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AI startup Zivy, backed by Blume Ventures, announced it will cease operations on March 31, 2026 after struggling to convert users into paying customers. The Bengaluru‑based firm, which raised $1.2 million in a September 2024 pre‑seed round, saw demand evaporate as newer agentic AI tools like Anthropic’s Claude gained traction. Founders Vivek Karna and Prashant VY are repurposing the company into Zoven, a fintech‑compliance SaaS focused on fraud detection, AML and KYC for Indian banks and payment firms. Zoven will retain Zivy’s existing capital and cap table, with a public launch slated for the first quarter of FY27.
Euronext has launched container freight futures and selected Xeneta’s Global Container Price Index (XSI‑C) as the underlying benchmark. The index is praised for its real‑time data, comprehensive coverage of carriers and trade lanes, and focus on 40‑foot containers. Its independence...
IBM completed an $11 billion acquisition of Confluent on March 17, 2026, adding the leading data‑streaming platform used by over 6,500 enterprises, including 40 % of the Fortune 500. IBM frames the deal as buying an AI‑focused data platform that delivers real‑time data to power...
Bottom‑up forecasting builds revenue projections from granular inputs—rep headcount, quota attainment, deal size, and pipeline conversion—while top‑down starts with market‑level figures such as TAM and estimated share. Companies often combine both methods: a top‑down target sets strategic direction, and a...
Bob Lewis argues that independence for accounting firms is no longer a blanket refusal of private‑equity offers but a strategic decision based on a firm’s ability to fund technology, sustain succession, and compete in a rapidly consolidating market. He highlights...
Dream Sports, the parent of fantasy‑sports platform Dream11, announced it will launch a stockbroking service called Dream Street. The brokerage, aimed at retail investors, builds on the company’s recent wealth‑management app Dream Money and will tap the large Dream11 user...
Everplay, the parent of Team17, posted flat revenue of £166 million (≈ $208 million) for FY2025 but saw gross profit rise 10% to £76.3 million (≈ $95 million). The increase stemmed from ending low‑margin physical distribution, which lifted gross margins, while new releases generated an 80%...
UiPath unveiled its new Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) solution, an agentic AI platform that overlays existing ERP and CRM systems to automate procurement and accounts‑payable workflows. The tool leverages Intelligent Xtraction and Processing, AI‑driven approval routing, and UiPath Maestro orchestration to capture...
Branch has partnered with Stripe to embed its digital wallet into Stripe Connect, allowing platforms to launch customizable wallets and branded debit cards for workers. The solution delivers instant, fee‑free payouts, cash‑back rewards, and everyday financial tools without requiring pre‑funding....
Specialised Investment Funds (SIFs) have amassed roughly $1.2 billion in assets under management within six months, driven by a net inflow of about $1.2 billion. The hybrid long‑short strategy leads the pack, holding around $890 million across six schemes, while equity‑focused long‑short funds...
Audit firms blame low fees for squeezed margins, but the real issue is execution inefficiency. The 2025 IPA report shows industry personnel costs at 49% of revenue, while high‑growth firms operate near 43.5% by streamlining execution. Up to 90% of...
Terrestrial Bio, the microneedle vaccine patch pioneer originally founded as Vaxess Technologies, announced a $50 million Series B financing round to shift its focus from vaccines to GLP‑1 peptide delivery. The capital, led by a consortium of biotech investors, will fund clinical...
Trayd, a New York‑based construction‑tech startup, closed a $10 million Series A led by White Star Capital, bringing its total financing to $17 million. The SaaS platform automates payroll, HR, compliance and labor‑cost tracking for specialty trade contractors, shrinking a 14‑hour manual process...
Sherweb secured a $125 million minority investment from Investissement Québec to fund its next growth phase. The capital will expand its cloud marketplace and MSP enablement platform, building on the recent MicroWarehouse acquisition that gave it over 7,500 partners in North America...
Fintech startup Glimpse announced a $35 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and Y Combinator. The company, a Y Combinator graduate, pivoted from an Airbnb product‑placement venture to an AI‑driven platform that automates retailer...
Swedish deep‑tech startup Renasens closed a €10 million seed round (about $11 million) to build a pilot plant in Borås, Sweden, for its waterless, chemical‑free textile recycling platform. The technology uses supercritical carbon dioxide to dissolve polymer chains, enabling the separation of...
PDD Holdings, the parent of Pinduoduo and Temu, posted an 11% drop in quarterly net profit to 24.5 billion yuan ($3.6 billion), missing analysts' expectations. Revenue rose 12% year‑on‑year to 123.9 billion yuan (≈$18 billion), in line with forecasts, while full‑year profit fell 12%...
