As the shift across all markets away from war begins to fade, as in stocks are looking tired here and the US dollar is turning back up as well, Oil is again leading and precisely pointing the way.

The war in Ukraine remains one of the most important economic and financial market crises of our time.

New research from Provenir outlines the greatest risk analysis challenges, opportunities, and trends fintech decision-makers expect to see in 2022

Key findings:

MillTechFX, the FinTech affiliate of Millennium Global Investments, has expanded into Europe following the success of its multi-bank foreign exchange (FX) marketplace in the UK and North America.  

Over the past year, the FX marketplace has been accumulating client business from asset managers and corporates across the globe. Its clients have already traded tens of billions of US dollars and usage is continuing to grow. 

DataBP, the data licensing and commercial management platform, today announced that MarketAxess, the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets, is leveraging DataBP’s services to support and automate data licensing and post-sales processes. 

Open Banking Platform provider, BankiFi has published a new whitepaper, which highlights the need for a radical overhaul within the small-to-medium sized enterprise (SME) banking sector.

 nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, and Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) announce their partnership to streamline and automate several of Natixis CIB’s processes.

Blockpass is delighted to announce a new partnership which is being forged with H3RO3S, the real-life play-2-earn game, for the purposes of identity verification and onboarding. In this, Blockpass will be integrating its unique KYC solution with H3RO3S' platform as the company gears up to launch its app.

The Global Private Assets Fund, managed by the U.S.-based private markets firm, is accessible to accredited investors on private market exchange ADDX at a minimum investment size of just US$10,000, compared to US$125,000 for investors subscribing via non-tokenized channels

Alternative assets - 51% of investors globally are familiar with sustainable investments. 44% of advisor-led investors are familiar with ESG factors compared to 53% of self-directed investors.

Digital capabilities – 58% of advisor-led investors and 62% of hybrid advisor and self-directed clients state “advisor recommendations” as the most reliable source of information.