End-to-End Banking Solution to Massively Expand Universe of Existing and Potential Customers Creating Multiple New Channels for Revenue and Eliminating The Need for Multiple Financial Platforms

 MFS Africa, Africa’s largest digital payments network, today announces that it has joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) network, which is the newly established African cross-border and financial markets infrastructure facilitating the payment, clearance and settlement for intra-African trade payments.

• Southeast Asia’s largest SME digital financing platform raises US$144 million Series C+ equity and US$150 million debt lines from financial institutions in Europe, the United States, and Asia.
• The round is led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from VNG, Rapyd Ventures, EDBI, Indies Capital, Ascend Vietnam Ventures and existing shareholders like Sequoia Capital India and BRI Ventures.

• UK second only to US when it comes to overseas hiring
• However, businesses risk missing out, as appetite for global hiring lags the wider workforce

Cabital, a leading digital assets institution, has announced the launch of Cabital Connect, a secure fiat on-ramp and off-ramp gateway for cryptocurrency exchanges that require a simple and easy solution for their users to buy leading cryptocurrencies.  

CFOs need to reshape their role through tech implementation new survey of 250 UK finance leaders reveals

 An organisation’s financial data should be a driving factor in its decision making process, but new research by MHR International, the HR, payroll, finance, and learning experts, has found that 47% of finance leaders never get around to advising on strategic decisions.

TraditionDATA, the data and information services division of Compagnie Financière Tradition (Tradition), has added two senior market specialists to its sales teams as part of its continued global growth plans. 

Steve Murphy, based in Madrid, and Bruce Messing, based in New York, have joined TraditionDATA as Senior Business Development Managers.

Leading audit firm Grant Thornton announces an extended partnership with Validis to enhance their audit services for thousands of Australian businesses, powered by leading Open Banking capabilities.

• UK small and medium businesses plan to make an average of six hires in the first quarter of the year
• 2022 has started well, with SMEs expecting Q1 earnings to grow by an average of 13.5 per cent year-on-year
• However, two thirds are concerned about the impact the rising cost of living, inflation and energy bills will have on their business

Leading mortgage technology provider Twenty7Tec today announces that Octopus Real Estate has added its mortgage product range to the Twenty7Tec SOURCE module.

By adding its products to SOURCE, the Octopus Real Estate product range and criteria is now available to users of CloudTwenty7, the Twenty7Tec platform.