Hg, Europe’s leading software investor, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire stakes from Keensight Capital and Pléiade Venture in smartTrade Technologies (“smartTrade”), a leader in multi-asset electronic trading solutions, headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France.  David VINCENT, CEO & co-Founder, and the smartTrade management team will remain invested in the business alongside Hg.

The International Compliance Association (ICA), the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community, today launched the ICA Specialist Certificate in Money Laundering Risks in New Technology;  a course designed to focus on the increasing impact of technology and the advantages it brings but also the ways in which it can be exploited by criminals.

Cross-border payments are a part of your daily life. Banks and non-bank payments institutions want to help you to make those payments. So, what does the USD231bn cross-border payments services market look like?

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry and Deutsche Ba

RS2 Group, the global payments processing and technology provider, has entered into a partnership agreement with MOViiRED Colombia. As part of this partnership, RS2 will launch its new direct acquiring business for the first time anywhere in the world. RS2’s direct acquiring service will have the capacity to acquire transactions in an omnichannel environment, including e-commerce, MOTO and point of sale transactions. Colombia is one of Latin America’s fastest-growing markets, and widely seen around the world as a market with outstanding potential.

Global fintech firm, Gresham Technologies (Gresham), has appointed Mark Bolton as its Head of International Sales to spearhead its global growth plans.

In his new role, Mark will be responsible for directing the firm’s sales strategy across Asia and North America, and identifying target market segments for expansion across the entire Clareti platform. Prior to joining Gresham, Mark held senior sales leadership positions at SunGard and FIS where he was instrumental in overseeing the growth of the reconciliation sales organisation in both Europe and the US.

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Chatbot developer Kasisto has closed a $22 million Series B extension financing, bringing the total amount raised by the New York-headquartered company in this funding round to $51 million.