Columbus, OH

We speak to Srinivasan Sampath of First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Amr Naguib from Mashreq Egypt on Open Banking’s transformative impact on financial services. At FinTech LIVE Dubai, we spoke to Srinivasan Sampath, Acting Group Chief Technology Officer for First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Amr Naguib, AVP, Head of Digital Banking Ecosystem, Innovation and Digital Payments at Mashreq Egypt on ways digitalisation and Open Banking have revolutionised financial institutions and the financial services industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

FinTech LIVE Dubai: Digital & Open Banking Panel

Founded in 2018, some of Cyabra’s investors include the likes of OurCrowd, which led the company’s $5.6 million Series A, as well as Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Harpoon Ventures, Alabaster, Accomplice, Red Shepherd Ventures, Summus Z, TAU Ventures and Capital Y Management. The transaction values Cyabra at...

Cyabra, a startup helping companies and governments detect disinformation, plans to go public via SPAC

“It’s like a startup because we are ‘starting up,’ but it’s an unusually big one,” Arkady Volozh, Yandex co-founder and former CEO, told TechCrunch in an interview this week. “But what we’re trying to build will actually require even more resources, more people, and much more capital.”

From Yandex’s ashes comes Nebius, a ‘startup’ with plans to be a European AI compute leader

Spanish banking giant BBVA has chosen Telefónica Tech to boost the cybersecurity of its operations on a global scale, covering more than 25 countries in which the bank operates. The two organisations have also set up a new a new specialised centre in Mexico, which will function as a...

BBVA and Telefónica Tech team for cybersecurity push, launch dedicated centre in Mexico

Colorado State

The Independent

 The Biden administration said Tuesday that it was providing $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs in Ohio, Montana, Nevada and Florida, among other locations. The money would support the development of quantum computing, biomanufacturing, lithium batteries, computer chips, personal medicine and other technologies.The Democratic administration is trying to encourage more technological innovation across the country, instead of allowing it be concentrated in a few metro areas such as San Francisco, Seattle, Boston and New York City. “The reality is there are smart people, great entrepreneurs, and leading-edge research institutions all across the country," Commerce Secretary...

Biden administration provides $504 million to support 12 technology hubs nationwide

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Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Jackson, MS

Mississippi News Group

JACKSON, Miss. - In a decisive move today, State Auditor Shad White announced the arrest of Lacosta Lee, a contracted probation officer affiliated with Court Programs, Inc (CPI), on charges of embezzlement. Special Agents from the State Auditor’s Office took Lee into custody following allegations that she misappropriated funds intended for court-ordered fines and fees.

Probation Officer Arrested in Embezzlement Case

Florida State

Hollywood, FL

Edmond Thorne

Hollywood, FL - In a shocking and outrageous turn of events, the State Attorney’s Office has dropped charges against Anastasiya Motalva, the mother who was arrested for leaving her child in a hot car while shopping at a Walmart in Hollywood, Florida.

FL. Outraged: State Attorney Drops Charges Of Mother Who Left Child In Hot Car While Shopping

Illinois State

MOD Pizza has over 500 locations across the country with 22 restaurants in Illinois. The Washington-based chain offers fast-casual fare known for its customized, artisan-style pizzas. Customers can choose from over 40 toppings and 8 sauces to create their own masterpiece.

Bankruptcy Looms for Major Pizza Chain With Chicago Suburban Locations

Orinda, CA

Rana Robillard, an Oakland-based tech executive, in front of the home in Orinda, CA that she attempted to purchase earlier this year. After a yearlong search, Rana Robillard was elated to learn she’d beaten three other bidders for a house in the leafy California suburb of Orinda, just outside of San Francisco.

A Silicon Valley executive had $400,000 stolen by cybercriminals while buying a home. Here’s her warning

California State

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Plaintiffs, in a case against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank knowingly took part in a marketing scam, asked the court, July 8, not to grant a motion for summary judgment.

Class action lawsuit says Wells Fargo customers lost over $160 Million

Georgia State

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Dublin, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice have announced that a 42-year-old man from Dublin, Georgia, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

Alameda, CA

Alameda Post

The unthinkable has happened. Again. A gunman has taken multiple lives. The difference this time? It happened here, in Alameda. We are an island, both physically and psychologically. I spend a lot of time explaining to people that our focus is Alameda, and Alameda alone, so our coverage doesn’t usually include stories as horrific as this one.

It Happened Again. Here.

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Our area might be the best place in the country to retreat to an island, judging from a survey released this week. Readers of Travel + Leisure magazine rated the Golden Isles in Georgia — consisting of Jekyll Island, Little St. Simons Island, Sea Island and St. Simons Island — as the best island in the continental U.S.

Two local islands rated the best in continental US

PYMNTS

Across today’s banking landscape, the phrase “higher for longer” isn’t just being applied to interest rate commentary. According to executives on Truist Financial Corporation’s second-quarter 2024 earnings call Monday (July 22), higher for longer is also the degree of investment financial institutions are increasingly pouring into their technology stacks and digital system infrastructure.

Truist Says Digital Onboarding Key to 42% Deposit Growth

Their firsthand experience using informal channels and realizing how prevalent their use was among Africans living in the diaspora after settling in Canada in 2017, inspired Tolulope Osho, Yusuf Yakubu and Adewale Afolabi — all Nigerians — to innovate responsive remittance products in late 2021, initially targeting the Canada-to-Africa remittance market, but now eyeing global activity.

Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Pennsylvania State

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday said his administration won’t defend in court a state law that prohibits state Medicaid funding from being used on abortion. “Pennsylvania’s Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex — and as our State Supreme Court ruled earlier this year, the state ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion services is sex-based discrimination,” Shapiro said in a statement. “Following that ruling, today I am filing notice with Commonwealth Court stating clearly: the current ban imposes an unsustainable burden on women, and therefore violates our State Constitution. My Administration will not defend this ban in court.”

Shapiro Administration Tells Pennsylvania Court It Will Not Defend State Ban on Medicaid-Funded Abortions

North Carolina State

Town Talks

Having a functioning air conditioning unit is essential during the hot North Carolina summers. For those living in apartments or rental properties, the lack of a reliable AC unit can make it difficult to feel comfortable.

Are landlords required to provide air conditioning for North Carolina tenants? Here’s the law

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Digital banking startup Mercury abruptly shuttered service for startups in Ukraine, Nigeria, other countries

Mercury made headlines earlier this year when it was caught up in federal scrutiny through one of its partners, Choice Bank, around the practice of allowing...

Digital banking startup Mercury abruptly shuttered service for startups in Ukraine, Nigeria, other countries

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