President Donald Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff Scott Jenkins convicted of fraud and bribery

US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges. A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last December, in exchange for making several businessmen into law enforcement officers without them being trained….

Worldline gets RBI nod to facilitate cross-border online transactions for import-export

Digital payments firm Worldline ePayments India Private Limited on Tuesday announced that it has received authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as an Export-Import Payment Aggregator – Cross-Border. According to a statement from its parent firm Worldline India, this authorisation enables Worldline ePayments India to facilitate cross-border online transactions for the…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visits Noida-headquartered Fintech firm Pine Labs’ office

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today (Tuesday, May 27, 2025) visited the office of Pine Labs, a Noida-based digital Fintech company.  During her visit, she saw demonstrations by Pine Labs on innovative Fintech solutions being developed around prepaid instruments, the Account Aggregator (AA) framework, and digital services used in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and other…

Government restores remission of duties and taxes on exported products effective June 1

The government of India on Tuesday announced the restoration of benefits under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme for exports made by Advance Authorization (AA) holders, Export-Oriented Units (EOUs), and units operating in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), effective June 1, 2025. This RoDTEP scheme was made to reimburse exporters for…

DEI is a Con: Five Hallmarks of a Hustle

The retreat of DEI may be one of the biggest political and cultural reversals in recent history. Corporate America is running from its DEI trainings and programs in droves. Wall Street has soured on it. Many states, and now the federal government, have declared war on it. And many ordinary Americans are tired of it….