April 24, 2025 @ 4:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Real-time bank account verification from LSEG Risk Intelligence, a service provider focused on compliance, risk and fraud prevention solutions, is now available directly within Docusign’s eSignature product. The offering, accessible through Docusign’s Third-Party App Marketplace, will provide “benefits to US customers of Docusign and LSEG… Read More

 Tagged compliance, digitalization, docusign, fraud prevention, lseg, uk

April 24, 2025 @ 4:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plenti prices PL & Green ABS announced taking 2024 issuance to over $1.1 billion. Plenti Group Limited announced recently the pricing of a $330 million asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction. Plenti Group Limited confirmed recently in a blog post the pricing of a $330 million asset-backed… Read More

 Tagged abs, asset-backed securities, plenti, plenti group

April 23, 2025 @ 11:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Credibly, a GenAI-powered lending platform serving small businesses, today launched Credibly.ai, an innovation and technology showcase designed to highlight the company’s progress in artificial intelligence. This initiative provides small businesses with advanced financing tools and solutions. “(We were) bold from the outset in developing real applications… Read More

 Tagged Credibly.AI, Minyang Jiang, ryan rosett, small business lending

April 23, 2025 @ 9:07 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Thunes has launched Thunes Business Payments, designed to facilitate cross-border payments for Thunes’ Direct Global Network members, including enterprises, merchants, neo-banks, traditional banks and mobile wallets. Via an API, members have a more efficient way to process international business payments, bypassing the complexities of legacy… Read More

 Tagged chloé mayenobe, payments, thunes

April 23, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoneyThumb, a provider of automated document evaluation and fraud detection solutions, was recently awarded a U.S. patent for its Thumbprint® product, an AI-driven technology that enables the authentication of third-party PDF documents. Small business loan application fraud is a critical problem that leads to significant… Read More

 Tagged fraud detection, MoneyThumb, Ryan Campbell, Thumbprint, underwriting

April 23, 2025 @ 5:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Socket, a software supply chain security provider, has acquired Coana, a static analysis and reachability engine built by security researchers from Aarhus University. Coana brings static control-flow and call graph analysis to Socket’s platform, allowing teams to prioritize vulnerabilities based on whether they’re actually exploitable… Read More

 Tagged Anders Møller, Benjamin Barslev, Coana, Feross Aboukhadijeh, Martin Torp, Socket, supply chain security

April 22, 2025 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum, the core banking provider, announced the launch of its foundational Islamic Banking and Finance solutions, marking a key milestone towards delivering comprehensive, Sharia-compliant financial services. This initiative is said to focuse on the main principles of Islamic banking, laying the groundwork for a platform… Read More

 Tagged core banking, islamic finance, sharia'h compliant, tuum

April 22, 2025 @ 1:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

motusbank, the digital-only bank launched by Meridian Credit Union in Q2 2019, will shut down by early 2026. Meridian, which is reportedly Ontario’s largest credit union, and Coast Capital Savings jointly announced that they will absorb motusbank’s accounts and assets, pending regulatory approval. This closure… Read More

 Tagged canada, digital banking, motusban, startups

April 22, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NewCo Capital Group, a provider of business financing, has expanded into Canada. With nationwide service now available across every Canadian province and territory, NewCo brings accessible, non-bank funding solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises. The move strengthens NewCo’s international footprint as part of its broader global… Read More

 Tagged Albert Gahfi, canada, NewCo Capital Group, Omer Navon, sme financing

April 22, 2025 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) and Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) will jointly create a solution to provide independent risk assessments for private credit investments at scale. As the private credit market continues to evolve and grow, the need for consistent standards and better tools has “become essential for… Read More

 Tagged moody's, msci, private credit, risk assessments