You’ve probably noticed that when you’re shopping online or sometimes in a retail store, you can select a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option, which is a type of installment loan that generally allows a consumer to buy something at the point of purchase with little or no initial payment and then pay off the […]
One's expanding role at Walmart raises the possibility that the company could force Affirm and others out of some of the most coveted partnerships in retail.
Pomelo, a startup that combines international money transfer with credit, has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Dubai venture firm Vy Capital, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Additionally, the company is announcing a $75 million expansion of its warehouse facility. Founders Fund and A Capital also participated in the financing, along with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Adobe on Thursday officially launched its new Adobe Express app with Firefly AI for iOS and Android. This version of the app has been available to beta testers for some time, and can now be downloaded by anyone. Read on as we detail everything that’s new with the Adobe Express update. more
According to Testut, iGBA was a knockoff of GBA4iOS, which he developed while still in high school. Testut expressed frustration that Apple approved the clone (despite it being filled with ads and trackers) while his own app had been stuck in the approval process for well over a month.Read Entire Article
Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps targeting users in the European Union starting Tuesday. Developers who opt in — and who meet Apple’s criteria, including app notarization requirements — will be able to offer iPhone apps for direct download to EU users from their own websites. It’s a massive change for a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
UPI rule change for PPIs: Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and wallets like Paytm, PhonePe, and Amazon have become integral to our daily transactions. Whether it's paying for groceries, bills, or other expenses, we rely on these platforms regularly. However, a common complaint among users is the limited flexibility in using wallet funds for UPI transactions. Typically, you can only use wallet money through the issuer's app, like PhonePe for PhonePe wallet. Using the same funds through other UPI...
Strike, a payments app focused on the Bitcoin blockchain, is now available in Europe. The platform recently expanded to Africa and its app is also accessible in Latin America. Strike raised $80 million in 2022 as it sought to expand its services globally. Strike, the digital payments app built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, announced the […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2024 Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy were demonized for cracking down on communists. They were too nice. Today, the updated species of atheistic, “woke” neo-Marxists — some of them billionaires — are arguable running our government and institutions while paying for “peaceful” protests exploiting the divisive cause of the […]
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Ever since mortgage interest rates jumped in 2022, some Californians have had a strategy: Buy now and, once rates drop, refinance to save hundreds of dollars each month. The idea — pushed by some real estate agents — was supposed to be a trade-off. The buyer could pick up a home in a slower market, and though interest costs would be high, they wouldn’t stay that way. The strategy may still work, but so far, high borrowing costs are here to stay. In recent weeks, rates have climbed higher,...
Food delivery firm Zomato has started piloting priority deliveries, enabling users to get their orders delivered faster by paying an extra fee of Rs 19-29 per order.The Gurgaon-based firm is also testing a ‘pay later’ feature for some users. In this case, users can place orders but make the payment any time before the food is delivered, according to information from the company’s app.The extra charge for priority deliveries is applicable to members of the company’s loyalty programme, Zomato...