Excuse some poetic license here, all 6 T’s have been widely referenced this quarter but not all have been swinging. Inflation has been influencing a number of markets as investors asked just how transitory is the transitory period for Inflation? The first quarter of 2021 was one of the worst for bond markets and whilst the second quarter saw positive returns, bond markets continued to react to every comment from central banks on growth or inflation.

Specialist RegTech provider Shield is proud to announce its platform has won the ‘Best Complete Communications Compliance Platform 2021’ category in the Wealth & Finance International FinTech Awards.

Banca Transilvania, the largest bank in Romania, has selected HPD Lendscape

• iwoca data shows how embedded finance leads to speedier and more successful loan applications for small businesses

• Half of applications through embedded finance partners receive a decision within two minutes, and are 58% more likely to be successful than direct applications

• Nearly 30% of all loan applications to iwoca now come through embedded finance partners

• 4.9x bigger prize pool than last year at up to 7.5m USDT & NFT addition
• Largest WSOT donation to UNICEF at $400,000 in BTCThe summer games of crypto trading are back. The 2021 edition of cryptocurrency exchange Bybit's World Series of Trading (WSOT), set to open for registration on Aug. 18, promises to be the world's largest crypto trading tournament yet again.

Aims to democratize digital payments and reduce cash transactions at the last mile by offering an all-inclusive payment acceptance infrastructure at retail touch points

•  Transform everyday smartphones into merchant terminals (SoftPoS) at no additional cost

•  Enable 2-in-1 Micro ATM devices, that double up as payment acceptance (mPOS) and cash withdrawal at very affordable pricing

Azentio Software (“Azentio”), a Singapore-headquartered software products business owned by funds advised by Apax, is pleased to announce the signing of a binding agreement to acquire certain software assets from Path Solutions (including the flagship products iMAL™, iSHRAQ™, Path Digital and Path Analytics), a leading provider of core banking software.

Market and reference data on financial products, clients and trading venues is the contextual information to all financial transactions. It provides the identification, descriptive and economic information to settle financial transactions. Market and reference data has to be shared across business areas including front, mid and back-office and needs to be of high quality to prevent any trade breaks and have accurate and complete customer, financial and risk reporting.

The National Bank of Bahrain Digital Challenge in strategic partnership with Bahrain FinTech Bay  will contribute in upskilling Bahraini youth digital capabilities and enable them to explore various emerging tech trends. 

The National Bank of Bahrain launches the Digital Banking Challenge in strategic partnership with Bahrain FinTech Bay; one of MENA’s largest FinTech Hubs open for all Bahraini youth to develop new and creative solutions focused on NBB's new digital banking app.