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Paytm,on MOnday announced the launch of Card Soundbox.The company in a statement said that empowers merchants to accept both mobile and card payments across all Visa, Mastercard, American Express and RuPay networks through its iconic Soundbox with ‘tap and pay’ that will help merchants scale their business. With Paytm Card Soundbox, the company solves two problems for merchants — accepting card payments along with getting instant audio alerts for all payments. The launch of Paytm’s unique device will transform in-store payments by expanding payment acceptance for merchants by combining Soundbox with NFC or contactless debit and credit card payments with mobile payments.

US Federal Reserve may not hike rates in September following a jump in the US unemployment rate in August. “Data on Friday showed US job growth picked up in August, but the unemployment rate jumped to 3.8 per cent, while wage gains moderated. The economy created 110,000 fewer jobs than previously reported in June and July," reported Reuters.

According to the FT, Murray Roos, head of capital markets at the LSE Group, spoke to it had decided to press forward with the venture after 12-months of internal debate on the potential for a blockchain-powered trading venue.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao believes decentralized finance (DeFi) can outshine centralized finance (CeFi) during the upcoming bull run. 

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, born on September 5, 1888, in a small town in the erstwhile Madras Presidency, was a distinguished philosopher and a renowned teacher.

A global survey featuring respondents from 15 countries indicates that Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, has the most cryptocurrency-aware population in the world.

Bitcoin (BTC) launches its first full week of September with BTC price action at a crossroads — can $26,000 return?

Bitcoin (BTC) tried to break out of its range in the first half of last week but the bulls could not sustain the higher levels. Bitcoin is back inside the range and is trading near the $26,000 level.

Australia’s critical minerals alliance with the United States will be bolstered after American giant Albemarle won over the Liontown Resources board with a $6.6 billion offer, and Mineral Resources snatched the Bald Hill mine from the clutches of a Chinese-linked bidder.

Tesla ending a 10-year absence to jostle for the spotlight with Chinese rivals as the race for electric dominance heats up. Chancellor Olaf Scholz will officially inaugurate the IAA mobility show, held in Germany every two years, on Tuesday.

real estate player sought approval from its creditors to extend the maturity on a 3.9 billion yuan ($540 million) onshore private bond in a vote that ended on Friday night. The extension means the developer can repay the debt in instalments over three years, instead of meeting its obligations by Saturday. The bond is not publicly traded," the Reuters reports added.

Royal biographer Andrew Morton has recently suggested that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are unlikely to return to the UK due to the prospect of Meghan having to curtsy to Kate Middleton, when and if Prince William takes the throne. Morton, who has been a close collaborator with Princess Diana, appeared on Sky News' "Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips" to share his insights on the matter. Meghan and Harry, who distanced themselves as senior royals in 2020, are now leading independent lives in California.

WBS and Aviva first collaborated in 2011 on the advised elements of the Aviva platforms, with WBS providing trading and custody services for exchange traded assets.

According to the FT, Murray Roos, head of capital markets at the LSE Group, spoke to it had decided to press forward with the venture after 12-months of internal debate on the potential for a blockchain-powered trading venue.

Average hourly wages rose 0.2% from July and 4.3% on an annual basis, decreasing slightly but remaining above the levels needed to hit the Fed’s 2% inflation target.

After days of warming up local and offshore fundies, details of Orora’s funding plans for its big M&A play are starting to emerge.

For the first time since the global financial crisis of 2008, global household wealth in 2022 (in US dollars) decreased on aggregate as well as on a per-adult basis, both in nominal and real terms. Wealth per adult also recorded the second-largest reduction since 2000. This was revealed in a recent Credit Suisse-UBS report by the Swiss Bank’s Family Office and UHNW (ultra-high net worth) division.

Kotak Securities on Monday said that crude oil prices witnessed over 7% upside last week, biggest since March, as Russia signaled that it would extend export curbs and bets that Saudi Arabia will extend in October its voluntary monthly production cut of one million barrels per day introduced in July. Ravindra Rao, head of commodity research at Kotak Securities said, “WTI Crude oil futures surged more than 7% during the previous week and closed at $85.55 per barrel, as signs of tightening physical markets and continued efforts by Chinese authorities lifted the sentiments." The price of India oil crude basket rose 7.54% in August, reaching $86.43 a barrel. Analysts believe that despite recessionary concerns, output cuts, stimulus measures in China, and hopes of improved winter demand may keep the prices elevated.

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has launched its weight-loss injection Wegovy in Britain in a bid to expand its presence in the region and keep up with rising demand. The company said that Wegovy will be available in the UK ‘through a controlled and limited launch’. Wegovy has been shown to help patients reduce their body weight by around 15 percent when paired with exercise and lifestyle changes.

A United States federal court has allowed a nearly three-year-long class-action lawsuit against the creators of HelbizCoin to go ahead,.

IDFC First Bank jumped 5.4% to hit a 52-week high of Rs 98.5 in Monday's trade on BSE after US-based GQG Partners bought a stake in the private lender through bulk deals on Friday. According to exchange data, GQG Partners has picked up 17.1 crore shares or 2.58% stake in the lender for about Rs 1,527 crore. The transaction was done at Rs 89 apiece. Meanwhile, Warburg Pincus affiliate Cloverdell Investment has sold a 4.2% stake in the company.