nsKnox, which offers bank account verification and B2B payment security, has scored $17m in its latest batch of funding.

First-time nsKnox backers Link Ventures and Harel Insurance & Finance took a significant part in the round. Existing nsKnox investors M12, Viola Ventures, and Alon Cohen, nsKnox’s founder and CEO, also joined the round.

ClearCourse, a leading group of market-leading technology brands providing integrated software and payments solutions, today announces the acquisition of Clear. Focusing on market-leading software solutions for the non-profit and transport sectors, Clear will expand ClearCourse’s established and growing footprint while creating new opportunities within the transport sector.

Ascendant, an international provider of cross-border business payment solutions and a financial technology company, today announced that Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, has agreed to make a significant investment in the company.

We are pleased to announce another success for Block Scholes as we confirm that Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, has joined our fast-growing portfolio of enterprise clients. Sygnum will be incorporating Block Scholes’ data into its pricing tools and risk systems.

We may be a young company but we are gaining momentum fast, with this contract win following on from our recent data agreement with D2X, the digital asset derivatives exchange soon to be regulated in the EU*.

Baton Systems (“Baton”), the global fintech digitally transforming post-trade processing using distributed ledger technology (DLT), has announced the appointment of Ravindra Madduri as Global Head of Product.  

Oxx, the leading B2B SaaS investor partner, today announces the promotion of Bob Thomas and Phil Edmondson-Jones to Partner, and Ingrid Bonde Åkerlind to Principal.

Global payments technology company BPC  has been named as one of the world’s leading digital banking providers in a recent report by Celent, a top international financial research and consulting firm.  

Leaks of sensitive user information are no news for fintech apps.

Jumio, the leading provider of automated, end-to-end identity proofing, risk assessment and eKYC solutions, today announced the record-breaking close to a successful 2022 in which Jumio became the first identity company to clear well over $200 million in bookings. Q4 also saw Jumio close both the largest new deal and the largest total deal in company history. 
 

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