25/03 – Weekly Investment & Fundraising News
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Fundraising News
Mogo Announces Formation of Mogo Ventures to Manage its $124 Million Investment Portfolio
PwC Australia Assists RedZed to Transform Mortgage Lending with nCino's Mortgage Solution
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking, Cloud
Australian mortgage lender completes digital transformation with robust, end-to-end platform
Provenir Awarded “Data Solution of the Year for Finance” in 2022 Data Breakthrough Awards Program
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Data
Prestigious International Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Data Technology Products and Companies
2021 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Lending
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Modified Loan Application Register (LAR) data for 2021 are now available on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s HMDA Platform for approximately 4,316 HMDA filers. The published data contain loan-level information filed by financial institutions, modified to protect consumer privacy.
Microsoft and Okta Breach: Cyber Security Expert Warns of Long-lasting Ramifications
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Cybersecurity, Consultancy
Microsoft and Okta’s breach by extortion-focused hacking group LAPSUS$ will have long-lasting and serious ramifications for businesses – an expert from cyber security firm
Hannover Re Makes Insurtech Innovation Platform Hr | Equarium Openly Accessible
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Insurtech, IT Innovations
Hannover Re strengthens strategic positioning as innovation catalyst Opening up of the platform facilitates even more partnerships between insurers and insurtechs Continuing popularity of the platform with insurers and insurtechs Following the launch of hr | equarium in 2019 Hannover Re is opening up its innovation platform to all interested parties with immediate effect and thereby offering even more insurers direct access to a pool of...
AI Accelerated Research Startup Forestreet Announces First Series A Success
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Investment, SaaS, FinTech StartUps
Forestreet, the next generation research platform has announced a £2.75m capital investment from Guinness Ventures, advised by White Horse Capital. Forestreet has developed an automated research platform which can map every company and product in a market, down to feature level, on demand. The Forestreet AI engine processes millions of data-points to provide real-time, data-led insights.
Mogo Announces Formation of Mogo Ventures to Manage its $124 Million Investment Portfolio
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Fundraising News
Mogo Inc., one of Canada’s leading financial technology companies, today announced the formation of Mogo Ventures to manage its existing investments in strategic partners and co
Report from Cloudreach, an Atos Company, Reveals More Than 70% of Organisations Impacted by Cloud Skills Shortage
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Cloud, Cybersecurity
New survey finds latest cloud technology trends and their impact on business operations, growth, and sustainability efforts Cloudreach has released new data highlighting the latest cloud technology trends, underscoring the impact the cloud skills gap is having on businesses. More than 70% of surveyed IT leaders internationally saw the skills gap as an urgent concern. More than half of respondents claimed it either slowed them down (46%) or posed...
David Beckham Enters the Metaverse and Becomes Global Ambassador for DigitalBits Blockchain
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain
Beckham to enter the world of Blockchain, NFTs and Metaverse; Aiming to Collaborate with Fans and Brands Globally David Beckham, global sporting icon, entrepreneur and philanthropist has become a global brand ambassador for the DigitalBits blockchain. As one of the world’s most successful athlete-turned-businessmen, Beckham will help to communicate the transformative power of the DigitalBits blockchain to consumers, brands and other...
Drawbridge Launches Industry Advisory Board to Promote Cybersecurity Innovation and Collaboration Across the Alternative Investment Industry
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Cybersecurity
Members include business leaders from the security, legal, compliance and outsourcing sectors
How Fintechs Can Essentially Contribute to a Greener Payment Lifestyle
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Credit Cards
As fintechs are increasingly targeting eco-conscious consumers, they need to master the challenges of sustainability. Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) supports fintechs in creating comprehensive solutions for this target group.
Yapily Partners with NayaOne to Offer Open Banking Connectivity
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Open Banking
Yapily is thrilled to announce a partnership with NayaOne and their Digital Sandpit. The partnership provides hundreds of organisations with access to Yapily’s next-generation financial data and payment initiation solutions. This is an exciting development and enables NayaOne’s customers to innovate and build next-generation financial products and services using Yapily’s open banking API infrastructure.
Anonymous Claims to Have Hacked the Central Bank of Russia
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Banking
The Anonymous hacker collective claims to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia and stole accessed 35,000 documents. Anonymous continues to target Russian government organizations and private businesses, now it is claiming to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia.
Robinhood Overhauls Debit Card in Pursuit of Younger Users, Shifting Payment Preferences
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Cash management, Credit Cards
The digital broker launched the Robinhood Cash Card, a new debit product that replaced the Cash Management debit card it launched in 2019. The card, which is linked to a separate account from users’ brokerage accounts, has a few standout features, per The Verge:
