Pressure Piles on Social Media as Fintechs Demand Fraud Action
Fintech firms are urging social‑media platforms to shoulder more responsibility for fraud after a new Payments Association report highlighted their role in scams. The study found roughly two‑thirds of authorised push‑payment (APP) fraud originates on social networks, marketplaces and messaging apps. It estimated that European scam‑ad revenue reached £3.8 billion (about $4.8 billion) in 2025, while UK‑based ads generate hundreds of millions of pounds for companies like Meta. The report calls for enforceable standards, advertiser verification and faster removal of fraudulent content.
Notch Raises $30M to Expand AI Operating System for Regulated Industries
Notch Ltd., a former specialty insurer turned AI startup, announced a $30 million Series A round to accelerate its AI operating system for regulated sectors, especially insurance, across the United States. The platform provides transparent, auditable AI agents that automate both front‑office...
The First-Party Data Illusion by AtData
Marketers have embraced first‑party data as a privacy‑safe alternative to third‑party sources, but the article warns that stored records quickly become outdated. As identities drift—emails change, devices rotate, and behaviors evolve—static profiles lose alignment with real‑world activity. AtData argues that...
Airbase Emerges From Stealth With $5M to Automate Spectrum Allocation
Airbase announced its emergence from stealth with a $5 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, joined by Squadra Ventures and Founders You Should Know. The startup aims to automate the Federal Communications Commission’s outdated, manual spectrum‑allocation workflow that relies on...
Nick Candy-Backed Fintech VibePay Falls Into Liquidation, Job Losses
Fintech VibePay, a UK peer‑to‑peer payment app backed by Nick Candy’s Candy Ventures, entered liquidation after investors withdrew funding. The company, founded in 2019 by Luke Massie, had raised over £12 million (approximately $15 million) and aimed to enable open‑banking account‑to‑account transfers...
UM UK Names PHD's Sarah Nugent as CEO
UM UK announced that Sarah Nugent, PhD, will take over as chief executive officer, succeeding Kara Osborne who departed in October 2025. Nugent’s appointment was confirmed in a press release earlier this week. The leadership change comes as UM UK...
Lastminute.com Picks BBH to Create New Brand Platform
Lastminute.com has selected advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) to develop a new brand platform, with the rollout planned for the summer. BBH began collaborating with the travel booking site at the start of the year, conducting research and crafting...
Segmenting by Purchased Category in Omnisend: How We Made It Work (and Keep Working)
Omnisend helped Italian ecommerce retailer Alberoshop, which sells over 15,000 crystal and home‑goods items, implement purchase‑category segmentation to boost email relevance. By using existing product Collections as dynamic segment criteria, customers are automatically placed in groups that reflect their most...
Intra-Asia Trade the Next Hunting Ground for M&A-Hungry Carriers
Intra‑Asia container trade emerged as the most profitable segment in 2025, with volumes nearing 50 million TEU. Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines posted the highest operating margin at 18.9%, while Cosco’s $4.3 bn net profit was buoyed by strong intra‑Asia earnings. The region’s growth,...
KK Group Reports Revenue and EBITDA Rise
KK Group announced that 2025 revenue rose to €1.07 bn (≈$1.18 bn), up from €1.03 bn (≈$1.13 bn). Normalised EBITDA increased to €95.7 m (≈$105 m) from €84.7 m (≈$93 m). Free cash flow grew to €60.5 m (≈$66.6 m) versus €48.7 m (≈$53.6 m). The firm completed the Vestas converter integration,...
Asia Looks to Covid-Era Playbook to Tackle Fuel Crisis
Asia, which purchases more than 80% of the crude transiting the Strait of Hormuz, is confronting a severe fuel shortage after Iran blocked the waterway following its war on February 28. Governments from South Korea to the Philippines are reviving...
DXtrade Integrates Gold-I’s Visual Edge to Enhance Risk Management Capabilities
DXtrade, Devexperts' multi‑asset trading platform, has integrated Gold‑i’s Visual Edge risk‑management tool, giving brokers real‑time visual analytics, automated alerts and scalper detection. The addition expands DXtrade’s feature set beyond its existing MatrixNET liquidity‑management integration. Brokers can now monitor exposure, P&L...
