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Finova has unveiled a refreshed brand identity following a year of significant strategic growth and transformation.The rebrand marks the formal integration of MSO, a former Iress carve-out, which joined forces with Finova through backing from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, Octagon Capital, and Finova’s own management team.Now operating under the unified Finova brand, the company supports over 60 financial institutions—including banks, building societies, specialist lenders, and equity release providers—as well as more than 550 brokerages nationwide. Its comprehensive digital solutions suite covers mortgage origination, servicing, savings, and customer relationship management (CRM) tools.As part of the rebrand, Finova has updated and consolidated…

A European Union privacy watchdog fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday after a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in breach of strict EU data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months. The Irish national watchdog serves as TikTok’s lead data privacy regulator in the 27-nation EU because the company’s European headquarters is based in Dublin. “TikTok…

MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have been focused on their studies or job hunts, avoiding politics and partisan groups.Until now. The university administration decided to award an honorary doctorate to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and invited her to give a commencement speech May 10, bringing politics to the campus.In response, students have planned a rally on graduation day opposing the former South Dakota governor and the Trump administration and expect protestors from across southeast South…

US president makes claim after Mexican leader says her country’s sovereignty ‘not for sale.’United States President Donald Trump has claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum refused an offer to send US troops to the Latin American country due to her fear of drug cartels. Trump on Sunday confirmed that he had suggested sending US troops to Mexico to combat drug trafficking, a day after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country’s sovereignty was “not for sale”. “If Mexico wanted help with the cartels, we would be honoured to go in and do it. I told her that,” Trump told reporters…

SIMOJOVEL, Mexico (AP) — At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbolism mingled at the altar as the deacon — his wife beside him — read the gospel in his native Tsotsil and recalled Pope Francis’ teachings: work together for human rights, justice and Mother Earth.The scene in the small church in Mexico’s poorest state, Chiapas, conveyed much of the message Francis delivered during his 2016 trip to the region and his other visits to far-flung locales, including the Amazon, Congo and the jungles of Papua New Guinea.It also illustrated what the…

US president claims that Hollywood is undergoing a ‘very fast death’ despite raking in $30bn in revenues in 2024.United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose a 100 percent tariff on foreign films, claiming that Hollywood is undergoing a “very fast death” due to overseas competition. In a social media post on Sunday, Trump said he had directed the US Department of Commerce and the US Trade Representative to immediately begin the process of imposing the tariff on “any and all” films produced in “foreign lands”. “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers…

LAHORE: In a pulsating encounter at Gaddafi Stad­ium here on Sunday night, Karachi Kings chased down a revised target of 168 in 14.3 overs to defeat Lahore Qalandars by four wickets in a rain-affected HBL Pakistan Super League match reduced to 15 overs per side. Irfan Khan’s explosive 48 not out off 21 balls, studded with five sixes, turned the game on its head, steering Kings to a dramatic victory with three balls to spare. The match, a high-stakes affair with playoff implications, was interrupted by a 36-minute rain delay, but the intensity never waned. Qalandars, batting first, posted a…

FORT LAUDERDALE: Katie Ledecky broke her longstanding world record in the 800m freestyle and Gretchen Walsh lowered her 100m butterfly world mark twice in one day as the Tyr Pro Swim meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida concluded on Saturday. Ledecky shattered her own 800 metres freestyle world record in eight minutes 4.12 seconds finding her best form heading into the world championships. Ledecky bettered her previous mark of 8:04.79 set nearly a decade ago at the Rio Games that many thought would outlast her career and she pounded her fists on the water in an emotional celebration after seeing her…

GILGIT: Four Pakistani climbers have started their adventure to climb the world’s seventh highest peak Dhaulagiri at 8,167 metres, the third highest Kanchenjunga, and the Everest in Nepal. Renowned Pakistan climber Sajid Ali Sadpara completed his acclimatisation rotation on Dhaulagiri, 8,167m peak, the world’s seventh highest mountain in Nepal. Mr Sadpara had reached the base camp of the peak on April 6 and started his rotation and climbed up to the Camp 3 and descended to the base camp. Talking to Dawn, he said he had completed the rotation at the peak and now waiting for weather to improve to…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A contrast:At the National Speech and Debate Tournament, two high school students take the stage. The first articulates the position he has been assigned to defend — people should have a right to secede from their government — and why it is correct. Another student, assigned the opposite position, begins to systematically tear down her opponent’s views. A year later and 800 miles away, two teams of high school students convene at the University of North Carolina for the National High School Ethics Bowl finals. A moderator asks about the boundaries of discourse — when…