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Digital Onboarding Announces $58M Growth Investment from Volition Capital

Digital Onboarding, the SaaS company helping more than 100 financial institutions deepen their customer relationships, announced it closed a $58 million growth investment from Boston-based growth equity firm Volition Capital. The investment follows secular growth for Digital Onboarding as banks and credit unions increasingly “seek… Read More

Insurtech: Ledgebrook Live with Socotra Connected Core Targeting Wholesale Broker Market

Socotra, the “next-generation” core platform provider for modern insurers, together with Ledgebrook, an InsurTech MGA focused on the excess and surplus (E&S) market,  announced the launch of Ledgebrook’s new platform, powered by Socotra Connected Core. The end-to-end platform empowers Ledgebrook “to redefine speed and service… Read More

Data Security Provider Immuta Launches Features for Enhanced Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)

Immuta, a data security provider, announced new vulnerability risk assessment and dynamic query classification capabilities for the Immuta Data Security Platform. These new features “enable customers to promptly identify and prioritize security gaps, protecting sensitive data based on the context and sensitivity levels.” When combined… Read More

Cybereason Acquires $100M in Funding Led by SoftBank Corp.

Cybereason, the XDR company, announced a $100 million investment led by SoftBank Corp. to support the company’s global growth and advance its innovation in XDR, EDR, and EPP solutions. In addition, Cybereason announced that Eric Gan will “serve as the company’s new CEO, subject to… Read More

Notarize for Real Estate Platform Expects to Benefit from Legislation Supporting Digitization of Closing Process in Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently became the 43rd state to pass legislation authorizing remote online notarization (RON). Signed into law by Governor Maura Healey and effective on January 1, 2024, the legislation expands access “to online notarization — and the Notarize platform — to all… Read More

TMX Group Announces Acquisition of Boston-based Wall Street Horizon

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) announced that it has agreed to acquire Boston-based Wall Street Horizon, Inc. (WSH), a provider of global market-moving action and global corporate event data. Jay Rajarathinam, Chief Operating Officer, TMX Group, said: “TMX Group is committed to serving the evolving needs… Read More

Engagement Banking Platform Backbase Announces Expanded Relationship with Eastern Bank

Backbase, a global player focused on Engagement Banking, announced an expanded relationship with Eastern Bank, a Boston-based financial institution with approximately $22 billion in assets. Eastern is “adopting Backbase-as-a-Service (BaaS) and Backbase’s Engagement Banking Platform, which will offer enhanced digital banking solutions.” The solutions Eastern… Read More

Fairmarkit Finalizes $35.6M Series C Round to Help Enterprises Optimize “Tail Spend”

Fairmarkit, the automated sourcing platform that is transforming the procurement of goods and services for enterprises, announced a $35.6 million Series C investment, “bringing its total funding to date to $78 million.” The investment round was “led by OMERS Growth Equity with participation from investors… Read More

NFTs: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ronald Acuña Jr. and Fernando Tatís Jr. Introduce Digital Collectibles on DraftKings Marketplace

DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) has partnered with Metabilia, a memorabilia and NFT company operating at the forefront of physical and digital collectibles, which will “become the latest NFT supplier on DraftKings Marketplace.” The collaboration introduces “Membership NFTs” for fans “to chronicle the careers of top… Read More

Aliasware to Join Nacha’s Phixius Peer to Peer Network for Exchange of Payments related Data

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Aliaswire, a provider of digital payment and credit solutions for businesses and financial institutions, and Nacha have revealed that Aliaswire will be joining the Phixius Peer-to-Peer Network for the exchange of payment-related data. Established and operated by Nacha, the Phixius Peer-to-Peer Network enables participants to… Read More

Chris Gonsalves: Community Gaming CEO Reveals How They Worked on Adding Layer 2 Integrations Due to High Gas Fees on Ethereum MainNet

We recently caught up with Chris Gonsalves, CEO at Community Gaming, a platform that combines social gaming, match automation, and blockchain payment technology to make organizing and competing in esports tournaments simple. Chris talked about how Community Gaming allows players to earn crypto and USD… Read More

Auto-financing platform Lendbuzz raises $360 mn, to double headcount at 100

AI-based auto finance platform Lendbuzz has raised a total $360 million investment in part debt and equity. The US-based fintech started by two Israeli entrepreneurs –Amitay Kalmar and Dan Raviv, has raised $60 million in Series C equity financing led by Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs… Read More

Massachusetts Fintech Working Group Launches Hub to Make Commonwealth a Financial Tech Leader

Building on over a year of “unprecedented” collaboration among Massachusetts’ financial professionals, Fintech entrepreneurs, investors, government executives, elected officials, and members of the academic community, the Massachusetts Fintech Working Group, a network of 27 leaders representing key industries, have introduced the Mass Fintech Hub, a… Read More

Real Estate Investment Platform Fundrise Reports Investing Over $110M into 846 Rental Units during Q1 2021

Fundrise, a real estate investment platform using Reg A+ to provide access to “eREITs and eFunds,” notes that their annual letter to investors (released in January 2021) had revealed that they rang in 2021 with an updated version of their proprietary fund infrastructure, “enabling the… Read More

Fintech Lenders: Boston’s Forward Financing has Now Provided $1B in SME Funding, as Capital On Tap Enters US Markets

Forward Financing, a Fintech firm that aims to offer “flexible” and revenue-based financing to SMBs, revealed recently that it has provided $1 billion in funding since its inception back in 2012. According to Forward Financing, the majority of this funding has been allocated towards  “underserved”… Read More

Small Business Owners Reveal how they’ve Leveraged Digital Payments and Funding Platforms to Maintain Operations during COVID

Payments platform Adyen (AMS:ADYEN) notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated consumers’ adoption of digital platforms and services. Technically “timid” grandparents have also become a lot more comfortable with video conferencing in a post COVID world, the Adyen team writes in a blog post. People… Read More

SNGLR, a Digital Advisory and Tech-focused VCs Specializing in Longevity and Smart Mobility, Launch Global Platform

SNGLR Holding AG has confirmed the official launch of its business operations and is now fully operational with its headquarters based in Zug, Switzerland. SNGLR Holding also maintains  business offices in Boston (USA), Berlin, (Germany), Rome (Italy), and Dubai (UAE). The SNGLR Holding team includes… Read More

Cambridge based Fintech Investor Vestigo Ventures has Reportedy Secured $83.5 Million in Capital for its Second Fund

Cambridge-headquartered Vestigo Ventures, which mainly invests in Fintech firms or other financial services businesses, has reportedly secured a total of $83.5 million (to date) for its second fund, according to a securities filing. Vestigo had been planning to acquire $100 million in capital for its… Read More

Crypto.com Collaborates With Boston Consulting Group to Release Decentralized Finance Report

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to release a new decentralized finance (DeFi) report. According to the duo, “The Sudden Rise of DeFi: Opportunities and Risks for Financial Services” explores the factors driving the… Read More

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Joins Forces With MIT For Digital Currency Research

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston announced on Thursday it has formed a multi-year partnership with the Digital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for research related to a central bank digital currency. According to the organization, this research project will explore… Read More

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