The four startups selected by dpixel - the Sella group Venture Incubator - as part of “Metaverse 4 Finance”, the first Italian acceleration program aimed at identifying and supporting the growth of national and international startups for the development of innovative, economically sustainable, inclusive, and secure solutions in the field of metaverse applied to finance, come from the USA, United Kingdom, Romania, and Switzerland.

TPAY, the leader in payments in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey (META), has named Işık Uman as its new Group CEO, effective 1st of July 2023. Işık Uman, who has been acting Chief Product Officer as well as Chief Marketing Officer for the last year, will succeed current CEO Gaston Aussems, who will move into a strategic advisory role.   

Norwegian software vendor Commercial Banking Applications AS (CBA), today confirmed that ABN AMRO Bank has gone live on the latest version of CBA’s IBAS GTF – Global Trade Finance Factory solution which the bank uses to run its global trade finance operations. The successful go-live follows the signing of a five-year agreement between ABN AMRO Bank and CBA, giving both parties a solid foundation to continue collaborating and innovating in the automation of trade finance processes.

The flow of data through the world’s financial markets is a critical force behind the global economy. Exchanges, trading firms, prime brokers, market data vendors and technology providers generate, communicate, manage and store vast amounts of data. 

Sidetrade, the global leader in AI-powered Order-to-Cash solutions, has announced that it has finalized an agreement to acquire the entire business of CreditPoint Software, a leading provider of real-time B2B credit risk management solutions.

Consumer fintech Salmon has entered into a new partnership with Vans  Philippines, enabling customers to purchase Vans Off the Wall shoes using Salmon’s convenient point-of-sale financing. 

Under this new partnership, Salmon has begun offering its service in select Vans stores in Metro  Manila, with all of Vans Philippines’ 33 active stores due to be included in the near future. 

Taranis Capital, an ethical, fintech-focused investment fund, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dirk Burmann as our Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With over 25 years of experience in the financial sector, Dirk brings a wealth of expertise to our team. His extensive knowledge spans the CFO agenda, private equity, funds industry, and due diligence practices, particularly within the financial sector.

Spare, an open banking service provider authorized within the regulatory sandbox of the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia, announced that it has successfully completed the technical clearance in accordance with the regulatory framework for open banking issued by the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia. This step confirms Spare's position as a leading service provider in the rapidly growing open banking ecosystem in the Kingdom.

Tinaba has signed a groundbreaking partnership deal with Alipay+ to become its latest digital payment partner, allowing its customers direct access to more than 2.5 million Alipay+ supported stores.

Tinaba is the first European bank-affiliated mobile wallet, and the only one in Italy, which has partnered with Alipay+, thus enabling its customers to make payments – in euros and in their own language – in Asia directly, from the Tinaba app.

QuickNode, a leading provider of blockchain infrastructure, announces that it now supports the XRP Ledger (XRPL). This integration makes the XRPL, a Layer 1 open-source, energy-efficient, and decentralized blockchain, available to the global developer community on the QuickNode platform. Adding the XRPL to QuickNode will help developers on the XRPL build their business and move web3 closer toward mass adoption with reliable blockchain solutions.