Polygon, the leading platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development, and Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customised programming for early-stage entrepreneurs, have announced a partnership together that will see a Web3 theme being applied to Techstars’ London Q1 2023 accelerator programme.

Dbank Raises Largest Seed Round in Pakistan at $17.6M

Global SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Marion King as Non-Executive Director as it continues to work towards its ambitious growth strategy. 

Partnerships 

Microsoft and Nexi Drive Payments Digitisation in Europe

OneID®, the UK-based identity tech company that makes it easier for people to prove who they are online, has today announced it has partnered with DocuSign to provide government-certified identity verification to the company’s leading electronic signature solution, eSignature.

TrustQuay, the leading technology provider to the corporate services, trust and alternative fund administration markets, has today announced that Lawrence Nash has joined the company as Programme Director. 

Since March 2020, consumer spending habits have changed significantly, and that includes the way we use our credit cards online. Almost immediately, fraudsters tapped into this and found new ways of taking advantage of this with devious scams and cons that caused a drastic rise in fraud cases. 

The Protection of Public Information Act (PoPIA) came into force in July last year. The Information Regulator, who oversees all PoPIA compliance in South Africa, gave organisations a 12-month grace period to get everything in order and implement the measures required to comply with the act. Yet nearly a year later, many have yet to get started on their compliance journey and feel overwhelmed at the prospect.

Netherlands-based white-label payment orchestration platform Akurateco is announcing a launch of the free fintech meetings season.

The company aims to help business owners to get acquainted with the leading payment technologies that can boost their e-commerce.

Fintech meetings are scheduled as follows: 

Companies are trying to expand their operations. However, it is impossible to achieve ambitious goals without money. Hopefully, Layer-1 blockchain developer Aptos Labs was able to find investors.

It has closed a $150 million funding round to further its ambitions in the Web3 space, further highlighting venture capital’s appetite for budding crypto-focused startups.