Atato, a digital asset company, has raised $6m from a Series A funding round headed by AlphaLab Capital and FEBE Ventures.

Also taking part in the round were Babel Finance, NFT1, Wing Vasiksiri, January Capital, NGC Metaverse Ventures, Huashan Capital, Tom Trowbridge and SOSV. Angel investors such as Dan Bertoli also took part.

Revolv3 announces that Rosecliff Ventures and an angel investor have invested $4.5 Million USD in seed money in the recurring billing solutions company.

B9 Inc, a fast-growing payroll solution platform, aimed at promoting creditworthiness through employment data and economic behaviour, has announced a $2.6M funding round led by Sky Light Invest with participation from prominent FinTech investors Mbanq and the founders of Wrike, a project management application.

Lloyds Banking Group has identified another 66 branches for closure over the next few months.

NCR Corporation, (NYSE: NCR), a leading enterprise technology provider, today announced a strategic relationship with the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), one of the largest banks in the country. Through its robust NCR ATM as a Service solution, NCR will run the bank’s ATM fleet as part of BNZ’s digital transformation.

Despite previous hesitancy, financial service providers (FSPs) have begun their migration to the cloud and multi-cloud solutions. Hybrid working, which requires connectivity from anywhere, is the latest catalyst for this transition, but it’s been a long time coming.

Analysis from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) suggests that while digital disruption to domestic payments continues, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war will cause parallel disruption to cross-border payment systems. The dominance of SWIFT is endangered. 

To begin with, the EIU expects growth in digital payments to slow over the next five years. 

Global fintech investor Portage announced today the launch of a late-stage, fintech-focused Portage Capital Solutions (“PCS”) Fund. Co-Heads Daniel Ballen and Devon Kirk will lead the strategy, focusing on structured opportunities in fintech and financial services companies globally and targeting investments over $50 million.

Zipmex has become the latest victim of the ongoing crypto crash after running into liquidity problems that it blames on troubled crypto lenders Babel Finance and Celsius Network.

The Singapore-based crypto exchange said on Wednesday that it had filed moratorium applications in the city-state for five business entities. The moratoriums will protect Zipmex from any legal claims or proceedings for a period of up to six months, according to a company statement.

Dbank, a Pakistani fintech founded by two former Google staffers, has raised $17.6 million in a seed funding round co-led by Sequoia Southeast Asia and Kleiner Perkins.

Brazilian digital banking giant Nubank, RTP Global, Rayn and local partner Askari Bank joined the round.