Tillo, the leading rewards and loyalty platform that empowers innovators to evolve acquisition and loyalty initiatives using the power of digital gift cards, today announced a strategic partnership with Banked, a leading direct bank payment platform, to bring Tillo's rich brand catalogue into Banked's incentivisation and growth strategy.

Teslar Software has been recognized by Arizent and Best Companies Group as one of the 2023 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology for the third year in a row. The company was acknowledged for its positive culture and intentional investment in its employees, both personally and professionally.

Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced its new integrated plugin for ChatGPT that will allow users to ask the platform to calculate and research sales tax rates based on their location. Avalara is the first tax compliance software provider to work with OpenAI to use its protocol to build an integrated plugin for ChatGPT.

ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology and Millennium EBS, a global leader in payment hub solutions, announced today a strategic partnership to provide an end-to-end, user-friendly and advanced compliance solution for the payments in the banking industry.

BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, today announced its strategic partnership with the Financial Technology Association of Uganda (FITSPA). This symbolises BPC's commitment to fostering innovation in Uganda’s financial services sector and a willingness to contribute further to the development of the nation’s fintech ecosystem.

Wisetack, the leading platform for embedded pay over time options for in-person services today announced a new partnership with Citizens.

A newcomer in the financial market — Smartflow Payments is a payment service provider that offers versatile payment services for individuals and legal entities. The company provides Internet acquiring, multicurrency business and personal accounts, currency exchange, etc.

One of the most demanded services is Internet acquiring. With an online business constantly growing, companies need better service output. Smartflow offers low commission, a fast compliance process and 24/7 technical support.

SimpleNexus, an nCino company and developer of the leading U.S.

Startup accelerator and early-stage investor Startup Wise Guys has launched two new strategic verticals - proptech and web3 - in response to the rapidly changing needs of founders and the startup ecosystem. Both are now open for applications from founders, with accelerator programs expected to start from the end of 2023.