Braintri and iCompass, two leading Polish fintechs servicing the world's largest banks and payment institutions, have begun to merge and prepare a joint offer for the global financial sector. The merger will enable the two to further expand their products and reach out to foreign markets. Until the completion of the merger, both teams will operate under their existing brands. The plan is to rebrand.

Today, Zero Financial, Inc. (Zero) announces that it has raised a total of $16 million in equity and debt funding to date from leading investors including Eniac Ventures, NEA, Nyca Partners, and Silicon Valley Bank.

Zero replaces your checking, savings, debit, and credit cards with a rewards-rich banking experience powered by the Zero mobile app and Zerocard. The app displays deposits, purchases, and transfers in one place with a real-time net balance, giving you one simple number to spend from and track.

Sri Lanka has become a new market where UnionPay is rolling out its mobile payment service. After the launch of UnionPay QuickPass service in the country this August, UnionPay QR code payment service will be accepted soon.

Exscudo Channels app offers a unique opportunity to hold and transfer digital assets. Exscudo channels app is a wallet and encrypted chat application which was developed by an innovative fintech company Exscudo.

Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced it has been positioned as a leader in managed print services (MPS) by leading European-based industry analyst firm Quocirca for the seventh consecutive year. 

For banks, technological innovation brings freedom, flexibility, and seemingly inevitable security problems. The rise of mobile brought with it easy segmentation, remote onboarding, and convenience for customers. However, a recent report found that mobile logins saw a 200 percent increase in attack rates in Q2 of this year, compared to the previous quarter.

 Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today shared the findings of its first annual global Enterprise Cloud Index, measuring enterprise plans for adopting private, hybrid and public clouds.* The new report found enterprises plan to increase hybrid cloud usage, with 91% stating hybrid cloud as the ideal, even though only 19% have that model today.

The Banque & Innovation awards recognise innovation and performance by companies presenting products or services directly related to banking innovation. Avaloq, a leading fintech company and international provider of software as a service (SaaS) and business process as a service (BPaaS) solutions to banks and wealth managers, won the prize in the BLOCKCHAIN category. The trophy was presented at the Banque & Innovation 2018 trade fair held at the Pavillon d’Ermenonville in Paris on 16 October.

DriveWealth, LLC, a leader in global digital trading technology, today announced a strategic partnership with Trading Central, a global leader of financial market research and investment analytics.  The new relationship will allow the two companies to leverage the complementary elements of their businesses:  seamless, digital, mobile-first transaction capabilities and sophisticated, accessible and actionable financial content.