OTC Markets Group Inc., operator of financial markets for 12,000 U.S. and global securities, announced that Fearnley Securities, a leading independent full-service investment bank with offices in Oslo and New York, has been designated as an OTCQX sponsor.

MANGOPAY, a major European payment solutions provider for marketplaces and platforms, announced the appointment of Luke Trayfoot as Chief Revenue Officer. In this newly created position, Luke takes on a critical leadership role to help MANGOPAY accelerate its international expansion as well as improve revenue streams for this next phase of growth.

As part of its drive to expand its financial services offering, global cloud-based payments provider Checkout.com today announced its intent to acquire digital identity verification (IDV) startup, ubble.
 

For the first time, THE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF CYPRUS (ICPAC) held the ICPAC Mediterranean Finance Summit at the Parklane Hotel Limassol, Cyprus on the 5th - 6th of May 2022.

Mitrade has been crowned the Most Innovative Broker 2022 and the Best Trading Platform 2022. The awards are given by FxDailyInfo, which rewards Forex brokers for consistent innovation and intuitive trading platforms. To declare winners, FxDailyInfo also takes into account several key factors including ground-breaking technology, cross-platform compatibility, responsive customer service, risk management, and fast growth.

Total Expert, the CRM and customer engagement platform purpose-built for modern financial institutions, is rolling out new features for lenders, banks, and credit unions to help them better navigate customer relationships in the coming year. With a mortgage market that’s gone from 70% refinance loans in 1Q21 to 70% purchase loans in 2Q21, capitalizing on every loan application is more important than ever.

Aiven, a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure, today announced it raised $210M in its Series D at a pre-money valuation of $3B. The round was led by Eurazeo, and joined by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock as well as existing investors IVP, Atomico, Earlybird, World Innovation Lab and Salesforce Ventures.

101 Data Solutions, a rapidly growing business to business technology solutions consultancy, has been shortlisted in the Reseller of the Year category at the Network Computing Awards - a prestigious awards event for contributions to the field of information technology.

emerchantpay, a leading payment service provider and acquirer, has formed a strategic partnership with APEXX Global, a multi-award-winning global payments platform, to expand its acquiring coverage and maximise its merchant growth globally.

Airwallex, a global fintech platform, today announced Pranav Sood has joined as its new General Manager, EMEA and will lead the company’s next phase of growth as it continues to expand across the region.