Tagged: cloud

September 26, 2021 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Play-to-earn blockchain games are becoming increasingly popular, and Kawaii Islands is set to throw its “hat into the ring,” according to an update shared with CI. Following a $2.4M private token sale round, the NFT-enabled blockchain or DLT-based game will debut in September 2021. As… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has introduced Total Lending Home, a Cloud-powered platform for deploying and managing the Total Lending suite of solutions. Lending products offered via the Total Lending Home portal reportedly include Fusion LaserPro, Fusion DepositPro, Fusion Compliance Reporter and ProSign Online, with more lending solutions to… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plannuh, a software-as-a-service or SaaS firm automating core marketing leadership processes such as planning, financial management, and optimization of business outcomes, reveals that it has finalized a $4.1 million equity round that was led by Ripple Ventures. Existing investors Glasswing Ventures, an early-stage VC firm… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 7:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mark Boost, CEO at Civo, says he’s pleased to confirm that THG Ingenuity, the technology division of digital commerce platform THG, has invested $2 million in order to “take a minority stake in Civo.” Boost writes in a blog post that they’re “proud” to be THG… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fortis Payment Systems, LLC, a payment tech provider for businesses, independent software vendors (ISVs) and developers, reveals that it has acquired OmniFund, whose Cloud-powered Payments-as-a-Platform service is being leveraged by software and enterprise resource planning ERP solutions. Established in 2005, Omni is focused on offering… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 4:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Banking software company Temenos this week announced the availability of Temenos Transact next-generation core banking with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud, to accelerate hybrid cloud adoption within the financial services industry.  Temenos Transact helps banks adopt a cloud strategy for their core banking systems… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BankWise Technology has unveiled Happy Banker, a software service for banking institutions and credit unions that makes use of the FIS Horizon core system for their banking requirements. As first reported by Finextra, these modules assist banking platforms with leveraging their core processing system without… Read More

September 11, 2021 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a provider of payment tech and software services, has entered an agreement to acquire MineralTree, a provider of accounts payable automation and B2B payments solutions, from an investor group that’s led by Great Hill Partners, .406 Ventures and Eight Roads… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finxact, an established Core as a Service banking provider, reveals that Live Oak Bank, a small business bank, has converted its retail and commercial deposit accounts to the Finxact Core. The conversion serves as an inflection point for the sector with a $8 billion+ banking… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Haobo Ma, the CEO and Founder at blockchain platform aelf – which is powered by Cloud computing. Ma talked about his approach to cryptocurrency investments and how he got involved in the space back in 2010, which was when he… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hawk AI, Germany’s software provider of Transaction Monitoring for banking institutions, payment companies and Fintech firms, reveals that it has teamed up with Moss, a Berlin-headquartered expense and financial platform for comprehensive management of card payments, worker expenses, and invoices. Through the partnership, Hawk AI’s… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology (ONT), a high-performance blockchain platform focused on digital identity solutions, is teaming up with 4EVERLAND, a Web 3.0 Cloud computing platform supporting global acceleration of digital tech, privacy protection, distributed storage and various other technical features to enable the transition to Web 3.0. As… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Databricks, the data and AI firm, reveals that it has completed a $1.6 billion round in order to promote the innovation and adoption of the data lakehouse, as the data architecture’s utilization across data-oriented organizations keeps growing rapidly. The Series H investment round in Databricks… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vietnam-based virtual bank Cake reveals that it has chosen Cloud banking service provider Mambu in order to scale its business operations towards providing a comprehensive range of digital banking solutions. As noted by its management, Cake is a “lifetime free digital bank with a mission… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThycoticCentrify, a provider of Cloud identity security services established via the merger of privileged access management (PAM) leaders Thycotic and Centrify, recently revealed that it has made updates to its PAM solution for DevOps, Thycotic DevOps Secrets Vault. The updated version provides certificate-based authentication and… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), recently revealed that Sun Life (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) has chosen AWS as its Cloud tech  provider in order to become a “Cloud-first” organization, supporting ongoing innovation, and develop digital client experiences. Sun Life… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada’s travel technology firm Hopper recently finalized a $175 million Series G round that was led by New York-based GPI Capital. As noted by its management: “At Hopper, we’re on a mission to build the most customer-centric travel company on earth. We are leveraging the… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at aelf, a decentralized Cloud computing blockchain platform, told CI that their mainnet has proven performance and function. The team will be conducting its mainnet token swap in September 2021. Additionally, the aelf team shared updates regarding its work with the Chinese government…. Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Symphony, the market’s infrastructure and technology platform, confirmed that it will now provide a complete, secure and verified directory for the financial services sector as it has acquired StreetLinx, a counterparty mapping platform. This acquisition adds more than 200 institutional counterparties to the 1000+ institutions… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finxact, a Core as a Service banking provider, reveals that First Horizon Bank, the super-regional bank based in Memphis, Tennessee, has converted its VirtualBank brand from its legacy core to the Finxact Cloud-core. The conversion represents a key milestone for the new era of Cloud… Read More