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Indian banks ask fintech partners to limit tiny personal loans amid regulatory glare -sources
By Siddhi Nayak and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) - Top Indian banks and non-bank lenders have asked their fintech partners to curtail issuing tiny personal loans, three banking and one industry source s...
Dec 07, 2023
X to start hiring engineers in Japan, CEO says
(Reuters) - Social media platform X will start hiring engineers in Japan, chief executive Linda Yaccarino said in a post on Thursday. Nikkei earlier reported Yaccarino as saying X would start hiring e...
Dec 07, 2023
Britain proposes new checks on banks’ reliance on tech companies
LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England and Britain's Financial Conduct Authority on Thursday proposed rules to regulate the heavy reliance of financial firms on external technology companies for critic...
Dec 07, 2023
Kenya judge finds Meta is not in contempt of court
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan judge on Thursday found Facebook's parent company Meta was not in contempt of court for failing to pay dozens of content moderators that a contractor laid off. Labour judg...
Dec 07, 2023
China says Biden plan to shut it out of US battery supply chain violates WTO rules
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that Biden administration plans to limit Chinese content in batteries eligible for generous electric vehicle tax credits from next year violate i...
Dec 07, 2023
Indonesia prepares ethics guidance for AI developers – draft
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has drafted ethics guidance for developers using artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent potential misuse of the new technology, a ministerial draft showed. "AI-based pro...
Dec 07, 2023
India’s Paytm tumbles on plan to curtail low-value personal loans
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Paytm plunged as much as 20% in early trade on Thursday, a day after the digital payments firm said it will issue fewer sub-50,000-rupee (about $600) personal loans after ...
Dec 06, 2023
EU countries, lawmakers reach deal on rules for ChatGPT, other systems -source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries and lawmakers have agreed on rules governing artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT after 10 hours of discussions, a person with direct knowledge of the talk...
Dec 06, 2023
Meta to start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and Instagram -WSJ
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms will start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and Instagram by default, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The social-m...
Dec 06, 2023
Rakuten Group prices Rakuten Bank shares at 2,470 yen in $412 million overseas sale
By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Rakuten Group said on Thursday it set a price of 2,470 yen per share in a planned overseas sale of 24.5 million shares of Rakuten Bank worth 60.6 billion yen (...
Dec 06, 2023
