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Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxJaiDee, a joint venture between DeeAlpha and Seedflex, has launched Pay-As-You-Sell Advance in Thailand, a revenue-linked merchant financing product for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).The service offers working capital based on verified sales history, with repayments made through a fractional deduction from future sales instead of fixed monthly instalments.JaiDee said the product operates under Bank of Thailand regulatory standards and uses DeeMoney’s financial infrastructure, while Seedflex provides the technology behind the dynamic repayment engine.Merchants can apply fully online, with pre-approval based on verified sales data.The service is also…

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Taxes on workers in Britain rose at the fastest rate among the world’s richest economies last year, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.With Labour under pressure on the economy amid the Iran war, the OECD said a key measure of the total tax paid by workers and their employers rose by the most in the 38-member club of rich nations in 2025.In its annual study of taxes on work across the developed world, the Paris-based organisation said Britain’s “tax wedge” – which estimates total taxes on labour paid by employees and employers, minus cash benefits received by…

TE forecasts higher profit but warns of price hikes due to Iran war

An attempt to bridge 19.6 WBTC away was intercepted and blocked by the protocol, thereby removing the assets from the attacker’s control. Volo Protocol, a liquid staking platform built on the Sui network, reported a security breach that led to the loss of approximately $3.5 million from its vaults, according to an official update shared by the team. The exploit impacted three vaults holding assets in WBTC, XAUm, and USDC. Recovery Efforts Intensify In an official update, the protocol said it detected the attack and responded immediately by notifying the Sui Foundation and other ecosystem partners, while also freezing…

Airbnb is overhauling its stagnated hospitality and rental businesses, priming its shares for a big bounce, according to Wells Fargo. The bank upgraded the short-term rental name to overweight from equal weight. It also raised its price target on shares to $178 from $136, implying 24.8% upside from Tuesday’s close. “Accelerating pace of innovation makes upside options a reality,” analyst Ken Gawrelski said Wednesday in a note to clients. “ABNB at a significant business inflection, in our view, emerging from 2 years of decelerating growth and compressing margins to accelerating growth and expanding margins ’26 -’28.” In early 2025, Airbnb…

Why a Dividend Can Quietly Lose Its CushionTwo net-lease REITs can offer similar yields and even similar payout ratios yet behave very differently when refinancing pressure arrives. and illustrate this gap. Both generate steady rental income and support their dividends with comparable structures. But the timing and structure of their debt obligations create very different paths once interest rates begin to reset. The difference is not immediately visible in yield or payout metrics. It emerges over time as refinancing cycles begin to compress the financial cushion supporting the dividend. This is where a different lens becomes useful. This analysis uses…

Nvidia Breakout Signals Fresh Upside as AI Rally Resumes

new video loaded: Why Your Paycheck Feels SmallerBen Casselman, our chief economics correspondent, explains why wages are not keeping up with inflation and what that means for American workers and the economy.By Ben Casselman, Nour Idriss, Sutton Raphael and Stephanie SwartApril 18, 2026

Kevin Warsh, former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.Courtesy: Hoover InstitutionFederal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh travels to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to convince lawmakers he can carry out a presidential push for lower interest rates while remaining free of political constraints in setting policy.Follow CNBC’s live coverage of Kevin Warsh’s Senate committee confirmation hearingIn a much-anticipated hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, the former Fed governor will face questioning over a variety of subjects, from monetary policy to banking regulation to his own complicated personal financesNone likely will be more important than establishing the boundaries between the…