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Snapdocs Integrates with BeSmartee to Enable Mortgage Lenders to Offer Best-in-Class Closing Experience

American Bancshares among first to use integration to drive faster closing times, reduce operating costs SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Snapdocs, the mortgage industry’s leading digital closing platform, today announced the completion of its integration with BeSmartee’s digital mortgage platform. The integration enables lenders nationwide to offer a modern borrower experience that spans loan origination to closing, drives […]

SkyPoint FCU Launches SkyPoint Pay to Provide Unprecedented Security When Transferring Funds

Verification through question and answer known only to payer and payee offers greater security than other funds transfer methods. GERMANTOWN, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SkyPoint Federal Credit Union (SkyPoint), a premier, member-owned financial institution, announces the launch of their new product, SkyPoint Pay, which will provide their members with unprecedented security when transferring funds between banks or to […]

Galileo and Juniper Research Reveals Surge in B2B Embedded Finance Demand

New Data Shows B2B Businesses Choose Fintechs as their Preferred Embedded Finance Provider as Use Cases Expand HAMPSHIRE, UK & SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New research conducted by Juniper Research in collaboration with Galileo Financial Technologies, a leading financial technology company owned and operated independently by SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), reveals most U.S. B2B businesses […]

State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Selects Origami Risk Core Platform for Medical Professional Liability Policy, Claims and Billing Administration

  CHICAGO & BRENTWOOD, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CoreSolutions–State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company (SVMIC), a physician-owned mutual providing medical professional liability insurance to healthcare providers in several states, has selected Origami Risk’s multi-tenant SaaS P/C platform to support its policy administration, claims management and billing processes. “Our policyholders trust us to provide superior professional liability insurance coverage, strong […]

GeoWealth Launches Investment Consulting Division, Introduces Manager Portal, and Expands Model Marketplace

Enhancements are designed to empower independent, entrepreneurial advisors with greater control, flexibility, and customization CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Advisors—GeoWealth, a modern turnkey asset management platform (TAMP) built for registered investment advisors (RIAs), today announced several upgrades focused on providing RIAs with more personalization and choice in their investment management programs – including investment guidance, due diligence, service and […]

Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants

Solution Powered by Parafin Provides Flexible Capital to Restaurants as Industry Continues Recovery ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lavu, a major global restaurant software and payments solution provider built by restaurant people, today announces Lavu Capital, offering restaurant merchants cash advances to provide funding that can be used to help run and grow their businesses. Powered by Parafin, […]

Optimize Claims Processing with expert.ai’s New Guidewire Marketplace App

SAN MATEO, Calif. & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Guidewire—Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) and expert.ai, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in language understanding, today announced that expert.ai’s new Ready for Guidewire validated accelerator for ClaimCenter is now available in the Guidewire Marketplace. AI already enables insurers to automate aspects of claims management, including fraud detection. According to McKinsey […]

AiAdvertising Signs Multi-Million Dollar Agreement with Fintech Unicorn to Empower its Upcoming Launch

Agreement Represents Next-Generation AdTech Company’s Largest Contract to Date SAN ANTONIO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AiAdvertising, Inc. (OTC: AIAD), a next-generation AdTech company focused on harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to build software for today’s marketing leaders, today announced it has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with a fintech unicorn. Through the […]

Billings Federal Credit Union Selects Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Platform To Enhance Credit Decisioning

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scienaptic AI, a leading global AI-powered credit decision platform provider, announced today that Montana-based Billings Federal Credit Union has chosen to implement Scienaptic’s AI-powered credit decisioning platform. The credit union aims to lend deeper, increase automation and make advanced credit decisions through Scienaptic’s fair, inclusive, and compliant AI platform. Billings Federal was established […]

SecondSTAX Launches First Cross-Border African Capital Markets Order Management Portal, Announces $1.6M Pre-Seed Funding

Company aims to dramatically expand access to African financial markets as the world’s only portal for direct investment in stocks and bonds on exchanges across Africa ACCRA, Ghana & NAIROBI, Kenya–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SecondSTAX, the company reimagining capital markets in Africa, is announcing the launch of its cross-border multi-asset order routing and market data portal. The company […]

