Finastra today announced the winners of its Hack to the Future 4 annual global hackathon. Thousands of participants from over 75 countries submitted 230+ projects focused on sustainable and inclusive finance, embedded finance and Banking as a Service (BaaS), and Decentralized Finance (DeFi).

And the winners are…

Azentio Software (“Azentio”), a Singapore-headquartered technology firm owned by funds advised by Apax Partners, announced today that it has won the ‘Excellence In Digital Banking Solutions’ Award at the eminent Finnovex East Africa Summit 2022, for its Kastle™ Digital Solution.

CoinW, the world-class comprehensive digital assets exchange, announced their official entry into the Vietnamese market. They will be fully sincerely bringing rewards of more than 10 million USDT to Vietnamese users, which can be obtained from the activities of doing registrations, friend invitations, and transactions.

Singapore Exchange Mainboard and Tel Aviv Exchange listed Sarine Technologies Ltd, a worldwide leader in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of precision technology products for the evaluation, planning, processing, measurement, grading and trading of diamonds and gems, is pleased to announce that the Aura Blockchain Consortium, founded by LVMH, Prada Group, Cartier, part of Richemont, and OTB Group, has chosen to partner with Sarine in relation to Sarine’s Diamond JourneyTM traceability solution and data for the

Reactive Markets, provider of Switchboard, the cutting-edge cross-asset trading and price streaming network, today announced that clients can now access 15 top tier FX Liquidity Providers (LPs), which include 8 of the top 10 Euromoney FX LPs.

Digital payments have helped businesses get paid safely and efficiently through the COVID-19 lockdowns and associated restrictions, but new challenges are arising as economies reopen. With supply chain disruptions, the ‘great resignation’, rising inputs such as fuel, and the expense of reopening top of mind for businesses, now is an opportune time to build on the processes optimised throughout the pandemic, especially across B2B trade. 

Spice Money, India’s leading rural fintech that is revolutionising the way Bharat banks, today announced that it has partnered with Religare Broking Ltd. (RBL) to enable rural citizens to apply for the mega LIC IPO, a first-of-its-kind investment opportunity. Through this association, Religare Broking and Spice Money aim to provide rural citizens with equitable access to investment opportunities, thus, taking a step further in bridging the rural-urban divide and augmenting financial inclusion.

Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, today announced it was named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Distributed Scale-Out File System 2022 Vendor Assessment. This is the first year this MarketScape has been published.