FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market, today announced that LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a leading data, analytics and technology provider, has been selected as winner of the “Best Fraud Prevention Company” award in the fifth annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program.

Dreams (www.getdreams.com), the financial wellbeing platform which empowers millennials to pay off debt, save, invest and feel better about their money, today announces the appointment of Lucia Hegenbartova as its new Chief Commercial Officer.

ACA Group (ACA), the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services, today announced that Russell Investments has selected ACA’s ComplianceAlpha® to help modernize and streamline their compliance program.

BigCommerce, a leading Open SaaS ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, is providing detected functionality to more than 60,000 merchants across the world. This diverse global merchant community, which spans brands like Ben & Jerry’s, Molton Brown, S.C.

New Asset Exchange (NAX), a company that brings liquidity to corporate assets, today announced it has appointed Joe Euteneuer as a member of its Board of Directors and Chair of  the company’s Finance and Audit Committees. Euteneuer,  whose most recent role was as CFO at Mattel Inc, brings over thirty years of industry experience to NAX’s Board.

Cardinity, a fast-growing Lithuanian online payment service provider, has chosen Nets to provide international acquirer processing, and fraud and dispute services. As a payment gateway and licensed acquirer, Cardinity delivers payment services to merchants across Europe and the partnership with Nets will expand its international footprint.

The fast, frictionless payment transactions experienced by consumers are influencing user expectations in the B2B sector and driving payments digitisation across the entire continuum, according to a new report released today by Accuity, a LexisNexis Risk Solutions Company.

The report highlights:

The next generation banking-as-a-service platform, HUBUC has been selected to join one the world’s most prestigious start-up incubators, Y-Combinator (YC).

Currencies Direct (the “Company”), a global leader in digital foreign exchange (“FX”) and international payment services, has completed a £165 million dividend recapitalisation. The recapitalisation was provided by incumbent lenders CVC Credit and Alcentra, which backed the acquisition of Currencies Direct in 2015 by private equity owners, Palamon Capital Partners and Corsair.