customers with direct access to the GoCardless global bank debit network to help them take control of their domestic and international recurring payments.
NVIDIA and SoftBank Group have signed a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund (SoftBank) in a transaction valued at $40 billion.
BlackBerry will report results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 at 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 24, 2020. The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1 (877) 682-6267 or live streamed on the Company’s website here.
BlackBerry completed its debt refinancing Tuesday, which left Fairfax Financial holding 90% of new 1.75% BlackBerry convertible debt. On the same day, Billionaire investor Prem Watsa, leader of Fairfax Financial Holdings, upped his stake in BlackBerry by 117.99%.
Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax) has acquired control of $330M of 1.75% subordinated convertible debentures issued by BlackBerry, representing 90% of BlackBerry's private placement of $365M of the debentures that closed.