MAS Markets, an FCA‑regulated multi‑asset liquidity provider, posted 2025 revenue of £6.13 million (≈ $7.7 million), up 92% from 2024. Gross profit surged 118% to £3.23 million (≈ $4.1 million) and EBITDA reached $673 k, reflecting higher margins and operational efficiency. Trading volumes rose 81% year‑on‑year. The...
Meta Platforms announced a new executive compensation plan that links pay to achieving a $9 trillion market capitalization by 2031. The package is designed to accelerate the company’s AI talent acquisition and development. By tying incentives to AI milestones, Meta signals...
Indonesia's finance ministry announced that the annual tax return deadline for the 2025 tax year has been pushed back from March 31 to April 30, aligning individual filers with corporations. By March 24, only 8.8 million of the 15 million expected returns had been submitted,...
Fintrac, Canada’s AML watchdog, revoked the registrations of 23 cryptocurrency money‑services businesses on Tuesday, adding to 12 revocations earlier this month for a total of 35 firms in days. The moves represent over 10 percent of all revocations in the past...
BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) allocated roughly $145 million to purchase Ethereum, pushing its stash to about 4.66 million ETH – roughly 3.86% of the circulating supply – as part of its “Alchemy of 5%” initiative. The buying spree came as ETH...
Robinhood's board approved a $1.5 billion share repurchase, adding $1.1 billion of incremental capacity to prior authorizations. The program follows a $1 billion buyback launched in May 2024 and a $500 million addition in April 2025. To date, Robinhood has repurchased over 25 million shares at about...
Investors have sharply increased hedging as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF’s 20‑day put‑call implied volatility (IV) skew jumped to 2.0, a level not seen since 2021 and only eight times since 2010. Historical episodes show that when the skew reaches this...
Italian‑based Subbyx has closed a €30 million (≈$33 million) Series A round, bringing its total financing to €50 million (≈$55 million). The round, led by Systemiq Capital with Azimut participation and venture debt from Flashpoint, will fund the rollout of its AI‑powered Subbyx Builder platform...
Aker ASA’s board has proposed an ordinary cash dividend of NOK 29 per share for the 2025 fiscal year, to be voted on at the Annual General Meeting on 22 April 2026. The dividend, equivalent to roughly $3.20 per share, will be payable...
Communications platform-as-a-service provider Nebula announced Eric Dodd as its new chief financial officer. Dodd, a chartered accountant with Deloitte and former CFO of K3 BTG and Attraqt, brings over 15 years of finance, HR, legal, and compliance experience to the growth‑stage...
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...
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 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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix disclosed to the U.S. SEC that it is preparing a public offering of American Depositary Receipts, targeting a 2026 listing on a U.S. exchange. The company said the size, method and timing remain under...
Claudia Buch presented the ECB’s 2025 Annual Report on supervisory activities, highlighting that euro‑area banks remain well‑capitalised with an aggregate CET1 ratio near 16% and stable non‑performing loans around 2%. While short‑term indicators are robust, medium‑to‑long‑term risks are elevated due...
Ventura Securities has initiated coverage on Park Medi World Ltd (PMWL) with a Buy rating and a $3.4 target price, suggesting roughly 38% upside over the next two years. The hospital chain, listed at $2.0 per share, leverages a capital‑efficient...
European central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) are confronting five major challenges: tighter post‑crisis regulations such as EMIR, a fragmented yet consolidating market landscape, the pressure to achieve sufficient scale, heightened geopolitical uncertainty, and the emergence of new asset classes like...
Asos reported a roughly 50% jump in adjusted EBITDA for the half‑year to March 1, driven by tighter cost control, higher gross margins and a lower returns rate, even after accounting for US tariff impacts. Gross margin rose 330 basis points...
Kenmare Resources announced it will suspend its 2025 final dividend and cut about 15% of its Moma workforce as weak titanium feedstock prices and a delayed WCP A upgrade pressure its finances. The company posted a $23.7 million adjusted loss for...
Programmable liquidity is emerging as a core capability for modern treasury functions, enabling real‑time, event‑driven payments without restricting spend. The approach relies on a multi‑instrument digital money ecosystem—including CBDCs, stablecoins and tokenised deposits—while AI‑driven payment libraries provide controlled automation. Quantum‑computing...
China’s regulators have barred Manus co‑founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country while a review determines if Meta’s $2‑3 billion acquisition breaches Chinese investment rules. The executives were summoned by the National Development and Reform Commission and are...
Leading Indian consumer‑goods and auto makers are keeping FY27 capital‑expenditure plans on track despite the Iran war and rising oil prices. Maruti Suzuki announced a fresh ₹10,189 crore ($1.2 bn) investment to build a 250,000‑unit assembly line in Gujarat, part of a...
