GoCardless, a global leader in bank payment solutions, has appointed three executives from open banking provider Nordigen, which it acquired last year, to its leadership team.

Deutsche Bank has acquired a strategic stake in Australian paytech DataMesh Group to accelerate the build-up and service offering of the bank’s merchant solutions business across Asia Pacific. Deutsche Bank and DataMesh did not disclose financial terms of the transaction.
 

It was announced today that KingsCrowd Capital, a data-driven venture capital fund, has invested in Unbanked Inc after the company achieved a “Top Deal” rating from the venture fund's parent company KingsCrowd. Unbanked is a US-based fintech startup that connects traditional banking products with blockchain and digital assets. It is known as the leading provider of white-label crypto card issuance and program management service for Web3 companies in the US and internationally.

Today, ConsenSys announced the acquisition of HAL, a no-code blockchain development tooling platform that helps individuals and organizations query and automate blockchain data.

Sumsub, an all-in-one verification platform, today published its Complete Guide to Business Verification (KYB) for businesses in the fintech, banking, payment, crypto, e-commerce and gambling industries. 

Bibby Financial Services, a leading provider of financial support and funding solutions to Irish SMEs, and Coface, a global leader in trade credit insurance, have joined forces in a new collaboration to help SME’s in Ireland access securely structured funding solutions while also ensuring they are protected against potential lost revenue.

iDenfy, a global ID verification, compliance, and fraud prevention startup, announced the launching of a new attribute on its IDV platform. With the goal of collecting relevant customer information easier, iDenfy’s KYC Questionnaire will enable partners to configure custom questions and apply them to verification sessions. 

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, and Eurex Frankfurt AG, the leading European derivatives exchange, today announced that they have entered into a commercial partnership in which TT will offer direct access to the Eurex EnLight selective request-for-quote (RFQ) solution from within the TT platform.

Financial crime compliance technology specialist Napier has announced a new partnership with Lyra Group, the €79 million turnover European and unified payment solutions provider, processing over twenty billion transactions worldwide

UK consumer lender Fluro has today launched the first edition of its quarterly “Consumer Lending Newsflash”, examining current trends across UK consumer lending by analysing data from its market-leading technology stack.