Not a day goes by without a headline on cryptocurrency, distributed ledger and blockchain initiatives. This technology has undisputable potential and Mastercard, in line with our history of leaning into emerging tech to advance cash displacement and financial inclusion, has been working on blockchain related use cases for several years.

 Baker Hill, a leading financial technology provider, delivering solutions for common loan origination, risk and relationship management, CECL, and smart data analytics, announced that Lafayette, La.-based Home Bank has renewed its relationship with Baker Hill, including the addition of Baker Hill NextGen® CECL and Baker Hill NextGen® Business Loan Origination, to increase productivity and efficiency in the lending process and deliver an exceptional digital experience to clients.

EBANX, a payments fintech company headquartered in Brazil that connects global businesses to Latin American consumers, has raised a significant follow-on investment from FTV Capital, a US-based growth equity investment firm. The investment contributed to making the fintech company the newest unicorn of Latin America. 

The cryptocurrency platform StormGain, the official sponsor of the Newcastle United Football Club, has launched a trading signal service for its registered clients.

Trading signals do not require special skills and are available to all StormGain traders. Simply open the “Markets” section in the StormGain application and select the appropriate cryptocurrency for trading. 

DriveWealth, LLC, a U.S. based leader in global digital trading technology, announced today a new partnership with Chaka, a global trading platform based in Nigeria that launched Oct. 15. Chaka’s technology-enabled platform, offering customers access to Nigerian and global financial assets, is using the DriveWealth platform to provide Nigerian clients access to U.S. stocks.

Path Solutions, the global provider of Islamic software solutions and services today announced that it was voted ‘Best Islamic Technology Provider’ at Islamic Finance news Service Providers Poll 2019.

Leading eCommerce solution provider, Riskified, announced today a new European-wide study revealing a staggering disparity between retailers’ and online shoppers’ awareness of the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2).

Financial services firms are least likely to have confidence in the effectiveness of their cyber security detection mechanisms compared to other sectors, according to new research from the latest Global Fraud and Risk Report released by Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, the global leader in risk mitigation, investigations, compliance, cyber resilience, security and incident response solutions.

Onguard, the fintech company that offers a platform which streamlines the entire order-to-cash process, has announced the appointment of Marieke Saeij as CEO, effective as of November 1st. Saeij has been the CTO at Onguard for three years and is the successor of Bert van der Zwan, who held the positions of Chairman of the Board and CEO for over four years. Van der Zwan will continue to be involved in several other boards within the portfolio of Main Capital, Onguard’s investors.

Last week, fintech, banking, retail and gaming professionals attended the UK’s largest payments event, PayExpo 2019. Event attendees visited a series of conference sessions, debates and networking opportunities – and start-ups had the chance to consult the Department for International Trade (DIT) on how to scale their small businesses.