PossibleNOW and Convoso Announce Strategic Partnership to Align Compliance and AI-Powered Outbound Performance
PossibleNOW, a compliance‑focused SaaS provider, has entered a strategic partnership with Convoso, an AI‑driven outbound contact‑center platform. The alliance merges PossibleNOW’s Do‑Not‑Contact (DNC) governance tools with Convoso’s predictive dialing and workflow automation, allowing customers to scale outreach while mitigating TCPA...
WuXi Biologics Reports Record 2025 Annual Results, Operational Excellence Driven by Digital-Native Architecture
WuXi Biologics reported record 2025 results, with revenue up 16.7% and IFRS gross profit climbing 30.9%, lifting its gross margin to 46%. The growth was driven by expanding research, development and manufacturing contracts and tighter cost control across its global...
Baozun Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Unaudited Financial Results
Baozun Inc. reported unaudited Q4 and FY 2025 results, showing modest top‑line growth of 5.9% and 5.6% respectively, while profitability surged. Adjusted operating profit rose 91% YoY in the quarter and non‑GAAP net income jumped 249% to $22.8 million. The Brand Management...
Dig-In Target a New Generation of Fitness Focused Students
Dig‑In partnered with Warrior Protein to distribute Warrior Creatine Plus samples to 200,000 university students in 1,003 halls across 130 UK cities. The on‑campus tote‑bag activation targeted students at the start of their academic year, a key habit‑forming period. Post‑campaign research...
5 Keys to Employee Listening That Drives Real Change
Employee listening programs are proliferating, yet most firms fail to turn feedback into action. While roughly 75% of organizations collect employee input quarterly, only 15% maintain a consistent cycle of listening and follow‑up, and just 25% tie those programs to...
BOSS Zhipin Continues Share Repurchase Program; Cumulative Repurchases Reach Nearly RMB450 Million in FY26
BOSS Zhipin (Kanzhun Ltd.) announced it repurchased 748,552 ordinary shares for roughly RMB 34.4 million (about $4.8 million) on March 24, bringing FY‑26 total buybacks to nearly RMB 450 million (≈$62.5 million). The board also raised the program’s ceiling to US $400 million, extending it through August 2027. Additionally, the company...
Africa Needs to Build an Economic Architecture that Renders It Immune to US Extortion
A leaked U.S. State Department memo threatens to cut HIV aid for roughly 1.3 million Zambians unless the government grants American firms access to its copper, lithium and cobalt mines. The document frames the move as a direct “America First” extortion...
France Joins Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, India, and Others in Europe and Asia to Recover From Oil Shock and...
France, together with Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, India and other nations, is accelerating recovery from the recent oil shock and inflation as US‑Iran peace talks in Islamabad gain momentum. If the negotiations succeed, they could end the Middle East...
€693 Million Financing to Support UK’s Subsea Electricity Superhighway
ScottishPower, owned by Iberdrola, secured £600 million (≈$770 million) financing from the UK National Wealth Fund to build the Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) subsea electricity superhighway. The 2‑GW HVDC link will stretch 530 km from Fife to Norfolk, delivering enough power for about...
Glovo CTO Shiro Theuri Is a Guardian for Benefiting From AI
Glovo’s chief technology officer, Shiro Theuri, is steering the Barcelona‑based delivery platform through a rapid AI integration across its engineering teams. She reports high AI penetration, leading to faster, higher‑quality code while instituting responsible‑AI guardrails and human‑in‑the‑loop reviews. Theuri also...
Oil-Rich Nations Seek to Gain on Price Hikes
Iran’s abrupt closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent oil prices soaring, prompting non‑Middle‑East exporters to step into the breach. Canada’s energy minister hailed the country’s surge as a strategic moment, positioning it as a reliable guarantor for allied...
The Youngest-Ever Female Fortune 500 CEO Is Reinventing the Largest Medicaid Insurer Amid Funding Cuts and Rising Costs
Sarah London has become the youngest-ever female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, taking the helm of Centene, the nation’s largest Medicaid insurer. She is steering the firm through steep federal Medicaid cuts and rising health‑care costs by trimming non‑core...
