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Risk Management
Chatham Financial names Sam Graziano as managing director
Graziano joins from enterprise SaaS company Amount, where he was CCO for just over a year.
Bonifii’s new identity credential completes pilot with Lone Star Credit Union
The product is now expected to be offered to more credit unions and banks in the US.
Enterprise fintech Treasury4 closes Series A at $20m
The money will be spent on the development of Treasury4’s Entity4 and Cash4 solutions and also partnerships.
Risk management platform Certa’s twice-oversubscribed Series B raises $35m
The round was led by Fin Capital and Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: GenTwo, Momnt, myZoi, Treyd, Firstcard & more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Swift can facilitate tokenised asset transfers between different blockchains, new experiments confirm
The experiments were in collaboration with several major financial institutions, including Clearstream, ANZ and Citi.
Heather Gantt-Evans joins Marqeta as chief information security officer
US Army Reserves veteran Gantt-Evans will lead the firm’s global corporate and product security strategies.
Payments giant Mastercard to end crypto card partnership with Binance
As of 22 September, Mastercard will be ending its four pilot co-branded Binance card programmes.
Yahoo Finance builds out investor insights with Commonstock acquisition
Launched in 2020, Commonstock is backed by investors including Coatue, QED and Floodgate.
Morgan Stanley hit with £5.41m fine after energy traders used WhatsApp to discuss market transactions
It is the first-ever electronic communication fine issued in Great Britain relating to trading energy products.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 18 August 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
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FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 11 August 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
ConnexPay appoints former PayPal exec George Hansen as chief revenue officer
Hansen joins ConnexPay from PayPal, where he served as head of global sales and account management.
MarketAxess acquires Pragma to leverage quantitative trading technology
MarketAxess aims to accelerate the development of quantitative execution algorithms for fixed-income products.
US insurtech start-up Lula raises $35.5m Series B funding
The insurtech previously raised $18 million in its Series A funding round of July 2021.
Automotive lending platform GoFi taps Provenir for credit risk decisioning
The Texas-headquartered company has implemented Provenir’s Data and Decisioning Platform.
Trustmi aims to stamp out B2B payment fraud with global launch
The launch comes just days after the company secured $17 million in a Series A funding round.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 28 July 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
UBS to pay $388m in fines relating to Credit Suisse’s doomed dealings with Archegos
The US Federal Reserve has fined Credit Suisse $269 million, with the UK’s PRA issuing a further $119 million fine.
Report: The future of digital trust – Authentaverse
This free, in-depth report discusses governance frameworks and technological building blocks for Authentaverse.
Rapyd names Shlomit Wagman as global chief regulation and compliance officer
Wagman joins Rapyd from the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA).
Deutsche Bank fined $186m by US Federal Reserve
The Fed says it found that Deutsche Bank made “insufficient remedial progress” in fixing its AML controls.
ThetaRay’s Sonar goes live on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
ThetaRay currently engages around one billion end users and monitors over 15 billion transactions per year.
Banking Tech Awards USA 2023 winner: Fincom – 90% cost reduction in AML sanctions screening
Fincom’s AML Sanctions Screening solution won the AML & Compliance Tech of the Future at the awards.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 14 July 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
James Dixon named as new Allied Payment Network CISO
Dixon intends to “ensure fast and secure payments” and bolster Allied’s information security practices.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 7 July 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Rimes supports digital transformation of Jana with Matrix solution
Jana has gone live with the solution in an effort to streamline and automate its operational processes.
Risk and compliance fintech Unit21 bags $45m Series C
The company says the funding has fueled the growth of its Fintech Fraud DAO consortium, launched last fall.
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Socure snaps up ID verification start-up Berbix for $70m
Socure has integrated Berbix’s tech to launch its new predictive document verification solution, DocV 3.0.
PE firm Flexpoint Ford acquires loan origination fintech Baker Hill
The transaction is expected to close soon following customary regulatory approvals.
Google Cloud launches AI-powered AML offering for financial institutions
Google Cloud claims its AML AI solution helps increase risk detection and lower operational cost.
Video: Loqate at FinovateSpring 2023 – Powering global address verification
Loqate’s Justin Duling discusses how the firm’s address verification solution helps customers boost conversion rates.
US risk intelligence firm Blackbird.AI lands $20m Series B
Blackbird.AI helps organisations detect and respond to threats that can cause reputational and financial harm.
Webinar: Unlocking efficiency – cloud-native observability for financial services
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Nasdaq to acquire software firm Adenza for $10.5bn
The transaction, subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to close within six to nine months.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Why early-career workers no longer see tech giants as a safe bet
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