Synctera, a new solution for partnership banking at scale, today announced partnership agreements with CheckAlt, the largest independent lockbox and electronic payments provider in the country, and Socure, the leader in 100% digital identity trust, to bring mobile remote deposit capture (MRDC) and identity verification capabilities to clients.

You might have heard about cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin from someone in the last couple of years. However, a lot of people do not know that the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was launched in 2008. Bitcoin is a digital asset and it has experienced massive growth in the last few months. For the first time in Bitcoin’s history, the price value of one Bitcoin reached $50,000.

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Uhuru Corporation, the Japanese-based company that makes IoT work by orchestrating and coordinating devices, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenichiro Yoshida, as Chief Financial Officer. Mr Yoshida will join the Board as Executive Director. In addition, the Company announces the appointment of Tetsuya Kubo to the Board as Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee.

An interview with Rafa Plantier, Head of UK & Ireland at open banking platform Tink.

Financial IT: Can you please tell us more about your background? What’s the story behind the founding of Tink?

ING announced today that in order to further strengthen its position as a digital leader in banking it will separate the Management Board Banking roles for technology and operations. Ron van Kemenade will be appointed member of the Management Board Banking and chief technology officer, effective 1 May 2021. After a transitional period, Roel Louwhoff, chief operations officer and chief transformation officer, will leave ING later this year to continue his career outside the company. Further announcements on his succession will be made as and when appropriate.

Kinesis, the monetary system based on 1:1 allocated physical gold and silver, today announces the soft launch of PT Pos Indonesia’s physical gold-based digital Sharia product, PosGO Syariah.