MAXEX Helps to Fill Market Void in Non-QM Liquidity

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MAXEX, the first digital mortgage exchange, announced today the launch of new programs designed to meet the needs of originators and loan buyers in the growing non-QM lending market. Non-QM lending programs for creditworthy homeowners that fall outside of current Qualified Mortgage guidelines are critical to the long-term growth of the U.S. housing market. […]

Karate Combat Becomes First Professional Sports League to Launch a DAO and Transition Governance to its Fans and Athletes

DAO launch is part of a three-year sponsorship deal with Hedera’s HBAR Foundation following past partnerships with Unreal Engine and SushiSwap Half of the $KARATE governance tokens will be distributed for free over time to the Karate Combat community for participation in the DAO and the League’s Up Only Gaming application ROAD TOWN, British Virgin […]

Financial Verification Platform VeriFast Completes $3.5MM Seed Funding Round Led by M3 Financial Group to Accelerate Expansion into Mortgage Underwriting

Investors include well-known real estate and investment personalities Scott McGillivray, Susan Livermore and Michael Sarracini TORONTO & RIDGEWOOD, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#getVeriFast—VeriFast, the AI-powered Verification-as-a-Service platform that automates financial analysis and decision making for tenant screening, mortgage underwriting, and other verticals, today announced that it has secured an initial funding round led by M3 Financial Group and […]

TDCX expands in the Philippines to meet growing demand for complex customer experience solutions

SINGAPORE & MANILA, Philippines–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TDCX, Inc. (“TDCX” or the “Company”) (NYSE: TDCX), a high-growth digital customer experience (CX) solutions provider for technology and blue-chip companies, continues its expansion path with a new office in Iloilo in the Philippines. This is TDCX’s sixth campus in the Philippines and strengthens the company’s capacity to serve Global English […]

FXCM August Single Share & Stock Baskets Report

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), the leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, is today releasing its data of most popular instruments for the month of August in its Single Share CFD and proprietary Stock Basket product lines. FXCM offers fractional single share trading with […]

Backblaze Partners with Stockperks to Reward Investors

Partnership brings Backblaze onto Stockperks’ platform, facilitating community-building and seamless perk redemption for company’s investors NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$BLZE #fintech–Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the leading independent cloud storage platform, announced today the launch of the Company’s Shareholder Perks Program on the Stockperks app. Stockperks is the market leader for shareholder rewards, with more than 20 innovative […]

AgencyKPI Plays Behind the Scenes Role in Insurance Industry Merger

Merging Companies Relied on AgencyKPI for Financial Due Diligence AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AgencyKPI (www.agencykpi.com), developer of the leading integrated business intelligence system designed to address and manage insurance industry data, recently played a key role in the creation of a new insurance consulting giant. In August, MarshBerry Connect Platform and First Choice Agents Alliance (FCAA), two […]

Advisor360°’s Newest Platform Upgrades Make the Financial Planning Process Easier

Enhancements to Goals, Proposals, Model Management & Rebalancing, Dependent Workflows, and Documents Help Advisors Keep Financial Plans on Track WESTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Data—Advisor360°, a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of integrated technology for the wealth management industry, has rolled out several platform upgrades to improve the financial planning process and engagement between financial advisors and […]

Northern Trust Integrated Trading Solutions Recognized as Leader in Chartis Research Outsourced Trading Solutions Report, 2022

CHICAGO & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#assetmanagement–Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) today announced it has been recognized as a leader in outsourced trading solutions in the Chartis Outsourced Trading Solutions Report, 2022, a globally recognized independent study of the world’s major providers of risk and compliance technology. Northern Trust has been recognized as a Category Leader in outsourced trading […]

Guy Carpenter Enters Exclusive Agreement with TNEDICCA to Enhance US Auto Risk Analysis

NEW YORK & COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Columbus—Guy Carpenter, a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), announced today that it has entered an agreement with TNEDICCA®, a leader in location-based traffic-crash intelligence and predictive analytics. This exclusive agreement enables Guy Carpenter to deliver enhanced auto analytics to its insurance […]

