PatentRenewal.com, a rapidly growing Danish SaaS scale-up raised €2M from Finnish early-stage SaaS Investor Vendep Capital. The company is already one of the market leaders in the Nordics when it comes to renewing patents, and with the help of the investment they aim to continue their journey in expanding in the IP industry. 

A growing $6B IP renewals market 

Zone (formerly Appzone), Africa’s first regulated layer-1 blockchain network for payments, and ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, today announced they will collaborate to implement ThetaRay’s cloud-based SONAR solution to monitor and screen Zone’s transactions in Nigeria for illicit activities and sanctions violations. 

Insurance is evolving at record pace, and carriers are faced with the challenge of keeping up with changing times. As Mary Boyd, President & CEO of Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation puts it, “Insurance risk doesn’t disappear, it simply changes form – and over the next decade, we all need to ready our businesses for material change”. The need for future-proofing insurance has become more critical than ever, and carriers must adapt their strategies to remain relevant in the industry.

New research from American Express finds that over half of UK finance leaders (55%) expect to increase their team’s headcount in the coming years, but the skills and capabilities they are seeking are evolving, in line with a desire to improve the finance function’s efficiency and performance. 

Apple has finally launched its buy now, pay let service in the US, enabling users to split purchases into four equal payments.

Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, has joined forces with Wio Bank PJSC, the region’s first platform bank, to power its innovative banking model with customer-centric card payment services. 

To meet ongoing regulatory and market demand for increased governance and transparency, global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement with SDC, a leading provider of banking systems in Scandinavia, to deliver its end-to-end digital voting solutions to SDC’s customers.

Zenus Bank, the digital bank that makes U.S. bank accounts available internationally, is proud to announce the acquisition of Financial Urban Exchange LLC (FUEX Payments), a fintech specializing in real-time payments for the Caribbean and Latin American (LAC) markets.

Temenos today announced that Saudi Export-Import Bank (Saudi EXIM Bank) has implemented Temenos core banking platform, going live in just six months. Temenos enables Saudi EXIM Bank to drive operational and financial efficiency, making it faster and easier for businesses to access trade finance, promoting job creation and economic growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

CIS Islamic Banking and Finance Forum was successfully concluded at Hyatt Regency, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The aim of the forum was to discuss the potential of Islamic finance in CIS countries, financial inclusion through FinTech, Sukuk, Takaful and Islamic capital markets by gathering stakeholders under one roof. Distinguished Speakers and industry experts from well-serving organizations related to Islamic banking and finance, Islamic insurance (Takaful), and banking industry participated in the event.