OKX, the world-leading cryptocurrency platform, today announced comprehensive API key security protection features, further enhancing user protection against external threats.

The features are:

We are pleased to announce another success in Block Scholes’ rapid development by confirming our new partnership with Bitbns, India's leading cryptocurrency exchange. Bitbns users will now be able to access high-quality data, cutting-edge analytics and custom visualisations through our platform to help inform their investment decisions. Bitbns joins our fast-growing portfolio of partners, which includes Deribit, D2X and Bybit.

With the year drawing to a close, 2023 promises further advances in digital banking and technology which will continue to reshape the financial services landscape. While it can feel as though digital banking has become ubiquitous for consumers, there is still a great deal of room for further growth in the corporate and institutional world, and new technologies will be key to that.

There’s no doubt that the financial services industry is experiencing an evolution.

With a rise in modern fintech firms, traditional high-street banks have been forced to sit up and take notice. The next generation of customer — an increasingly tech-savvy consumer — is becoming enticed by the range of benefits offered by challenger banks. So, with an ageing client-base, how can traditional banks begin to tip the balance?

1. Impact of a Downturn

Set against a backdrop of geopolitical instability and potential trade wars, economies are predicted to be turbulent, and we may see tightening budgets as well as rapid investment in new businesses by private equity. This means that new owners of technology estates could see themselves purchasing high levels of cybersecurity debt and risk.

Spending on strategic cyber initiatives that are not directed by compliance or regulations is also likely to be tightened.

CoinList is a leading crypto launchpad and trading platform that connects the best new projects in crypto with high-quality early adopters of their products. It has a growing global community of more than four million active users.

Bondsmith, the UK's leading provider of cash management and savings solutions to the wealth management industry, has become a principal member of Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to further its mission of improving the wealth management industry through embedded banking services.  

The One Day Specialized Training Workshop on Basics of Islamic Microfinance organized by AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics was successfully concluded at Grand Millennium Hotel, Lahore on December 21, 2022. The purpose of the training was to promote and strengthen the knowledge of Islamic Microfinance organizations.

HighRadius, the global leader in Autonomous Finance Platforms for the Office of the CFO, announced their new office in Kraków, Poland. HighRadius is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and this will be their fifth regional office in Europe, after London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Paris.

Northteq, Inc., a leading provider of Salesforce loan origination solutions, along with FinWise Bank (FinWise), a subsidiary of FinWise Bancorp, announced today the successful integration and launch of Northteq’s Aurora Loan Origination System (LOS) to support FinWise’s nationwide expansion into the equipment finance industry.