Investment Management firm Mangold Fondkommission has signed an agreement for use of Crosskey’s SaaS-based service for Wealth Management and Capital Markets, replacing incumbent solutions provided by other suppliers as well as numerous components developed in-house.

Malwarebytes, a global leader in real-time cyber protection, announced the acquisition of Cyrus, a disruptive innovator in online privacy solutions. This strategic acquisition reinforces Malwarebytes' commitment to privacy by giving users more control over their information, no matter where or how they choose to browse and interact online. The Cyrus team and technology will also help Malwarebytes strengthen its mobile privacy solutions.

Celerway, a leading provider of business-grade mobile connectivity, has announced the appointment of technology stalwart Marianne Styrman as Chief Operating Officer. 

GLN International, a subsidiary of Hana Bank, (GLN) has recently announced the launch of cross-border remittance service; offering instant, secure, and inexpensive money transfers from abroad to all domestic bank accounts in Korea. The service is aimed to benefit Korean residents, international students, and other remittance customers residing overseas.

Irys Insurtech, Inc., a pioneering insurtech startup, has closed a seed funding round of $3.5 million, marking its entrance into the market dominated by stagnant legacy agency management systems.

Gate.io, a world-leading digital asset trading platform, is thrilled to announce its sponsorship and active involvement in the esteemed Coinfest Asia 2023. Scheduled for the 24th and 25th of August, Coinfest Asia will set its stage in Bali, Indonesia.

LemFi, a leading fintech platform transforming financial services for immigrants, has raised a $33 million Series A round led by Left Lane Capital. Other investors included Y-Combinator, Zrosk, Global Founders Capital, and Olive Tree.

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has launched two open-source large vision language models (LVLM), Qwen-VL and its conversationally fine-tuned Qwen-VL-Chat. The models can comprehend images, texts and bounding boxes in prompts and facilitate multi-round question answering in both English and Chinese.

Modulus, a US-based developer of ultra-high-performance technology that powers Fortune 500 firms; government agencies and laboratories; and leading research universities, announced that the company filed for a patent on a new order type now available within the company’s white label futures exchange solution. The order type, “Automatic Order Autonomy,” is said to offer a next-level competitive advantage to clients.

Fintech Hub LT, an association of licensed Fintech companies in Lithuania, will now accept virtual currency exchanges and virtual asset service providers (VASP) into its Association.