Agora Finance has filed for a national trust bank charter with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to scale its stablecoin business in the United States. The company, currently licensed in Bermuda, aims to operate under a unified federal framework to offer regulated financial products and deepen its digital dollar ecosystem. Agora's stablecoin, AUSD, has facilitated tens of billions in transfers and is designed for cross-border payments, payroll, and other business uses. Securing the charter will allow Agora to build a full financial operating system including settlement, treasury management, and fiat connectivity for global businesses.
Sodexo has secured a major global contract to provide catering services across more than 130 Meta sites in over 30 countries. This large-scale partnership includes diverse locations such as headquarters, campuses, data centers, and conference centers...
Frasers Group PLC has withheld financial guidance for the upcoming year due to uncertainty around its takeover bids for Hugo Boss and Accent Group. The retailer's full-year adjusted profit before tax fell 4% to £538 million, impacted by asset impairm...
Ethereum rose 3.17% to $1,923.53, outperforming Bitcoin's modest 0.18% gain to $64,588.87, signaling an early rotation toward large-cap altcoins. Despite this, overall market activity slowed, with declines in DeFi, stablecoin, and derivatives trading...
Gabriel Holding A/S has agreed to sell its European FurnMaster furniture manufacturing operations, including subsidiaries in Poland and Lithuania, to Leggett & Platt for an initial price of approximately EUR 9 million, with a possible additional paym...
A Gaza resident raised over £55,000 on GoFundMe to support his family but faced issues as the platform cannot pay directly to Gaza, forcing funds through intermediaries who failed to deliver the full amount. This highlights a broader problem in human...
