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SCCI, Iranian diplomat for bolstering trade
Peshawar
April 15, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Sherbaz Bilour and Iranian Consul General in Peshawar Hamid Reza Ghomi have agreed to make joint efforts to boost the bilateral trade and economic relations between the two brotherly Islamic countries.
The agreement was reached during a meeting held between them here at the Chamber’s House on Wednesday, which attended by SCCI Senior Vice-President Engineer Manzoor Elahi, Iranian Second Consul (Economic Section) Seyed Ebrahim Dehnadi and other officials of the Iranian Consulate.
Both sides agreed on strengthening the Pak-Iranian trade and economic relations by signing in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the introduction of an effective banking channel, the establishment of markets at border region, elimination of illegal trade, exchange of business delegation, organizing joint trade exhibition, B2B meetings.
socaltech.com
Los Angeles-based
Bridg, a venture backed company which develops software to help e-commerce retailers improve their sales, has been sold for $350M in cash to
Cardlytics. Bridg, led by Amit Jain, was venture backed by Morpheus Ventures, March Capital, as well as other local investors. The company s software uses artificial intelligence and big data to help retailers with their e-commerce efforts. According to Bridg, in addition to the $350M in cash at closing, there are two other, potential earnout payments in cash on stock on the first and second anniversary of the transaction, which a note leaked from Jain said could deliver a significant additional consideration to the shareholders.
In June 2020, the FCA acted overnight to freeze customer accounts across UK fintech firms including Curve, Revolut, Pockit, Soldo, Anna Money and Holvi, after Wirecard Card Solution’s (WCS) parent company filed for insolvency in Germany.
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