Building a Mindset: Amp Lab Makes Entrepreneurship, Work Skills Its Mission
Amp Lab, a career‑technical high school in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, opened in 2022 to teach an entrepreneurial mindset rather than traditional trade skills. The school places every junior and senior in a real‑world business challenge, internship, or student‑run venture, partnering with...
Peacemakers | Conflict Is on the Rise - but Is HR Rising to the Challenge?
Workplace conflict in the UK is accelerating, with ACAS reporting 44 % of employees witnessing or experiencing disputes in 2025, up from the previous year. The turmoil now costs firms roughly £28.5 billion (about $36 billion) annually, driven by global instability, constant change,...
Why Haley Baylee’s Netflix Debut Is a Milestone for Influencers on Streaming
Influencer Haley Baylee is set to host Netflix’s new reality series Win The Mall, marking a notable shift as streaming platforms tap social‑media talent for mainstream programming. The show, scheduled for an autumn 2026 release, leverages Baylee’s high‑energy, digital‑first persona...
Gilead’s Ouro Buy, J&J/Protagonist’s Approval, Aurinia’s Revamp, ACIP Confusion, More
Gilead announced a $2.1 billion acquisition of Ouro Medicines and its T‑cell engager OM336, planning to split the deal with long‑time partner Galapagos. Johnson & Johnson and Protagonist Therapeutics secured FDA approval for Icotyde, an IL‑23 receptor blocker that becomes Protagonist’s...
Garuda Indonesia Trapped in a Relentless Financial Tailspin
Garuda Indonesia received a $1.4 billion capital injection from state‑owned Danantara, yet its financial health continues to deteriorate. Net losses surged 4.5‑fold to $322.4 million and revenue fell 5.9% to $3.21 billion, while 40% of its fleet remains grounded. Late‑payment penalties exploded 700%...
The Man Who Wired Africa
Dare Okoudjou, a Benin‑born telecom engineer, founded MFS Africa—now rebranded as Onafriq—to build the continent’s underlying payments rail. The network interconnects more than 500 million mobile wallets and 200 million bank accounts across 40 African nations, turning a fragmented ecosystem into a...
OpenAI Expands Its Record Funding Round to over $120 Billion as It Eyes a Potential IPO Later This Year
OpenAI announced an additional $10 billion injection, pushing its record financing round beyond $120 billion. The expanded round brings in new backers such as Andreessen Horowitz, D.E. Shaw Ventures, MGX, TPG and T. Rowe Price, while Microsoft remains a key investor. CFO Sarah Friar hinted...
5 Benefits of Combining Social Data with Search Data
Combining social listening with search analytics lets brands spot intent formation before demand peaks, turning casual conversation into actionable insight. The fusion reveals the full competitive landscape, showing who shapes narratives and who captures demand. It also validates target audiences...
TT Electronics H2 Earnings Call Highlights
TT Electronics reported FY 2025 revenue of £481.4 million (≈ $602 million), a 2.7% organic decline, but adjusted operating profit rose 2.2% to £37.2 million (≈ $46.5 million). Strong cash generation lifted free cash flow 7.9% to £29.9 million and cut net debt by almost £30 million, reducing leverage...
Lagarde Says ECB Won't Be 'Paralyzed by Hesitation' On Iran
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told a Frankfurt conference that the ECB will act decisively if a surge in energy costs linked to Iran threatens broader inflation. She emphasized the bank will not be "paralyzed by hesitation" and reiterated...
Sabine Mauderer: Preserving Stability in a Fragmented and Uncertain World
Sabine Mauderer, chair of the NGFS, warned that heightened policy uncertainty—especially around climate and energy transition—is already dampening economic output and private investment, citing a 0.5% U.S. GDP hit and a $65 billion loss for the global car industry. She highlighted...
O2 Investment Partners Brings in Ex-Levine Leichtman, HIG Capital Raising Expert Rob Hays as Head of IR
Private equity firm O2 Investment Partners appointed Rob Hays, a veteran of HIG Capital and Levine Leichtman, to lead its investor‑relations function. Hays previously held senior IR roles at Franklin Templeton, Levine Leichtman, and CleanBridge Securities. The hire follows O2’s...
Six in 10 NHS Consultants Would Favour Online Work
The NHS is rolling out a virtual hospital service, NHS Online, slated to launch in 2027 and target common conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, menopause and glaucoma. A survey of 303 consultants revealed that 60% would consider working online...
