Sella SGR, Sella Group’s Asset Management company, has signed a strategic partnership to integrate into its investment processes the proprietary AI technology developed by MDOTM, the European leader in the development of AI-Driven investment strategies for institutional investors.

The partnership arises from the synergy between the investment teams of Sella SGR and MDOTM, one of the largest in Europe focused on Artificial Intelligence and made up of physicists, data scientists, engineers and finance professionals.

Worldline, a global leader in the payments industry and the technology partner of choice for merchants, banks and acquirers today announced that its Small and Mid-Size Business (SMB) vertical is growing at over 50 per cent y-o-y in India. 

Powered by over 7 lakh SMB merchants on its platform and driven by an innovative full-service plug & play payment product suite for every use case, Worldline expects to achieve a milestone of 1 million SMB customer base in 2023 through direct acquiring and channel partners.

Prior to launching in the United States, Zilch, a London-based fintech, joined the Financial Technology Association (FTA) to encourage ethical innovation. 

Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia (YGG SEA), a sub-decentralised autonomous organisation (subDAO) of blockchain gaming startup Yield Guild Games (YGG), announced the upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) of its $SEA token begins on May 9th at 11:00 MYT (GMT+8) and runs until the 14^th, on 

Neil Kadagathur, Co-Founder and CEO of Creditspring, comments: “Ever since payday loans have been driven out of the mainstream, BNPL has been viewed as the new wild west of the borrowing industry.

“Regulation is welcome but the misconceptions amongst borrowers, that BNPL is risk-free or isn’t a form of borrowing that can lead to debt, are a much bigger issue. Regulation won’t go far enough - lenders need to ensure they develop awareness amongst borrowers of the risks that BNPL poses.

GoCardless has appointed Paul Stoddard, a former Mastercard executive, as president. 

Global Processing Services (GPS), a leading global payment technology platform, has today announced the appointment of Simon Stanford as Chief Revenue Officer. Based in London, Stanford sits on GPS’ global executive committee and leads the company’s global commercial, partnerships and customer relationship management, and marketing teams with a focus on developing GPS’ global partnerships ecosystem, marketing and brand strategy, and driving revenue growth worldwide.

Cryptocurrency awareness and ownership has continued to increase over the last six months, according to the latest findings from Coinbase, a global platform.

Its latest bi-annual analysis of UK consumers, carried out by Qualtrics on behalf of Coinbase, found that the proportion of people who own, or have previously owned, cryptocurrency has risen four percentage points over the last six months, meaning one in three (33%) have now purchased these assets. 

ION Markets, a global provider of trading platforms, analytics, and risk management solutions for capital markets, is pleased to announce that its JANUS Suite (by LIST, an ION company) won Best Risk Management Product at the Markets Choice Awards 2022. The annual awards, presented in New York yesterday, recognize important sectors of institutional trading and technology, namely, buy-side traders, sell-side execution desks, exchanges and trading platforms, incumbent technology providers, and emerging fintech firms.