Sabey Data Centers Achieves Seven ENERGY STAR Certifications

Seven buildings in Sabey’s nationwide data center portfolio achieve A+ ratings SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Ashburn—Sabey Data Centers, a premier colocation data center provider, today announced they have earned EPA’s ENERGY STAR CERTIFICATION for seven buildings at data center facilities in Ashburn, VA; East Wenatchee, WA; Quincy, WA; and Seattle, WA. All scored above 95 out of a […]

ICE and Confluence to Offer Integrated ESG Solution for Enhanced SFDR Compliance Reporting

ATLANTA & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, and Confluence, a global leader in analytics and regulatory compliance reporting solutions for the investment management industry, announced that Confluence will leverage ICE’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data as part of its ESG Sustainable Finance Disclosure […]

Titan Announces Exclusive Partnership With Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, Democratizing Access to Venture Capital Funds for the Everyday Investor

The new venture fund exclusively available to Titan users brings forward opportunities to invest in venture funds pre-IPO NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Titan, the investment platform bringing premier investment management to the next generation of everyday investors, today announced its partnership with Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest to launch the ARK Venture Fund exclusively available to retail investors […]

Soldo Delivers More Secure Digital Interactions and Boosts Customer Satisfaction with Dynatrace

Continuous runtime application security helps leading fintech company to reduce time spent detecting and remediating critical software vulnerabilities from days to minutes WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Software Intelligence company Dynatrace (NYSE: DT) announced today that leading fintech company, Soldo, is using Dynatrace® Application Security to help ensure its development and production environments are secure. Soldo offers organizations […]

Sweden’s Westpay Enlists ACI Worldwide to Offer Omni-Commerce Payments to Merchants

Westpay utilizes ACI Secure eCommerce to enhance in-store payments solution with state-of-the-art eCommerce capabilities Westpay’s new “Integrated Commerce” offering enables merchants to provide customers a seamless and secure payments experience across all channels MIAMI & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#eCommerce—ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), the global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software has announced that Westpay AB, a leading […]

Juniper Research: Virtual Card Transaction Volumes to Surpass 121 Billion Globally by 2027; Driving Adoption of Contactless Payment Methods

BASINGSTOKE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#virtualcardsmarket–A new study from Juniper Research has found the number of virtual card transactions will exceed 121 billion globally by 2027; increasing from 28 billion in 2022. This represents growth of 340%. It predicts rising integration of virtual cards to existing digital wallets services, such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, will drive […]

Berkeley SkyDeck Presents 18 Startups at Demo Day

Batch 14 features startups originating from four continents across a multitude of industries to shake up Silicon Valley BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Berkeley SkyDeck, the global hub for entrepreneurship and a leading accelerator, today announced it will be hosting its Batch 14 Demo Day on September 27, 2022. Featuring 18 startups from four continents (North America, Asia, […]

Community Bankers Association of Ohio Endorses Plinqit for Promoting Healthy Saving Habits & Strong Personal Finance Skills

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Community Bankers Association of Ohio, a network of independent community banks based in the state of Ohio, has endorsed Plinqit, the only savings platform of its kind that pays users for learning about personal finances. The Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) endorsed Plinqit for giving community banks an easy, cost-effective […]

Cathay Securities Investment Trust Selects ICE FactSet Global Top 50 Brands Index for New ETF

ATLANTA & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced that Cathay Securities Investment Trust (“Cathay SITE”) has selected the ICE FactSet® Global Top 50 Brands Index for a newly launched ETF. The ICE FactSet Global Top 50 Brands Index (ICFSTBR) is a modified, […]

OrangeGrid’s Todd Mobraten Participates in Panel Regarding Innovation of Servicing Technology at EVOLVE: 2022 Five Star Conference and Expo as Demand for Default Technology Increases

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Todd Mobraten, chief executive officer of OrangeGrid, a provider of mortgage servicing software, took part in a panel discussion at the EVOLVE: 2022 Five Star Conference and Expo on September 19 at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas, Texas. The Servicing Tech: Innovation by Necessity panel was part of the conference’s Servicing & Compliance lab […]

