Monthly Archives: September 2022

“This is against everything we stand for,” Proton VPN exits India over new data law

The Swiss-based company behind Proton VPN have decided to shut off all its servers in India. This comes amid concerns over the new CERT-In regulations about to be enforced.  Proton is only the last of the best VPN providers exiting the country to safeguard its customers’ privacy. In June, we saw ExpressVPN’s exit from India,…

How the cloud-software startup Gusto won over investors and small businesses by breaking away from the pack

  Josh Reeves, the cofounder and CEO of Gusto. Gusto Gusto, a software firm known for its payroll product, has grown profits alongside its customer base. Insider spoke to a Gusto cofounder and three investors about its winning strategy. This article is part of Enterprise Tech Blueprint, a series exploring the strategies leading-edge companies use to…

Investors are pricing in an additional 125-basis-point rate hike over the next 2 Fed meetings

Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on his nomination to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2017. Reuters/Joshua Roberts Investors on Thursday were pricing in 1.25 percentage points in additional rate hikes through the rest of the year The pricing suggests the fed…

Putin’s big military mobilization moves won’t have any effect on his fight in Ukraine for months, war experts say

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), accompanied by Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian General Staff, oversees the ‘Vostok-2022’ military exercises at the Sergeevskyi training ground outside the city of Ussuriysk on the Russian Far East on September 6, 2022. MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Putin’s announced Wednesday plans to draft up to 300,000 reservists…

Insurance Technology Spend Forecast: What’s Driving Growth for P&C and Life Insurers in the US, UK, and Canada

US, UK, and Canadian insurers are striving to digitize their entire businesses to enhance their customer experience and cut costs.  And overall IT/tech spend will begin climbing again from 2020 to 2024 across both insurance lines in all three countries. You can learn more in our Insurance Technology Spend Forecast. Do you work in the…

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon slams Biden’s student-loan forgiveness as ‘badly done’ and ‘didn’t fix the problem which will now be ongoing’

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Biden’s student-debt relief was “badly done.” He told lawmakers he wished the relief had been further targeted to those who need it most. Democrats have noted this one-time relief is only the first step toward addressing higher education costs. The CEO…

The Fed is embracing a possible housing-market correction as a way to get ‘red-hot’ prices back to a more sustainable level

Xinhua/Wang Ying via Getty Images The housing market is in a slump. That’s a good thing, according to Fed Chair Jerome Powell. After years of “red-hot” prices, a correction can help boost home affordability, he added. The Fed is poised to keep raising rates into 2023, meaning the market decline is likely in its early…