• Despite concerns, 56% plan to increase their allocation to the digital asset
• 59% of young investors plan to increase their stock investment allocation despite recent correction
• Tech stocks, WFH, energy and Meme stocks expected to perform best
• Social media remains a key source of information for new investors, with Reddit, Twitter and Facebook the most used

Cabital, a leading digital assets institution, today announced that one of the fastest growing cryptocurrency exchanges Bybit has integrated with Cabital’s comprehensive fiat on-ramp solution.

Identity verification leader to make customizing and deploying its global identity API even easier by adding best-in-class, intuitive workflow builder

In the wake of the pandemic, banks across the globe continue to pursue digital transformation aggressively to position and prepare themselves to thrive in the post-COVID, digital-first world. As a result, the MENA banking sector is also undergoing profound changes, giving regional banks the opportunity to rethink their existing business models and take a giant leap into the future.

TruNarrative, a regtech platform in the financial crime and compliance sector  and part of LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, has been appointed by Suffolk Building Society to enhance its  financial crime and fraud prevention processes and digitalise its customer onboarding. With  TruNarrative’s real-time financial crime decisioning and risk rating, the mutual will significantly  improve the efficiency and speed of onboarding new mortgage customers. 

Ebury, the global non-bank leader in cross border finance for SMEs, has been unveiled as the major  partner for the Melbourne Rebelsrugby union team in the first ever Super Rugby Pacific competition. 

The Ebury-sponsored Melbourne Rebels will be one of 12 professional teams from Australia, New  Zealand, and the Pacific who will participate in a single pool, 14-game regular season from mid February to mid-June. 

 Verto, the leading B2B cross-border foreign exchange (FX) and payments enabler, today announced a partnership with payments specialist Acquired to deliver their innovative ecommerce wallet top-up and payment functionality. 

Startup Genome names EIT InnoEnergy as Europe’s top impact investor in cleantech in the global drive to decrease emissions and improve climate resilience.

• In the UK: gaming, online streaming and social media sites, travel and retail/ecommerce companies are the worst hit by fraudsters 

• Experts also find that the metaverse is already fast becoming a fertile breeding ground for cybercrime and newly defined, ‘Master Fraudsters’

 Ecospend, the UK’s leading Open Banking technology provider, is proud to announce that January 2022 was a record month for the number of payments transacted through it’s Open Banking ‘Pay-by-Bank’ payment solution.

In January Ecospend saw over £1.5 bn of payments transacted through its Pay-by-Bank service across its client portfolio. The payment solution was used by over 500,000 users, many of whom would have made their first open banking payment.