NFT Investments, an investment company specializing in non-fungible tokens ("NFTs"), is pleased to announce that it has raised £35 million before expenses, more than three times initially planned, for its flotation on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market (Access segment), valuing the Company at a market capitalisation of £50m.

Semafone®, the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for call and contact centers, today announced a global reseller partnership with Avaya (NYSE:AVYA), the leader in cloud-based solutions designed to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration.

American e-commerce website, Etsy had a huge 2020 in which it set a company record for revenue. The e-commerce sector, in general, grew tremendously in 2020 as the pandemic forced people to completely alter their shopping habits. As a result, Etsy crossed the billion-dollar revenue mark for the first time in company history after a staggering YoY increase.

PCI Pal®, the global cloud provider of secure payment solutions for business communications, today announced the appointment of Mufti Monim as Chief Technology Officer to direct the strategic technical vision for the company. 

LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, announced today that Primus Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm, has made a minority investment in the company. The capital will enable LiquidityBook to further scale its business and serve a broader array of fund managers and financial institutions through its industry-leading portfolio, order and execution management system (“POEMS”) platform.

Baton Systems (“Baton”), a provider of post-trade solutions for capital markets, has named as Senior Advisor the Honorable J. Christopher (“Chris”) Giancarlo former Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Giancarlo’s distinguished background will play a key role in supporting Baton’s mission to transform the post-trade payments and settlements ecosystem. 

We all know that 2020 was an unusual and challenging year for everyone and as much as we would have all wished that things could have gone back to normal the second the clock struck midnight on the 31 December, that has unfortunately not been the case. Most industries and businesses continue to face a number of challenges, some carried over from last year and others new to 2021. The payments industry is no exception to this. In difficult times it is even more important to understand our key challenges, so we are able to manage and overcome them.

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today introduced a new partner portal that delivers greater support and enhanced marketing and sales capabilities to the service providers, distributors, and resellers in the #CyberFit Partner Program.

Spreedly, the provider of a secure, agnostic, and flexible platform that welcomes all payments participants, today announced it has launched a new professional services organization. This group is devoted to supporting customers and partners via payments solutions, including systems and technology implementations, data migrations, integrations, and consulting and education.