nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that Chris Ainsworth has joined the Company as its first Chief People Officer, serving as a member of the nCino Executive Leadership Team.

Griffin, the UK-based Banking as a Service firm, today announces the promotion of Maria Campbell to Chief Operating Officer. Campbell first joined Griffin in 2021 as Vice President of People. 

NinjaTrader Group, LLC, a global leader in clearing, brokerage and technology solutions for active traders through its subsidiaries NinjaTrader and Tradovate, today announced that that its firms are among the first to offer the new Nano Bitcoin futures (BIT) contract just launched by Coinbase Derivatives Exchange. Individuals can trade this cryptocurrency futures contract via NinjaTrader or Tradovate without any commissions or market data fees.

The First Neo Financial Institution in KSA; Loan Financing Company (LFC), a newly-established microfinance company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has selected ICS BANKS Digital Platform, a worldwide digital Shari’a compliant software solution, from 

The average credit card holder in the UK believes they will continue to use a physical card for just 9 and a half more years, according to a new report, Plastic surgery: Are credit cards being reinvented, from personal finance comparison site finder.com.

Babel Finance Raises $80 Million in a Series B Funding Round, Valuation Hits $2 Billion

Partnerships 

Phundex Limited and Gibson Strategy Formed a Strategic Alliance

Formance, a French fintech startup that provides organisations with a "low-code" template for tracking payment flows in real time, has secured $3,1 million from Hoxton Ventures, Frst, Y Combinator, and a number of business angels. 

Fomance, which was founded in 2021 by Clément Salaün and Anne-Sybille Pradelles, provides pre-built, fully-customizable use-case templates for the tracking of financial flows between pay-ins and payouts. 

SME Bank, the bank making life simpler for small- and medium-sized enterprises, has partnered with next-generation payment infrastructure provider kevin. to create an easy-acce

Sky News reports that the British AI-based personal finance chatbot Cleo has been valued at $500 million thanks to a $80 million fundraising round. 

Sofina, a tech investor, participated in the financing, which occurred around 18 months after a $44 million funding round, according to Sky.