MOCA Joins Banking as a Service Association BaaS to further support community banks

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MOCA Financial, the leader in advanced digital account platforms featuring virtual cards and payment processing solutions, announced today that it has joined the newly launched Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Association to further its commitment to support community banks. The BaaS Association was formed by Bankers Helping Bankers, a FedFis and Independent Bankers Association of Texas […]

RV Depot Goes Live with Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

Deployment to help RV Depot serve super subprime customers NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leading AI-powered credit decisioning disruptor, Scienaptic announced that RV Depot is now live on their credit underwriting platform. This deployment is enabling the RV lender to streamline and automate their credit underwriting process and enhance customer experience. Established in 1990, RV Depot is a […]

Tokeny and Ownera Partner to Unlock Global Liquidity for Tokenized Assets

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tokeny, the Luxembourg-based tokenization platform, today announced a partnership with Ownera, provider of a global inter-trading network based on the open-source FinP2P protocol, to distribute tokenized assets over the Ownera FinP2P network. The digital securities industry is growing fast but has lacked a common global distribution network for connecting issuers, investors, exchanges, and other […]

EML’s Nuapay Signs Milestone Contract Bringing Open Banking To Local Government And eCommerce Sectors In The UK

Nuapay (EML Payments Limited’s (ASX: EML) Open Banking business) extends its open banking payments services to Pay360. LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nuapay’s innovative and fully customisable open banking and real-time account-to-account payment capabilities will give Pay360’s customers access to cutting-edge payment technologies across all of its gateway connections. Pay360 is a proud market leader for public sector payments […]

Juniper Research: Total Banking-as-a-Service Platform Revenue to Reach Over $38 Billion Globally by 2027, as Brands Race to Leverage Upsell Opportunities

BASINGSTOKE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#baasmarket–A new study from Juniper Research has found the total BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) platform revenue will exceed $38 billion by 2027; rising from $11 billion in 2022. The rapid growth of 240% will be driven by BaaS’ ability to deepen relationships between brands and their customers by providing a user-friendly banking and payments experience. […]

Wise Platform Launches International Receive Service

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#WisePlatform—Wise Platform, Wise’s infrastructure offer for banks and non-banks alike, has today announced the roll out of its new International Receive service, meaning customers from banks of all sizes can quickly, easily and affordably receive cross-border payments via the SWIFT network, even if their bank is not directly connected to SWIFT. Today, many neobanks […]

Guidewire Awards Latest Group of PartnerConnect Consulting Program Specializations

SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Guidewire–Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) announced that 14 specializations have been awarded to nine Guidewire PartnerConnect Consulting partners. The PartnerConnect Consulting partners achieving specializations in the fourth quarter of Guidewire’s fiscal year 2022 are: Alchemy: Cloud Ready – EMEA CGI: BillingCenter; PolicyCenter; and InsuranceSuite – EMEA Global Delivery Cognizant: Cloud – AMER Global Delivery […]

Coinfirm’s Atomic AML Oracle Expands Across 9 Blockchains and 1,000 Addresses

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Coinfirm, the leading crypto AML compliance and illicit asset tracing solution provider, is announcing the expansion of the Atomic AML Oracle to cover an additional 8 blockchains, further strengthening subscribers’ crypto compliance. In line with the FATF’s (Financial Action Task Force’s) recommendations, published in its Updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets […]

FXCM Wins Three Top Accolades at Global Forex Awards 2022

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FXCM Group, LLC (‘FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services has won three awards at the 2022 Global Forex Awards. FXCM was awarded Most Transparent Forex Broker globally, Best Forex Trading Experience in Europe and Best Forex Trading Platform in MENA. The […]

The New York Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange Announce New Collaboration to Support Cross-Border Investment Between the U.S. and Japan

The two exchanges sign agreement on product development and other collaborative activities during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida to the NYSE NEW YORK & TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The New York Stock Exchange, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) today announced a new agreement to support cross-border investment between […]