ION Commodities, a global leader in energy and commodity management solutions, has been named Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) Software House of the Year by Risk.net.

Each year, Risk.net - the world's leading source of in-depth news and analysis on complex markets – hosts the Energy Risk Awards to recognize excellence in risk management across the financial and commodities sectors. The Energy Risk Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious awards for firms and individuals involved in risk transfer markets and in risk management.

Heads sales in Asia-Pacific region as demand continues to grow for firm’s trade surveillance, market risk solutions

Canadian auto dealers now have access to fast and compliant crypto payment and lending solutions

As the demand for buying cars with crypto is quickly surging globally, Cion Digital, today announced its expansion into the Canadian market to enable auto dealers to support cryptocurrency transactions. This new capability allows Canadian car buyers to purchase cars using cryptocurrency for both payments and lending.

In this unique partnership and commitment to combatting climate change, Bank of America has pledged £1.2 million to the University of Oxford to support greenhouse gas and sustainable finance research at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. This research will inform key decisions made in the financial services sector and offer implementable and equitable interventions to ensure business models are scalable and sustainable.

Tally Solutions, a pioneer in the software products industry, delivering business management solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs) for over three decades announced the second edition of ‘MSME Honours’. It is an annual initiative to identify businesses and entrepreneurs for their contribution in the economic advancement of the nation. The honours will recognize and celebrate the diversity and the positive impact of MSMEs through their best practices at the grassroot level.

nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that Capitec Bank (Capitec; JSE: CPI), South Africa’s largest and fastest-growing digital bank has partnered with nCino.

The recent crisis in Ukraine is posing new challenges for global economic systems, from commodity and FX markets to supply chains, with the domino effect of intra-national dependencies on companies in the Ukraine region already being felt.

Procurement teams within businesses of all sizes are under pressure to drive, and then demonstrate measurable value and savings. Many are choosing to automate and optimise part of or all their finance and procurement operations as part of that process. However, like any other investment, procurement pros need to justify the investment to their CFO or finance team for such an initiative.

London-based revenue management Fintech, MONET, is proud to announce the beta launch of its revenue-based lending platform with dedicated Creator Business debit cards and accounts for creators, providing infrastructure that is a world-first in its field. The platform is facilitated by embedded finance specialist Weavr, using their technology to provide business banking and payments infrastructure.