Saudi shopping and BNPL platform Tamara tops $1B valuation in $340M Series C funding
Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in a financing round that values the fintech at $1 billion. Saudi asset manager and financial institution SNB Capital and Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by Saudi’s sovereign wealth
Read moreRiverSafe Partners with Path to Possibilities to Help Children in Africa
RiverSafe, cyber security, data operations and DevOps professional services provider, has partnered with education-based charity Path to Possibilities to provide support and opportunities for children and young people in Africa. Breaking the Cycles of Deprivation for Young People in Nigeria Path to Possibilities seeks to break the cycle of deprivation
Read moreInside Look at Finbok.com: Detailed Review of Trading Features and Client Support
Our in-depth finbok review uncovers the benefits of its low-fee structure, versatile mobile trading experience, comprehensive educational resources, supportive customer service, and swift withdrawal processes. What is Finbok? Finbok is an online trading platform that has garnered attention in the financial trading sphere. It caters to a diverse audience, from
Read moreCruise cuts a quarter of its self-driving workforce, another e-scooter startup folds and a special year-end message
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from
Read moreIT budgets should increase in 2024, but it still could be tough going for startups
What does it all mean for startups entering 2024? It means they have to prove their worth more than ever. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFintech’s wild ride in 2023
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! What a year This is the last edition of The Interchange for 2023 — it’s
Read moreThe Rule of X and how cloud leaders should think about growth versus profit
Assigning equal weight to growth and profitability for late-stage businesses is flawed and has caused misguided business decisions. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreUS Congress pushes warrantless wiretapping decision off until April next year
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Congress has extended Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for a few more months to April 2024. According to The New York Times, the program was included in the $886 billion National Defence Authorization Act, which passed the House
Read moreGoogle’s Gemini comes to more apps, Cruise slashes its workforce and Tesla issues a recall
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major happenings in the tech-o-sphere — or most of them, anyway. As the world’s largest AI conference, NeurIPS, got underway in sunny New Orleans, Google shared more on Gemini, its flagship AI model family — and lots
Read moreDemocracies are fragile, and hardware is hard
Sometimes it's important to state the obvious. That democracies are fragile but that technology can help. And also that crowdfunding isn't always the best way to launch an innovative product. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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