Banked raises $20M Series A led by Bank of America and Edenred for US expansion

Banked is a FinTech startup that offers an alternative to card schemes. Consumers are able to pay without entering financial data, no need to create an account, no financial details are shared, authorization is biometric, and the merchant receives the

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Clikalia clicks on $86M to expand its iBuyer marketplace across Europe and Latin America

Companies like Opendoor opened the door to a new way of buying and selling properties by inserting a strong middle player who could buy in houses or apartments and redevelop them at scale, and then sell them to new homeowners

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Why COVID death counts in America may be higher than officials say

Brown Institute for Media Innovation and MuckRock’s Documenting COVID-19 project Death rates among Native, Hispanic and Black Americans still outpace pre-pandemic figures, showing the hidden toll of COVID-19 on communities of color even as vaccines have become widely available, according

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Steve Bashore is WBA’s new regional director for North America

Steve Bashore was appointed regional director for North America by the World Boxing Association (WBA). An appointment that fills with excitement the pioneer organization thanks to all that America will bring to the table. Bashore has been involved in boxing

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Pastor Bugembe explains ring on ‘fiance’ he met in America

The internet in-laws were too fast in congratulating Pastor Wilson Bugembe for ‘finally considering holy matrimony’. They should have waited a little. Earlier on Tuesday, a photograph of the pastor and his alleged ‘future wife’ flashing her engagement ring hit

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‘The future belongs to us’: NextGen America launches $32 million program to turn out young voters in 2022

NextGen will organize in Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada with a goal to “register, inform and mobilize” hundreds of thousands of young voters, the group says. The organization wants to register more than 288,000

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Combate America to host one-night, $100,000 Copa Combate tournament

Combate Americas will have eight, elite mixed martial artists enter ‘La Juala’  on Nov. 11 focusing on finishing three fights in one night and taking home $100,000. Nearly 24 years ago, Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren, was the executive producer

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Cafú dio su opinión sobre el merecimiento de Argentina en la Copa América

Copa América Cafú, el histórico lateral brasileño, comentó qué le pareció la consagración de Argentina en el Maracará y compartió elogios para Lionel Messi.  Por Agustín Vetere 02-09-2021 – 00:00hs UTC ConmebolCafú dio sus sensaciones sobre la última Copa América.

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