Square to build new Bitcoin business for developers of financial services

Square to build new Bitcoin business for developers of financial services

Square wants to play a bigger role in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Getty Images Digital payments company Square will create a new business focused on the Bitcoin cryptocurrency to help developers design decentralized financial products, CEO Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets on Thursday. The business will build “an open developer platform with the

China raises loan-support efforts for developers amid mortgage boycott

China raises loan-support efforts for developers amid mortgage boycott

A woman walks near a construction site of apartment buildings in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 18 (Reuters) – Chinese regulators stepped up efforts to encourage lenders to extend loans to qualified real estate projects as the beleaguered property sector faced fresh

Financing offered to minority developers for affordable housing

Financing offered to minority developers for affordable housing

Read next: Minority homeownership gap – the sobering statistics As far as construction workers, that’s a different story – workers identifying as Hispanics or Latinos comprise 30%, or 15 million, of these workers, while African Americans resent some 17% (8.5 million) of the workforce. Other minorities, totaling about two million, make up around 2% of