EquiLend, the global financial technology, data and analytics company for the securities finance industry, today announces the launch of EquiLend RegTech Solutions, a new division developed to support clients in meeting global regulatory requirements.

The EquiLend RegTech Solutions group was launched as part of a company-wide strategic initiative to best serve the evolving needs of securities finance industry participants. 

Fairown, a green fintech company, announces the launch of its platform in Poland, marking the expansion into Central Europe. The company that enables the circular economy by helping banks, brands, and retailers offer products as a service is bringing its offer to the Polish market in partnership with Apple Premium Reseller Cortland and Inbank, a  bank offering digital financing solutions to 500,000 active clients across five countries. 

Klarna Kosma, Klarna's financial technology platform for banks, fintechs and innovative retailers, today announced its collaboration with Airbank, a digital financial management platform for businesses. Klarna Kosma's open banking platform provides Airbank with access to the world's largest international network of banks, significantly accelerating the Berlin-based fintech's expansion into Europe and further markets.

Versana today announced that industry veteran David Kamp has joined the firm as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role, Kamp is responsible for Versana’s technology strategy, while building and managing its engineering and development teams. He will also collaborate closely with the company’s senior management team and client base to ensure Versana’s platform meets the high standards and technical specifications needed to create solutions for the complex syndicated loan asset class.

VoxSmart Ltd., a global leader in communications surveillance, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Robert Forrest, and a Chief Marketing Officer, Morgan Martins.

European fintech platform, Solarisbank has recently announced that the company has changed its name to ‘Solaris’. The company noted that the rebrand represents its evolution. Amid the latest global expansion activities, the fintech platform has been able to grow its team to over 750 employees.

Embedded finance startup Monite has partnered with the universal API for small business data, Codat, to make it faster and easier to integrate accounts payable and accounts receivable capabilities into existing apps. 

iDenfy, the Lithuanian-based global identity verification and fraud prevention platform, announced a new collaboration with Lloyd’s, the leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. iDenfy selected the Technology Errors and Omissions Coverage insurance as well as the Cyber protection package to meet the highest security standards.

The Metaverse can perhaps best be described as a direction of travel. A journey several major players in the software field have embarked upon and are in the process of investing very substantial sums of money in bringing into existence. There is some vague agreement about the destination, and what the metaverse might be,  but very little detail about how to get there or when they will arrive. Meta’s president of global affairs and former UK deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said: “These innovations aren’t going to happen overnight.