Nigerian fintech platform and Open Finance (API Economy) pioneers, Okra, have secured a $3.5m Seed raise.

Underwriting Innovation Europe features top Chief Underwriting Officers addressing analytics, automation and cyber. 

Over 1000 underwriters are expected to attend Underwriting Innovation Europe, the largest online gathering of European underwriters, which takes place from June 28-30.

The Western Union Company, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, announced today that Chief Executive Officer Hikmet Ersek and Chief Financial Officer Raj Agrawal will host a webcast and conference call to discuss 2021 first quarter results on May 4, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. ET. A press release highlighting the financial results will be issued at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET the same day.

Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, will explore the latest insights into offering the best customer experience in the QSR sector after lockdown has ended, in its latest webinar, ‘The Customer Experience’. Taking place on Wednesday 28th April at 12:00pm BST, the live session will explore what to expect post lockdown, through exclusive research shared by webinar’s panel of QSR leaders and subject matter experts.   

Clearwater Analytics announced today that it is implementing its SaaS-based data management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solution for Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM). Clearwater’s solution will help Aegon AM streamline their data, investment accounting and reporting globally. 

Aegon AM is an active global investor managing and advising on USD $475 billion of assets for a global client base, including pension plans, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations.

 Glue42, the company that delivers integrated desktop experiences to financial institutions globally, and Cloud9 Technologies (“Cloud9”), a leader in cloud-based communications, have partnered to deliver a full suite of voice trading capabilities to the institutional marketplace, providing users remote access to all trading floor connectivity and servi

In a region still dominated by cash and mobile money options, like M-Pesa, new collaborations between fintechs are looking to capture the price-sensitive market with innovative, open-loop digital payment solutions in East Africa. According to Mark Dankworth, President International, Ukheshe Technologies, the region is poised for a surge in digital banking growth, with the likes of MCQR and virtual cards likely to make the biggest impact.

Spice Money, India’s leading rural fintech, today announced the appointment of a new Advisory Board Member, Abhay Aima.

Today Commerzbank has joined the Net-Zero Banking Alliance of UNEP FI, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative. As one of the first financial institutions worldwide, Commerzbank is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions in the best possible way. The aim is to reduce the CO2 balance sheet of its entire lending and investment portfolio to net zero by 2050 at the latest. For its own banking operations, the Bank aims to reduce CO2 emissions to zero by 2040.

Klarna today announces the launch of CO₂ insights for all shopping purchases as part of its 1% pledge, involving the donation of $10 million to initiatives supporting planet health. The new feature aims to democratise access to unbiased climate impact information for consumers at no cost or judgement as a first step to help drive awareness around climate change.