Broadridge Financial Solutions, a global Fintech leader, today announced the appointment of Dipti Kachru as Global Chief Marketing Officer, effective January 18.

The innovative e-bike product will offer first-of-its-kind safety applications for cyclists 

Summary: Welcome to December markets! The last year of the month, while historically good for assets markets, often sees a rise in FX volatility. Many of the large global bank trading desks thin out as dealing staff take their Christmas and New Year breaks. Friday was no different with FX volatility soaring following the release of a dismal US Payrolls report. In November, the US economy added a total of only 210,000 jobs, less than half of a median forecast of 558,000 expected.

I launched this forecast live on ausbiz TV at .7745 back in June.

It was an aggressive forecast at the time, that a significant Australian dollar decline was imminent. Made in the middle of a sustained consolidation period when everyone else was still bullish. The rest of the market was expecting 85 and 95 cents by now. Remember those headlines. Few took my forecast seriously. Here we are. I recently produced a new forecast for 65 cents in 2022. With risk to 58 cents, in 2023.

SberDevices has presented SberBox Time, a smart media speaker, in the framework of Engineering Joy: Creating Smart Devices with Sber’s Virtual Assistants movie premier. Created with the latest product design trends in mind, the all-new device combines the functionality of three gadgets at once – a smart speaker, a set-top box, and a music alarm clock. As is the case with all Sber devices, SberBox Time has the Salute family of virtual assistants on board.

Antler, a global early-stage VC, has launched an initiative that aims to bring thousands of exceptional founders into the emerging world of Web3 and gain access to specialized Web3 resources

Antler, a global early-stage venture capital investor, with 350 portfolio companies across 17 cities across the world, has officially put out a call to founders and teams interested in building in Web3 to join its global cohorts. 

 Klarna, the leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service, has today announced a partnership with luxury retailer Harrods, offering customers more flexible and convenient payment options throughout Harrods Knightsbridge, H beauty and Harrods.com. 

StrikeX, the London-based blockchain technology company, has hired Rob Clark as Interim Chief Technology Officer. Rob will work on the entire range of StrikeX products, including delivery of its flagship product, TradeStrike, scheduled for 2022.

Rob brings 25 years of experience in the global IT market to the StrikeX team. He began his career as an engineer at ServiceTec, helping to support and deploy mission critical mainframe, Unix and Wintel platforms for various enterprise, defence, and public sector organisations.