hi, the Web3 financial super app and ecosystem, and Animoca Brands, the company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the metaverse, have joined forces by entering into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for strategic partnership. As part of the partnership, subject to agreement of definitive terms, Animoca Brands will invest US$30 million in hi and collaborate on a number of exciting initiatives.

Blockchain technology has long been lauded for its promise of decentralisation, security, and scalability. But despite these lofty ideals, adoption has been slow. The complexity involved in implementing blockchain solutions has proven to be a significant obstacle, particularly for small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). 

The Board of Monument Bank is pleased to confirm that regulatory approval has been confirmed for the appointment of Mrs Fiona Pollard as the successor to Mr Niall Booker as Chair of Monument Bank. This completes an orderly succession process which has been in train for the last six months and came into effect as of 26 July.

Match-Trader, an award-winning trading platform created by a leading technology provider for Forex Brokers - Match-Trade Technologies, has recently undergone a major refactoring to deliver smoother operation and improved performance for mobile users. 

Tuum, a leading next-generation core banking provider, and Numeral, a leading bank orchestration platform, today announce a strategic partnership to empower financial institutions and fintechs to efficiently launch and expand across Europe and the UK, leveraging a robust and resilient pan-European payment infrastructure and the rapid speed to market of new offerings and services enabled by both solutions.

TransBank, one of Mongolia’s pioneer banks, has successfully migrated its card management system to TranzAxis, an award-winning payments platform from Compass Plus Technologies.

Today Mollie, one of the fastest-growing financial services providers in Europe, announces a new integration and joint marketing effort with Klaviyo, a marketing automation and customer data platform that drives revenue growth for businesses of all sizes.

Hitachi Payment Services, India’s leading integrated payment solutions provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Cash Management Business of Writer Corporation, a multi-business enterprise.  

Onmeta, India’s leading fiat on-ramp & off-ramp solution provider, announced today, that it has become the first such solution in India to register with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Finance Ministry of the Government of India. In March this year, the Government of India brought digital assets under PMLA which included crypto businesses to register with the FIU and was widely perceived as a major step towards regulating the sector.