Success in Securing Enterprise Organizations Against Cyberattacks Attracts Series E Funding and Cements HackerOne As Category Leader

Digital bank Nubank has hired Rafa Plantier from Open Banking platform Tink as head of strategy and business development.

Plantier confirmed that he will continue to be based in London in his new role at Brazil’s Nubank.

In a LinkedIn post, Plantier wrote: “I’m thrilled to be joining Nubank as head of strategy and business development – leading an incredibly talented group of people spread across all of its business units and supporting its long-term growth ambitions.”

Banks have spent billions on digital transformations, yet client documentation processes are still highly manual and costly because they are missing the point.

Agreements that were once made by handshake have now become a complex multi-step process that can take months to complete. Typically, a document is manually generated, printed, emailed, and reviewed before being scanned and digitized after it’s signed. 

We believe the rise of activist investing can bring much needed accountability and change at a company level in 2022, and those not willing to commit to much-needed ESG targets may lose their competitive edge.

Prytek Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Prytek” or the “Group”) has today completed a strategic investment in ThriveDx (formerly HackerU), a leader in digital skills training, signaling the closing of a significant round of funding. Prytek, a global technology and investment corporation, has doubled-down on their strategic investment in ThriveDX bringing Prytek’s total investment in the company to over $100 million. 

When looking at 2021 in review, two fintech trends factor prominently -- Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) and technology driving financial empathy/inclusion.

The FinTech sector is a response to dynamic changes in the financial market and ever-growing expectations of clients, being a kind of bridge between technology and finance. Software companies that provide the right solutions to companies in the FinTech industry have contributed to building the new world of finance.

Forex trading is one of the most popular forms of making money - especially for professional traders, who have gained sufficient experience in this field. With FX trading, you can effectively make ends meet, test new strategies and simply learn more about the financial markets. This is a trend that is only increasing with time and recent events are proof of that.

Leading mortgage technology provider Twenty7Tec today announces that Step One, a provider of secured loans has added their product range to the SOURCE module of the Twenty7Tec platform.

Step One was established in 2010 and operates an industry leading specialist consumer finance platform built on traditional lending values. As part of the launch of a new product range, Step One has partnered with Twenty7Tec to ensure access for this product range to the widest possible market of advisers.

MIC Global has received ‘in-principle’ approval from Lloyd’s for the creation of MIC Global Insurance Syndicate in a box (Syndicate) MIC 5183. MIC Global is a pioneering insurtech providing end-to-end digital micro insurance products.

The new syndicate will be managed by Asta, the leading third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s and is scheduled to underwrite business incepting on or after 1 April 2022.