Drawbridge, a premier provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, today announced it has been selected as ‘IT Provider: Cyber Security’ at the 2022 Drawdown Awards.

The Drawdown Awards service provider categories recognize vendors who provide private equity firms with best-in-class solutions and expertise to drive growth.

Shard Credit Partners Limited announces the successful first close of its inaugural UK technology-focused venture debt fund, with £16.5 million in commitments from the UK and European institutional investors, alongside UK technology industry entrepreneurs.  The fund will make investments in senior secured loans with equity warrants to venture capital-backed businesses in the B2B SaaS and Fintech sectors located throughout the UK.

Nebulon, Inc., the pioneer of cyber-resilient smartInfrastructure, today unveiled Nebulon ImmutableBoot, the newest service in its cyber-resilience portfolio. As the first “reboot-to-recover” ransomware solution for bare metal Linux, ImmutableBoot protects application infrastructure from a ransomware attack or a misconfigured operating environment with a simple server reboot to a known, good operating system version.

Mastercard has launched the Start Path Open Banking global program to engage open banking startups on their path to scale, uncover unique opportunities to co-innovate and power experiences that enable consumer choice.

Temenos today announced that TS Banking Group, an Iowa-based banking institution, has selected Temenos Banking Services delivered on the Temenos Banking Cloud for a complete front-to-back digital transformation. TS Banking Group will migrate the entirety of its banking operations to Temenos’ leading open platform for composable banking.

B2Broker is pleased to announce the collaboration of B2Core and Shufti Pro, a premier AI-powered identity verification company. The new partnership will enable us to streamline the identity verification process, making it faster than ever before, and ensure that our clients are always safe while onboarding legitimate new users. B2Core, in tandem with Shufti Pro, will maintain your safety and security!

Nexi S.p.A. (“Nexi”) and Euronext Group (“Euronext”) announce the signing of the sale and purchase of the technology businesses currently powering MTS, Euronext’s leading fixed-income trading platform, and Euronext Securities Milan (formerly called Monte Titoli) by Nexi to Euronext (the “Transaction”).

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced that its subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company (DTC), successfully processed the U.S. market’s first-ever, fully-automated voluntary reorganization ISO 20022 instruction as part of its new automated Voluntary Reorganization service.

Destaxa, a payments platform that operates as a two-sided marketplace for payment acquirers and offline merchants in Brazil, announced today it has raised a $3.1 million seed round.

MDX Technology (MDXT) today announces the acquisition of Iceflow Technologies Limited. Iceflow enables users to build workflows on-the-fly, circumventing congested development queues. Proof of Concepts (POCs) can be set up within days and deployed very quickly due to it being a low-code/no-code SaaS platform. Iceflow has been developed by Graham Denyer, ex-IHS Markit and architect of the original Markit EDM solution, Graham will join MDXT as CTO.