In mid-March, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a report highlighting how cyber actors routinely exploit poor security configurations, weak controls, and other poor cyber hygiene practices to gain access and compromise user systems. These included not enforcing multifactor authentication, primarily with remote desktop access, the use of vendor-supplied default login usernames and passwords, and the failure to detect and block phishing attempts.

Wealth Dynamix today announces that they have launched the first CLM benefit calculator for Wealth Managers.

SentinelOne, an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, has announced integrations with IBM, Swimlane, and Intezer, increasing use case offerings available via SentinelOne’s Singularity Marketplace. The new integrations cover security information and event management (SIEM), security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), and malware analysis.

PayFuture, the payment gateway connector allowing merchants the ability to offer multiple local payment methods in global emerging markets, has announced the appointment of James Scrivens as its Global Sales Director. The news comes as PayFuture successfully goes live with its unique technology in the Nigerian market, building on its existing presence in emerging markets including India, Brazil and Pakistan. 

Origin, the London-based fintech digitising debt capital markets, has been announced as the winner of two awards at the 2022 GlobalCapital Bond Awards, which are recognised as the pre-eminent awards for performance in the international bond markets. The winners are chosen directly by market participants, with issuers, investment banks, investors and more invited to choose the nominee they find most impressive in each category.

The U.K.'s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) detailed two-card fee market reviews on 21^st of June. One will examine the scheme and processing fees, and the other cross-border exchange costs.

APEXX Global, the multi-award-winning global payments platform, has partnered with Scott Dunn, the luxury tour operator, to increase transaction efficiency and boost conversion rates across the United States and Singapore.  This follows APEXX’s successful integration with Scott Dunn in the United Kingdom in January  2022.  

Bottomline, a leading provider of financial technology that makes business payments simple, smart, and secure, revealed today that the shift to hybrid working has left businesses seriously exposed to insider fraud, with over half of businesses (52% in GB and 63% in the US) falling victim over the last year.

ESG Book, a global leader in sustainability data and technology, today announced it has closed $35 million in Series B funding. The new capital will be used to advance ESG Book’s next-generation technology capabilities, enabling clients to meet increasingly complex sustainability requirements, and accelerate the company’s expansion as it responds to the growing demand for technology-enabled ESG data solutions.

SumUp, the financial partner for over 4 million small businesses worldwide, has raised a €590 million funding round that gives the company an enterprise value of €8 billion following a decade of rapid growth and global expansion. The round was led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, with participation from funds managed by BlackRock, btov Partners, Centerbridge, Crestline, Fin Capital, and Sentinel Dome Partners, among others.