Arteria AI, the market-leading applied AI company building modern documentation infrastructure for institutional finance, today announced its oversubscribed $30 million Series B financing round led by GGV Capital U.S., with participation from all existing major investors, including Illuminate Financial, Information Venture Partners, BDC Capital and Citi. The round brings the company’s total funding to $50 million to date.
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Data-driven core banking engine SaaScada, today released its predictions for 2024, offering insights for the financial services (FS) industry:
Fintech’s AI bubble will pop
Nelson Wootton, CEO and Co-Founder, SaaScada
Sumsub, a full-cycle verification platform, today releases its “State of Verification and Monitoring in the Crypto Industry 2023” report. The findings focus on the regulations and verification practices for crypto companies, with highlights from verification performance and identity fraud statistics.
New research from RBR Data Services, a division of Datos Insights, reports that 6% of all global card volume was cross-border in 2022, up from 5% the year before. With the pandemic over and travel restrictions lifted, consumers have been keen to book trips abroad again. In addition, businesses have returned to in-person international meetings and conferences, despite the growth of virtual meetings and events during and since the pandemic.
YouTrip, a Singapore-based fintech that offers multicurrency wallet for consumers and business accounts with corporate cards for SMEs, has its eyes on growth throughout Southeast Asia after landing a Series B led by Lightspeed. The round was $50 million, and brings YouTrip’s total raised to $100 million since it launched in 2018.
iDenfy, a global identity verification and fraud prevention solutions provider, announced partnering with CocaBit, a Lithuania-based cryptocurrency exchange platform, offering its users a user-friendly and convenient trading experience. The newly integrated ID verification software will limit CocaBit’s exposure to fraud and help meet its regulatory obligations.
IDEX Biometrics partners with KONA I, a global smart card and technology platform company in South Korea, to deploy biometric payment cards across both recycled PVC and metal cards, for their bank clients worldwide. An initial order for IDEX Pay has been shipped to KONA I.
The digital finance app will become the first product in the Middle East for its parent company UnaFinancial, which has been developing fintech services in APAC and Europe since 2015. UnaFinancial has already provided initial funding for the startup. Now, it is looking to raise funds for the second round, which will cover internal IT development and marketing expenses. Additionally, the project is open for technology and business partnerships.
AccountsIQ, the award-winning accountancy SaaS provider, has won the Silver Award in the recent UK Customer Experience Awards, for the digital transformation of its training programme – the AIQ Academy. The award category recognises the role of digital transformation as part of customer experience efforts.
Efficiently accessing the data they need is a core challenge for organizations conducting due diligence and ongoing risk monitoring for corporate customers and suppliers. The information needed often comes from varying and disparate sources. KYC processes lack standardization due to the fragmented nature of national AML/CFT requirements. This prevents data sharing and ultimately shared cost savings among those organizations conducting these due diligence processes. One solution is to harmonize national implementations of FATF Recommendation 16.