Observe Medical - Company Presentation with Trading Update
Observe Medical ASA reported an 80% increase in its last‑twelve‑month quarterly sales. The company unveiled the UnoMeter Safeti Max, extending the UnoMeter brand across its distributor network. Sales now cover 46 countries, and the addressable market has expanded from roughly...
Turkey Conveying Messages Between Iran-US, Ruling Party Official Says
Turkey’s ruling party announced that Ankara is relaying messages between the United States and Iran to promote de‑escalation and direct talks. The effort also extends to Gulf states, which are increasingly entangled in the regional conflict sparked by recent U.S.–Israeli...
Iveco Group Announces the Results of the Extraordinary General Meeting
Iveco Group announced that its Extraordinary General Meeting approved the distribution of net proceeds from the sale of its Defence business to Leonardo as an interim dividend. The payout is estimated at €5.7‑5.8 per share, roughly $6.3‑$6.4. The Board will...
Stop Sending More PR Pitches. Use GEO to Predict Which Ones Will Land.
PR director Katherine Caraway urges agencies to stop volume‑driven outreach and adopt a predictive pitch probability model. The model assigns a 1‑5 score to three variables—Inbox competition, relationship strength, and newsroom resource pressure—producing a 15‑point likelihood metric for each pitch....
Social Listening Is Now a Leadership Imperative
Social listening has moved from a marketing tool to a leadership imperative, with executives now monitoring brand reputation and crisis signals in real time. Nicole van Zanten, co‑president of ICUC Social, notes that leaders are using community‑derived insights to guide...
There Are No Missiles Raining Down on Havana. But What I Saw There Was Still Warfare | Owen Jones
Owen Jones reports that the Trump administration’s recent fuel embargo has deepened Cuba’s humanitarian crisis, crippling hospitals, blacking out the grid, and halting tourism. The lack of diesel has left the Ramón González Coro maternity hospital without essential medicines, while...
Poshmark Unveils Its First Major App Redesign in 15 Years Amid Online Thrifting Boom
Poshmark has launched its first major app redesign in 15 years, revamping the experience for its 165 million buyers and sellers. The update introduces an AI‑driven “For You” home feed, larger portrait‑style product images, and a consolidated seller hub with analytics...
Virtual Machines, Virtually Everywhere – and with Real Security Gaps
Virtual machines have become ubiquitous in multi‑cloud and hybrid environments, but their ease of provisioning has led to unchecked growth, known as VM sprawl. Organizations often leave idle or over‑privileged VMs running without updates or proper monitoring, creating blind spots...
Unilever Adjusts Marketing to Respond Faster to Consumer Trends
Unilever's chief growth and marketing officer Esi Eggleston Bracey unveiled the “Desire at Scale” strategy, aiming to fuse cultural insights, community signals, and commerce through AI‑enabled processes. The approach shifts marketing from pure ad optimization to a growth engine that...
Register For ABM’s Expert Panel: The Impact Of Integrated Facility Services
ABM is hosting an expert panel on April 22, 2026 to examine how integrated facility services are reshaping building performance. SVP Eugenio Burnier and Client Relationship Director Ashley Bradarich will discuss moving from siloed vendors to connected operations, data‑driven accountability, and extending...
How to Manage Risk in an Equity Investment Portfolio
Equity risk— the chance a stock’s value falls due to market forces—affects every investor, from beginners to institutions. The article outlines the main risk categories (market, business, sector, liquidity, event) and illustrates how macro factors like inflation, interest rates, and...
CUBE Partners with Microsoft to Automate RegTech at Scale
CUBE has teamed with Microsoft to launch its RegPlatform on Azure, delivering AI‑driven regulatory intelligence that automates compliance for global financial institutions. The integration leverages Microsoft Azure’s secure, globally distributed cloud and data services, enabling real‑time tracking of thousands of...
Shane Heraty to Spearhead Cisco’s AI Infrastructure Push in MEA–TRC
Cisco has named Shane Heraty as Vice President and General Manager for its Middle East, Africa, Türkiye, Romania and CIS region, effective May 1. Heraty will drive Cisco’s AI infrastructure, security and workplace modernization strategy across a market of over 1.5 billion...