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Ethos Partners with Thought Machine to Pave the Way for Shariah-Compliant Banking Innovation

Ethos, a financial services company dedicated to ethically minded consumers in the UK, has partnered with Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, to launch a Shariah-compliant digital service.

Monday, July 8, 2024 - 09:26
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Pre-Seed Round of 3 Million Euros for Rent2Cash

Rent2Cash, the first Italian startup that brings the “rental advance” service to Italy and advances up to 3 years of rent to property owners, closes a pre-seed round of 3 million euros. At the same time, it officially started operations in Italy with the purchase of the first rental contracts that will be financed through the innovative securitization of the contracts themselves, carried out with the support of Banca Finint.

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 15:59
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WhatsApp-ening with My Investments? VCs Ask Portend for Financial Health Check

Portend launches WhatsApp integration providing accessible real-time due diligence for portfolio safeguarding with quick and easy access to simulated governance, financial auditing, communication sentiment, and financial monitoring tools in Venture, Debt, Insurance, and Sports.

You might assume that with $100M’s AUM VC Investment Directors would monitor the finances of their portfolio businesses. Oddly, they don’t. 

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 15:47
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Natcap Secures $10 Million to Bring Nature into Business Decision-Making

Natural Capital Research Limited (Natcap) announced today it has secured $10 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to scale its pioneering nature tech product. This funding will help accelerate Natcap’s rapid growth supporting organisations to understand their nature-related risks and opportunities.

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 15:35
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KuCard Expands to Support Multiple Virtual and Physical Cards, Enhancing User Convenience and Accessibility

KuCard, a Visa debit card by KuCoin, will support multiple virtual and physical cards starting from July 1st, 2024, enhancing convenience and accessibility for KuCard users. This exciting update allows users to manage multiple cards seamlessly, all eligible for its generous cashback program.

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 15:30
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Collaboration Between BDF and HKMA Unlocks New CBDC Cross-Border Opportunities

The BDF and the HKMA have been maintaining a close partnership in promoting financial innovation. The latest collaboration is the HKMA’s participation in Wave 2 of the European Central Bank (ECB)’s Eurosystem exploratory work1, marking an important milestone as a major central banking institution outside the Eurosystem participating in the initiative.

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 15:23
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Advapay Joins the NayaOne Tech Marketplace

Advapay has joined the NayaOne Tech Marketplace. It provides the comprehensive core banking system Macrobank and helps fintech companies to launch their businesses from scratch. With this collaboration, Advapay will contribute to NayaOne’s bank-fintech partnership mission, and support innovation.

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 13:36
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What Does This New Government Mean for UK Fintech?
“It was a divisive election but what matters now is that the new government prioritise common sense policies, including those in favour of the fintech community and its significant potential to better serve UK businesses. This especially goes for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which collectively supports 27 million jobs. That is 61% of UK employment and accounts for a staggering £4.5 trillion in annual turnover.” 
 
Friday, July 5, 2024 - 10:21
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Get Ready for Growth in Emerging Markets

Emerging markets could grow at twice the rate of advanced economies, finds research by PWC, with the UK, France and Italy likely to be overtaken by Mexico, Turkey and Vietnam; while African and Asian markets are both forecast to outperform Europe and the US by 2050. 

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 10:02
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CIOs Need to Be on the Front Foot to Repel Ransomware Attacks and Stay Compliant

In the age of soaring threats, DORA and NIST 2, IT chiefs need fast identify-and-protect tools to minimise downtime says Stuart Heade, EMEA Sales Director, Nutanix Unified Storage

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 09:48
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