Fraud prevention company, SEON, has announced the new hires of Ben Ortman as its new Global VP of Sales and Andrew McAllister as its new VP of Customer Success. The new additions reaffirm the company’s commitment to continued growth in 2023. 

Mizuho Trust and Banking (Luxembourg) S.A , the Luxembourg subsidiary of Japan’s Mizuho Trust & Banking division (part of Mizuho Financial Group) , is upgrading its Transaction Monitoring  framework strategy through a partnership with Napier, the financial crime compliance technology specialist.

Global fintech Gresham Technologies plc (Gresham) today announced that Danish pensions services provider, Forca, has selected Gresham’s Control solution for holdings, cash, and transaction reconciliations.

APEXX Global, (“APEXX”), the multi-award-winning global payments platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Louise Garratt to Head of Relationship Management. Louise’s appointment will help to drive growth as APEXX continues to gain market share, bringing more efficient and cost-effective payments solutions to merchants.

Tulipshare, a UK-based activist investing platform, announced today that they have submitted a shareholder proposal to PayPal, calling on the company to provide non-discriminatory financial services to all users.

Leading payment solutions provider BPC has extended its collaboration with Bahrain-based International Payment Services B.S.C (closed) (“IPS”), a leading third-party payments processing and payments firm. As part of the agreement, BPC will allow IPS to extend the use of its open system e-payment platform ‘SmartVista’. 

Cryptiony, a crypto tax automation platform for individuals, traders and tax professionals, has closed a €500k pre-seed financing round led by ff Venture Capital of New York with participation by Pointer.Capital and Marcin Wenus, a web3-focused angel. Bootstrapped until now, the new funding will enable Cryptiony to launch into the UK - the largest crypto market in Europe - with a subscription model that gives it a strong price advantage over competitors.

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Worldline, a global leader in payments services, has been selected as payment services provider to Voidu, the official online game distribution platform owned by Azerion, the pan-European digital gaming and monetisation company.

Tide, the UK’s leading business banking platform, has today announced the appointment of Vinay Ramani to the new role of Chief Product Officer. Vinay will drive Tide’s vision for its global product strategy, broaden Tide’s small business-focused offering in the UK and India, and progress Tide’s members’ experience as it internationalises.