Insider Intelligence’s Banking Trends to Watch in 2022 report identifies three key areas of digital transformation that will further upend the banking industry in the new year.

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Funding to support fast-growing software provider’s growth into new markets and create 60 new roles

AppLearn, a Manchester-headquartered global Digital Adoption platform (DAP) provider, has secured significant financing from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and investors, and NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

• New partnership will allow both Contis and Ecospend to enhance their product offerings

Ecospend, the leading UK provider of Open Banking technology, has today announced that it is partnering with Contis, the leading pan European Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider.

Contis offers a range of BaaS products to its customers across a variety of sectors, including cloud-based, real-time accounts and payments solutions.

The financial markets have always been dynamic making the ever-changing role of forex brokers complex and challenging. Needless to say the last couple of years have seen momentous change in the industry. With high inflation and tightening monetary policies of central banks around the world, 2022 is shaping up to be another demanding year for brokers.

Fenergo (https://www.fenergo.com/), the leading provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), today released its annual findings on global financial institution enforcement actions which show that the value of penalties has reduced by half (49%) in 2021.
 

Bitcoin’s price could pass the $100,000 milestone in the next five years, according to a research note by Goldman Sachs analyst Zach Pandl.

How did we get here? Goldman Sachs believes Bitcoin will steal market share from gold in the “store of value” market, driving its price just above $100,000.

Silicon Valley growth fund provides leader in online biometric face authentication with fuel for rapid growth as demand accelerates
iProov, the world leader in online biometric face authentication, today announced a $70 million (USD) growth investment from Sumeru Equity Partners (https://sumeruequity.com/)(“Sumeru”). 
 

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Along with tech stocks, another thing that’s been hot on Wall Street over the past couple of years is the listing of special purpose acquisition vehicles, otherwise known as SPACs. According to analysts at Renaissance Capital, there were around 200 SPACs that went public in 2020 raising a total of $64 billion between them. But what exactly is a SPAC and how can ordinary investors get involved?