The results of NGRAVE’s annual Crypto Security Self-Audit Survey have been revealed  

As cryptocurrency cyber attacks continue to grow in prominence, new research has found that more than half of crypto users (54%) continue to keep their backup on a paper wallet. Furthermore, 50% of respondents stated that if someone were to find their backup, their keys would be compromised. 

Yen Extends Rally, Rouble Gains; Yields, Stocks Slump; US Payrolls Next

Our first-ever survey of the cybersecurity practices of global debt issuers shows that organizations across asset classes are becoming more vigilant about cyber threats and increasing their investments in this area. However, their preparedness levels and defensive capabilities vary widely. This report provides key highlights of the survey, with a detailed breakdown of the anonymized and aggregated results by sector, region and credit rating level in the appendix. 

Caduceus, the world’s first metaverse protocol with decentralised edge rendering launches a video competition this week with a first prize of half a million coins for whoever finds the most hidden logos in their new video: Visions of the Metaverse.

• Lending set to increase considerably as Allica Bank anticipates it will make £1 billion in committed lending offers in 2022 to established small and medium-sized businesses
• Allica increases maximum customer exposure for asset finance and the care home sector to £1 million and £10 million respectively

Allica Bank – the fintech challenger bank dedicated to empowering Britain’s established small and medium sized businesses – is pledging to make over £1 billion in committed loan offers in 2022. 

The PayTech receives the "Guido Carli Elite" award 

for the best extraordinary operation for the mergers with Nets and SIA, 

while the technological solution SoftPOS wins the Innovation of the Year award. 

Nexi, Europe's PayTech leader in the digital payments market, has been awarded in two categories at the MF Banking Awards 2022, the annual event organized by Milano Finanza to reward the best innovations and operations in the financial sector in Italy.

• Mediobanca reduces time to market required for new issues via new process using smart contracts and DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology), confirming its position at the cutting edge of investment certificates automation.
• Project wins “Innovation Award - Open Innovation: open investment certificate”at MF Banking Awards.

Today, NTT DATA UK announced that it has appointed Fernando Apezteguia as the new CEO for NTT DATA UK & Ireland. Apezteguia will now lead the business after having been part of the organisation for more than 20 years, with the aim of accelerating its growth further and guiding the business as it broadens its services across all industries in the UK and in Ireland.  

Helcim reveals its newest talent acquisition strategy in hopes to attract top tech candidates to the scale-up.

As a tech company looking to scale quickly, Helcim announces today that it will be going bold with its new compensation program and offering employees  NFTs in lieu of traditional dollar figure salaries. The program was secretly piloted in Q1 of 2022 and has seen overwhelming success in attracting high caliber candidates.