Metaco, the market-leading provider of mission-critical digital asset custody and orchestration technology to global financial and non-financial institutions, has appointed a number of key new executives to its leadership team, to address the increased demand for institutional digital asset services, while expanding its addressable market within and beyond the banking industry.

Say hello to ISO20022, the game-changer that's shaking up the world of finance and changing the way we do business globally. Imagine a world where financial institutions communicate seamlessly and with greater efficiency - that's the future with ISO20022

Featurespace, the world leader in machine learning fraud and financial crime prevention technology, has been awarded two new patents for its innovative technology that will help fight burgeoning levels of global financial crime. The first is for their Fragmentation Engine, and the second for Sandbox Layered State.

ING announced today that it has spun out Loan Optics to vc trade GmbH, the leading digital platform in the market for private placement and promissory note loans.

Loan Optics technology enables all stakeholders in the syndicated loan market (banks, borrowers, lawyers, advisers and agents) to cooperate on one central platform to originate, structure, document and negotiate digitally native loans – creating digital loan data in the process. 

Minima, a revolutionary blockchain platform, today announced a unique collaboration with WeTransfer, the world's most trusted platform for sharing digital content.

Together, the two companies are deploying non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Minima network to empower creators all over the world with Digital Rights Management for their intellectual property.

Paymob, the leading financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENA-P), and Khazna, an Egyptian financial super app, announce a new partnership that will expand access to digital financial services, benefitting merchants and consumers in Egypt. 

In cooperation with its partner AVEM, Worldline, a global leader in payments services, successfully implemented an updated ATM fleet roll-out for Groupe Les Mousquetaires (GLM), a key European player in the mass distribution market. GLM now benefits from bolstered operational flexibility, with Worldline’s modular ATM management solutions designed to reduce risks and improve profitability. This milestone reinforces Worldline’s key position within the French ATM market.

Build38, a leading provider of mobile application protection solutions that combine AI-powered threat intelligence and the strongest app shielding technology, announced today it has closed €13 million in Series A funding.

Budgeting is never easy - but in times of economic uncertainty, the task gets even trickier. In this guide, we offer you all the essential information you need for your budgeting requirements.

The guide covers:

• How and when to reasses the company’s budgets to ensure they remain fit for use.
• Different approaches to your master budget.
• How to optimise budgeting with tech.