Dubai-based logistics Software as a Service (SaaS) startup zip24 has raised US$1.2 million in a pre-series round, led by London-based Sturgeon Capital, along with Angel investors from the UK and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Hayaat Group, Teqvisory, and Robert Kay.

David Jones, Chief Market Strategist at European investment trading platform,Capital com, said: “It has been a calmer week in markets following the interest rate-inspired fireworks we had at the end of last week. In fact, it has been business as usual for many major assets."

Pollinate, the global fintech that partners with banks to help business customers succeed and grow, is launching “Ingenious,” a filmmaker competition spotlighting small businesses, in collaboration with Mastercard. “Ingenious” will celebrate the ingenuity of small business owners around the globe through stories of how small businesses have used technology to drive forward during the pandemic.

Joshua Scigala, CEO of the TheStandard.io, a new DeFi lending protocol and Founder of the bitcoin/gold exchange, Vaultoro said,

Nivaura, a London and Italy based Fintech, has delivered the technology underpinning Singapore-based DBS Bank’s groundbreaking bond issuance platform. This is the world's first end-to-end workflow platform that spans across a bank’s entire supply chain from all internal functions and systems to external clients.

The inaugural meeting of The Senior Leaders ESG Forum brought together a group of leading wealth management firms to discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with ESG investing. 

The forum was chaired by Compeer, the benchmarking and research firm, and hosted in conjunction with Objectway, a leading digital wealth & asset management software provider. 

ACI’s incremental learning technology—part of its award-winning merchant fraud management solution—recognized as “Artificial Intelligence Project of the Year”

FinTech companies Deposit Solutions and Raisin have announced the completion of their merger. After over a year of preparation, the two companies are forming Raisin DS, a pioneer in the savings and investment market, servicing banks and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic. The merger only needs to be registered in the commercial register.