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Canadian fintech start-up Nuula secures $120m funding
The firm launched its mobile app in June this year with the aim of helping SMEs to grow.
Mastercard acquires blockchain security start-up CipherTrace
Payments giant aims to integrate CipherTrace’s crypto security and fraud detection capabilities.
DevOps platform Copado lands $140m funding
The firm plans to use the cash raised to expand its testing software.
Fintech start-up Koyo raises $50m in Series A round
The lender will use the cash to target the UK’s “near-prime” consumer credit market.
Irwin secures $20m in Series A funding round led by K1
The investment will help further the fintech’s mission to upgrade the capital markets software offering.
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SEC threatens suit over Coinbase crypto lending product
Coinbase’s CEO and chief legal officer admonish US markets regulator over lack of clarity.
Trade surveillance fintech Eventus secures $30m Series B funding
Eventus will use the Series B cash to continue its growth.
Fintech ecosystem MNT-Halan lands $120m funding
The Egyptian digital platform connects merchants and users who are typically excluded from financial institutions.
Mastercard grows open banking offering with Aiia buy
The acquisition of the European open banking provider marks the latest move by Mastercard in the space.
State Street to set up global cybersecurity unit in Ireland
The 400-strong team will support the company’s global operations.
UK industry body unveils five-year strategy to catch US and Asia
The industrial strategy aims to shore up existing UK successes in order to overtake Asia and the US.
Dock: meet in person on 24 November 2021 in London
Get ready for face-to-face interaction! Free VIP passes for banks & financial institutions.
Fired credit union employee deletes 21GB of internal data in 40-minute spree
Juliana Barile accessed her old account and destroyed sensitive documents.
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Databricks hits $38bn valuation with $1.6bn Series H round
Data and AI firm plans to turbocharge adoption of its ‘lakehouse’ data management architecture.
Technical brief: Scalable, actionable anti-money laundering infrastructure
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Analyst paper: Improving the customer experience – the top objective for financial innovation
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Prosus underlines Indian objectives with $4.7bn deal for BillDesk
Dutch e-commerce firm spends big to deepen footprint in India.
What Gen Z can tell us about the future of banking
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eBook: Five ways data is redefining financial services
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eBook: Three data trends in financial services
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The birth of personal banking assistants
Banks should aim to utilise more data to become a personal banking assistant for your money/wealth.
Sova Capital selects Appway for onboarding and KYC solutions
London-based broker looks to streamline client onboarding while ensuring full compliance.
British Business Bank selects Solidatus for data management
Firm looks to boost its data governance and data lineage capabilities.
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Mambu wins new digital banking deals in Colombia and Vietnam
German banking vendor signs a pair of new deals spread across the globe.
AI firm Dataiku lands $400m in Series E funding round
The new investment takes its valuation up to $4.6 billion.
Cosy murder
Accepting the premise of the question keeps things tidy, but life doesn’t work that way.
Reserve Trust raises $30.5m in Series A, appoints new CEO
B2B payments firm says it can provide a service to cut out correspondent banking middlemen.
Why banks and fintechs need to be strategic with digital transformations
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