Avelacom’s commitment to helping sell-side firms develop a competitive advantage by using ultra-low latency IT infrastructure is recognized for third time, having won the same award in 2018, and 2021

Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider for global financial markets, has won the Waters Technology award for Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell-Side.

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has expanded its global partnership with Avaloq, a leading provider of digital banking solutions. HCL will now develop a world-class lifecycle management center for Avaloq clients and invest in ongoing training and development for

• Chip adds FTSE 100 Index Fund and S&P 500 Tech Fund to the app’s free plan
• The app’s users can now move their money from savings to investments with product-to-product transfers
• Chip enables auto-investing, applying its award-winning automatic saving technology to investment funds

• Libeo is a fully integrated and automated business-to-business invoice management and payments platform, bridging the gap between invoice management, payments, reconciliation and accounting 
• A European leader and specialist in B2B payments with a network of over 150,000 interconnected companies, Libeo has just launched in the UK 
• Libeo is off to a strong start with its UK launch accompanying technology and network approach offering the best payment experience 

• FIS and Fireblocks are teaming to provide enterprise-grade digital asset investing and wallet technology, lending and decentralized finance (DeFi) to FIS capital market clients.
• Capital markets buy-side, sell-side and corporate firms can now efficiently gain access to the largest crypto trading venues, liquidity providers, lending desks and DeFi applications.

Launch of the SWEAT token will allow the 60 million strong Sweatcoin community to earn crypto through walking 

Sweatcoin, the London-based tech company on a mission to inspire a healthier planet by motivating people to move more, will announce the imminent launch of SWEAT: the Token at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit tomorrow. 

Announced during the opening day of VTEX DAY, the collaboration between the two Brazilian unicorns will enable more flexible, efficient platform integrations to simplify payments for businesses looking to expand in the region

• Douugh signs a new partnership with Pinwheel, the market-leading income and payroll connectivity API provider with coverage of over 1,500 platforms in the US to enable Douugh’s customers to securely and automatically switch direct deposits.

• With access to income and employment data, Douugh can facilitate electronic direct deposit setup, the second-most requested mobile banking feature that 44% of consumers say is “extremely valuable.”

 FICO technology leader will oversee Jumio’s research and development of identity verification technology to drive the industry forward

The NFT industry for blockchain-based art is going viral. Metapoly XM, a brand under Poly Auction (Xiamen), hosted the Twelve Digital Zodiac Heads Special Auction recently. Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, has successfully won the bid on a unique collection of Twelve Chinese Zodiac Heads, which was purchased at a hammer price of around ¥9,832,500 (around 1,545,000 USD), an eye-opening price that can match major masterpieces deals of art works in recent years.