• Former Mastercard leader served as Vice President of Product Development and Innovation within Cyber and Intelligence Division, following 15 years with IBM
• Dillahunty headed groundbreaking Ethoca acquisition deal in 2019 and was responsible for  Mastercard’s dispute management technologies
• New role will drive global product development and strategic direction at Chargebacks911 and Fi911

• Homeppl completes $1.4 million funding round to expand customer base, drive innovation and support international growth
• Successful funding marks the second round of investment for the fast-growing proptech in under a year, bringing its post-money valuation to $13.5 million
• New investment follows a string of senior hires and client wins, with major firms including Knight Frank, JLL and Douglas & Gordon now using Homeppl’s technology

The headwinds and economic strain of the past 18 months have left many businesses with little option but to evaluate costs. However, a recent PwC report states that while 52 percent of companies plan to curb or defer investments, only 9 percent will make those cuts in digital transformation. “Clearly, effective processes, combined with strong risk discipline and using FinOps to optimise cloud costs is more important than ever before.

NEC Corporation has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) in areas that include global 5G and the digital government in support of accelerating digital transformation for customers.

In November 2020, NEC and AWS concluded a corporate-level strategic collaboration agreement, and have been developing offerings and strengthening delivery capabilities since then. NEC will now expand this collaboration and strengthen efforts in the following areas:

1. Global 5G

GBG, the global expert in digital identity, helping businesses prevent fraud and meet complex compliance requirements, has announced a partnership with SEON. With this partnership, GBG strengthens online fraud prevention for banks, fintechs, and digital banks by using email, IP, phone and social media as alternative data for fraud detection, while meeting compliance and data privacy needs.

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