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Happy midweek.
The creativity in several “how to check if you’re dating a spy” content I’ve seen all week is absolutely hilarious.
Forget asking your partner, “Where is this relationship going?” The new question is, “Who sent you?”
Apparently, falling in love now requires a background check and some counterintelligence training. Dating was already hard enough. Now, tech bros have to worry about national security. Poor Jensen Huang.
Elsewhere in global tech, Anthropic, soon to be known as “ANT” on the stock market, has set its IPO price range at $70–$78 per share ahead of its much-anticipated public listing. Who’s ready for another AI payday after CoreWeave? (Yes, the SpaceX omission was intentional. )
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Nigerian cross-border payments fintech Raenest acquires UK remittance company Remitise
Behind the convenience of cross-border payments is a web of licences and partnerships, and sometimes buying that infrastructure is faster than building it from scratch.
What happened? Raenest, a Nigerian fintech that provides multi-currency accounts and international payment services, has acquired Remitise, a UK-based payments company registered with the Financial Conduct Authority…
