Coinbase
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.
Squirrels Flow
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
Tap to Pay on IPhone
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.
Royal Mint NFT
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.
Cryptography
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
FIS Global
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.
Contactless Payments
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
BlackBerry NYSE
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.
Catalyst from Teampay
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.
BlackBerry NYSE
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 NYSE
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.
Financial Impact Data
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.
Apple Card
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.
Mastercard
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.
Stock Exchange
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.”
Ericsson
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.
Salesforce
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.
PCI Pal
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
Digital Loan One Box Solution
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 NYSE
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.
Stock Exchange
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
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.