Tagged: automation

January 29, 2023 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, end-to-end identity proofing, risk assessment and eKYC solutions, announced the close to a successful 2022 in which Jumio reportedly became the first identity company “to clear well over $200 million in bookings.” Q4 also saw Jumio close “both the largest… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, the global automated identity verification provider, announced it has achieved certification for high confidence profile H1A under the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (the trust framework). The certification serves use cases “where a higher confidence level in digital identity verification is required.”… Read More

January 21, 2023 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AU10TIX, which claims to be the global technology leader in identity verification and identity management automation, announced the appointment of Dan Yerushalmi as its new CEO. Yerushalmi’s record “with global technology enterprises and experience in the security, e-banking and telecommunications industries underlines AU10TIX’s intention to… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nipendo, a company used by global businesses “to automate and streamline business-to-business (B2B) payments processes.” The transaction is American Express’ latest strategic step “toward its goal of creating a leading end-to-end… Read More

January 7, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liberate Innovations Inc., a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables P&C insurers to fully automate claims and underwriting journeys, announced its launch “after raising $7 million in venture funding.” The platform “empowers insurers to deliver digital self-serve experiences and orchestrate an ecosystem of solutions providers and… Read More

January 7, 2023 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WeTravel—an integrated booking and payments platform built to automate and optimize the operational necessitates of multi-day tour operators—announced the appointment of Ted Clements to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and the migration of Johannes Koeppel, WeTravel’s co-founder, from CEO to the newly-created Chief Product Officer (CPO)… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announced that it has agreed to acquire Acadia, a provider of automated uncleared margin processing and integrated risk and optimization services for the global derivatives community. The acquisition furthers LSEG’s strategy “to enhance and grow its multi-asset Post Trade… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), a digital bank and fintech enabling powerful banking and payment solutions for businesses and consumers, and Wealthfront, an automated wealth management provider serving the next generation of investors, have extended their partnership that “provides seamless checking features and money movement… Read More

December 15, 2022 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sommelier, the automated DeFi portfolio management platform, announces that it has launched Ethereum DeFi strategy tokens “for the first time on Injective, a layer 1 Cosmos blockchain optimized for finance.” Sommelier is a blockchain/DLT-based platform “built with the Cosmos SDK that executes advanced crypto portfolio… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Return, which claims to be the “first” automated blockchain emissions offsetting solution, announced a partnership with Flowcarbon, a “pioneering” climate technology company that is focused on “facilitating carbon reduction and removal solutions.” As Web3 continues to expand in size and scope, environmentally-conscious users “demand an… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay is announcing a collaboration with Inovatec, North America’s leader in lending process automation. This collaboration will “make it possible for Inovatec’s clients to request payment from customers using Clik2pay’s direct-from-account payment platform.” This is done safely and securely “using Interac e-Transfer,… Read More

November 26, 2022 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The partnership between the banking platform, Temenos (SIX: TEMN), and Greenomy’s, EU Taxonomy alignment SaaS solution, “expedites fully automated non-financial reporting and monitoring of the alignment of the bank’s assets in their banking book against their sustainability objectives.” The implementation of EU Taxonomy (EUTax), the… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the finance automation platform and corporate card designed to help businesses spend less, announced international capabilities “for bill payments, short-term bill financing, and employee reimbursement products.” Businesses on Ramp can now “consolidate their international and domestic spend, pay international vendors, and reimburse international employees… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a key player in automating, digitizing and transforming the way people bank and shop, and Featurespace, a firm focused on enterprise financial crime prevention, announced that the companies are partnering “to integrate its highly specialized, fraud prevention technology into Diebold Nixdorf’s… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bookkeep, the “smarter” accounting automation platform, announced a $6.6 million seed+ round of funding led by Fin Capital, “with participation from existing investors TTV Capital, Argonautic Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Haymaker Ventures, and others.” This investment round brings Bookkeep’s total funding “to $10 million, following a… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) and Cvent (Nasdaq: CVT), a meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, introduced enhanced features to the Cvent Event Marketing & Management platform that “further expand virtual payment capabilities, leveraging American Express’ integrated budget management and payment automation solutions.” The enhanced features… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) is pleased to announce the signature of an agreement for the acquisition of Kantox, a Fintech for the automation of currency risk management. FT Partners advised Kantox on its sale to BNP Paribas. Kantox’s software solution has “managed to successfully re-bundle the… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decades into the new millennium, finance teams are still behind with digital transformation. Research shows that finance executives are still struggling with process improvement, whether it be document handling, collecting signatures, reporting, or forecasting. Finance is a key function that supports the business with timely… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 6:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RBC announced it has acquired MDBilling.ca, a cloud-based platform that automates and simplifies medical billing for Canadian physicians. The company joins Dr.Bill at RBC, another medical billing company “acquired by the bank in 2020.” Founded in 2008, Toronto-based MDBilling.ca’s product offering is “rooted in its… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) announced at its SS&C Deliver Conference the rollout of its intelligent automation portfolio “under the SS&C Blue Prism brand.” SS&C Blue Prism “combines RPA, BPM and low and no-code capabilities to provide a comprehensive menu of intelligent automation (IA)… Read More