London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announces it has agreed to acquire Global Data Consortium Inc (GDC), a global provider of high-quality identity verification data to support clients with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements (the Transaction). 

Twenty7Tec has released its monthly report into the state of the UK’s mortgage market.

Taulia, a leading provider of working capital management solutions, has announced the promotion of Bob Glotfelty to Chief Growth Officer. Bob, who previously served as Taulia’s VP of Growth, will now be responsible for overseeing Taulia’s ambitious growth plans since being acquired by SAP.

Following Taulia’s expansion in Asia last year. Bob will be in charge of growing Taulia’s full suite of services in China to help build its presence in the market, and will work closely with Haiyan Zhuang, Head of China.

• Following its successful acquisition by Klarna, leading mobile wallet provider Stocard introduces its new look and feel to over 47 million active consumers in 45 markets, adopting Klarna’s award-winning “Smoooth” brand identity across all touchpoints.
   
• The rebranding sets the stage for new product synergies between Klarna and Stocard and introduces Klarna’s brand to 1.7 million new consumers in the UK. 

Bybit, one of the world's fastest growing cryptocurrency exchanges, has completed its integration of MetaTrader 4 (MT4), the gold standard for forex (FX) and contract for differences (CFD) trading. Widely popular among retail traders, MT4 offers advanced technical analysis, a flexible trading system, and algorithmic trading tools.

Cloudian® has announced that Rabobank, a multinational banking and financial services company, has deployed Cloudian object storage as part of its multi-layered protection solution against ransomware attacks.

Fintech company 

Following recent significant investments in JDX Consulting and Wrexham, Delta Capita (the Financial Services division of Prytek) has selected Bangalore as a prime location for its expanding global footprint.

The Delta Capita Bangalore office has opened in Karnataka with a team of 21 and is expected to more than double by June. The new office will support Delta Capita’s CLM (Client Lifecycle Management) managed services business and there are plans to expand and serve other business lines over time.

USA for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, accepts its first stable coin crypto donation towards the organization’s humanitarian support for families forced to flee Ukraine to neighboring countries.

Armalytix, the open banking platform which streamlines the collection of data for the professional and financial service industries, is partnering with X-Press Legal Services, the largest independent property search provider in the UK, to offer its Source of Funds technology for the legal sector.