Tagged: digital technology

November 28, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com releases the second phase of its Digital Transformation in MENA 2022 report. Following the launch of part one last month – which included insights from 15,000 consumers in the region – the next chapter “interviews businesses and their leaders at the forefront of the… Read More

November 28, 2022 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In an effort to maximize loan officer efficiency and build trust with borrowers, Blend (NYSE:BLND) launched the Loan Officer Toolkit in March 2021. With streamlined workflows across the entire mortgage loan process, the LO Toolkit “enables LOs to focus on building both consumer relationships and… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance‘s management has answered a few follow-up questions from the community about “how funds and wallets are managed at Binance.” Binance explains that it “holds all of its clients’ crypto-assets in segregated accounts which are identified separately from any accounts used to hold crypto-assets belonging… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infineon Technologies AG and Fingerprint Cards AB announced the signing of a joint development and commercialization agreement of a plug-and-play turnkey solution for “a biometric payment smart card.” The goal of the cooperation is “to make biometric smart card production as simple and easy as… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CV VC recently published an inaugural German Blockchain Report following its newest and fourth ecosystem hub opening, CV Labs Berlin. The report provides “a structural overview of Europe‘s top-ranked blockchain country, and its publication highlights CV VC’s commitment to building sustainable and connected global ecosystems… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arion Bank has announced it will implement Lucinity’s technology “to help strengthen its defenses against money laundering and contribute to a safer financial system.” Lucinity’s software solution “uses the latest artificial intelligence technology to detect money laundering and make it easier for financial companies to… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 11:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDScan.net announced a collaboration with Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY), a financial technology provider, to provide identity validation for digital account creation “via the Jack Henry OpenAnywhereTM platform.” Through its collaboration with IDScan.net, Jack Henry says that it “offers the frictionless, mobile onboarding experience overwhelmingly preferred… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquidnet, a technology-driven agency execution specialist, recently announced the integration of the firm’s proprietary trading analytics “into its equities trading application.” Powered by Liquidnet Investment Analytics (IA), a sophisticated analytical solution, traders will “have access to personalized pre and intra-trade analytics through real time alerts… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home, announced partnerships with Alto, an elevated on-demand rideshare company, and Surf Air, a regional air travel company working to accelerate the adoption of green aviation, “to offer families effortless… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YouWrk, which claims it is recruitment that “works for everyone,” blending the “best” of digital and human, with Stripe-powered technology and “hands on account management,” has raised 95% (£143,344.58) of its £150,000 target from 87 investors with 9 days left (at the time of writing)… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Agent IQ, a provider of digital customer engagement solutions specializing in making financial services more personal again, announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The investment round was “led by Mendon Venture Partners and included participation from renowned VCs Acronym VC… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu’s cloud-native banking platform enables Wio Bank “to achieve a faster time to market as it helps establish the UAE as a hub for the growing digital economy.” Wio Bank provides access “to banking and business support services in a fast, convenient and fully digital… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 1:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquidnet, a technology-driven agency execution specialist, announced the advancement of electronification in the new bond issuance process “following the successful transmission of buy-side orders in live market deals from Order and Execution Management Systems (O/EMS) to participating syndicate banks.” This workflow follows “the initial testing… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC is pleased to partner with Marketnode, a SGX Group and Temasek joint venture and digital markets infrastructure operator, and UOB in order “to pilot fully digital issuance of wealth management products as part of a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-led collaboration on asset tokenisation,… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Since its inception, SEON has been making effective online fraud prevention more accessible for “all businesses operating online.” Now, the company has “taken the next step in that mission by announcing a ‘forever free’ version of its online fraud prevention platform.” The free plan will… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 12:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fund data and technology company FE fundinfo has expanded the range of ESG data it provides to MSCI and its clients. Through the agreement, MSCI will “gain access to FE fundinfo’s full universe of European ESG Template (EET) data.” EET data plays “a critical… Read More

November 5, 2022 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Group Digital Technologies, a digital technology provider under Ant Group, unveiled its blockchain storage engine “LETUS” (Log-structured Efficient Trusted Universal Storage) at the Apsara Conference 2022 in Hangzhou. LETUS, which was developed and designed by the AntChain team, will “increase the effectiveness and lower… Read More

November 5, 2022 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evmos, the port-of-entry from Ethereum to Cosmos, sees its core developer, Tharsis Labs, announcing it has raised $27M in Seed funding “to accelerate the growth of its ecosystem of interoperable dApps.” The round was “led by Polychain Capital with participation from Galaxy, Huobi, HashKey, Coinbase… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AKUVO, a technology organization specializing in credit risk and delinquency management, announced that Mountain America Credit Union has “signed on to AKUVO Aperture to provide its members with personalized solutions to aid in overcoming delinquency.” Aperture harnesses data “to help collection staff offer behavior-based, personalized… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Money.net, a provider of leading data and analytics platforms, has selected Barchart, a global market data and technology leader, in order “to power their retail and professional products with streaming and historical market data.” Vincent Sangiovanni, CEO of Money.net, said: “Barchart and Money.net have had… Read More