LPA, the financial markets software and advisory firm, announced the appointment of Katrin Becker-Oligmueller as Global Head of Human Resources to help drive the company’s people agenda and advance its talent strategy globally.

InvestSky, a social investing platform for retail investors, has secured $3.4m in its pre-seed funding round, to support its mission of making investing more inclusive.

 Emkan Capital, an investment firm focused on technology companies, served as the lead investor. Other backers included S3 Ventures, Al-Romaizan Family office, Jahez deputy CEO Mishal Al-Mishari and other angel investors.

Singapore-based B2B BNPL and insurance player actyv.ai has collected $12m in its pre-Series A funding round, as it explores global expansion efforts.  

The investment was backed by 1Digi Ventures, Singapore, which is the family office of Raghunath Subramanian.  Subramanian is also the founder and global CEO of actyv.ai.

The New York City-based fintech start-up has an office in London and a presence in the Middle East, and has developed a two-sided platform connecting consumers and retail merchants via a smart digital receipt. The e.pop ecosystem delivers merchants and partners uniquely granular insights into consumer behaviour as well as new channels by which to engage, advertise and market to existing and new shoppers.

Today payabl., the international merchant acquirer that enables businesses to take payments easily, reliably, and securely, announces it has joined the Visa Direct Preferred Partner Program, furthering its relationship with Visa. As a member of the Visa Direct Preferred Partner Program, payabl.

Worldline, a global leader in payments services, has announced a strategic partnership with Lidio Payment Services Inc (Lidio), one of Turkey’s leading Fintech companies. The solution will help international e-commerce merchants businesses to enter Turkey’s burgeoning e-commerce market.

CryptoUK, the trusted voice of the UK crypto industry, has today announced the appointment of Ioana Surpateanu as its new non-executive director (NED).

TripleA, a crypto payment gateway licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has appointed Elodie Trichet as its Chief Operating Officer.

A payments veteran, Elodie brings over 18 years of international online payments experience globally.

Seasoned finance executive Avinash Shekhar and former CEO of crypto exchange ZebPay, today announced the launch of his own Web3 startup 'TaxNodes’ with the mission to transform the way Crypto profitability, taxation and reporting is handled for retail investors as well as exchanges.

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