LiquidityBook Hires Frank Kost to Lead Sell-Side Business Development in North America
- 4 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, today announced the hire of Frank Kost as Head of Sell-Side Business Development, North America. He will be based in the firm’s New York office.
SWIFT and Accenture Publish Joint Paper on Central Bank Digital Currencies in Cross-Border Payments
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Payments
SWIFT and Accenture today published a paper on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in cross-border payments as part of broader digital asset innovation to help the financial community prepare for the possibility of moving payments in new forms of currency internationally.
4 Unique Startup Financing Strategies
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Millions of startups are launched every year, but only a fraction of those enterprises are ever successful. The primary factor in these failures is the lack of proper funding. You may have a winning idea for a business, but if you don’t have the money to build capital that will get your company going, you may find yourself quickly out of business.
LIBF Offering Scholarships to Fintech Women
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Banking
The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF), in partnership with Fintech Diversity Radar, is offering five scholarships to promote gender diversity in fintech and digital banking. Scholarships to study on LIBF’s next Certified Fintech Practitioner (CFP) course will be offered to five women already working in fintech, digital banking or the wider financial services sector. Available as a fee waiver for the course, each scholarship is...
Lightspeed Teams Up With Google to Help Retailers Increase Local Shopping Revenue
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Cloud
Lightspeed (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD), a leading provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms, announced today it will integrate Google tools directly into its platform, to help independent businesses globally as they safely re-open and expand their in-store capacity.
Maviance PLC, closes its Seed Round to Fund its Expansion Within the Central African Economic Region (CEMAC)
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Fundraising News
Maviance PLC (www.smobilpay.cm), a Cameroon-based fintech, announced today that it has closed its Seed investment round of USD 3 million from the pan-African digital payments hub MFS Africa, which comes on board as a strategic investor. Maviance will use the new funding to increase its footprint in its Cameroon and to expand into other countries in the central African economic region (CEMAC).
See Opportunities in Any Problem: The Inspiring Story of Layal Haykal on Achieving Success
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment Management
We’ve heard many stories about companies that went broke in times of crisis, but also many examples of how businesses flourished in bad times, doing better on vital financial parameters and outperforming their competitors. The same can be said of individuals. Extraordinary leaders know that how they fight a war often determines whether they will emerge triumphant. In this post, I’d like to share a success story of one outstanding woman and her...
Curve Launches New Crowdfund to Bring Customers Closer to Its Growth Journey
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Curve, the fast-growing financial super app, today announces it’s launching a new crowdfunding round to enable its growing customer base to invest, as it fuels its expansion into the US and further into Europe. The campaign is set to go live later in May. Having secured £72.5 million from a leading group of international investors as part of its successful Series C round, Curve is now extending the opportunity to its customers and wider...
Nationwide Partners with Form3 to Underpin Future Payments Strategy
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Banking, Cloud
Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, has partnered with leading technology provider Form3 and will be connecting to their cloud-native payments platform to simplify and reinforce the Society’s payments infrastructure. In August 2020, Nationwide was one of the first financial services providers in the UK to invest in Form3 via its Ventures Fund, recognising the potential of their platform. Now the organisation will become one of the...
Multiply AI Removes LISA Subscription Fee and Adds Customer Referral Bonus
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment, Financial, Insurance
Multiply AI, the UK’s first fully-automated financial app provider, today announced the removal of its monthly subscription fee for Unity Mutual Lifetime ISA (LISA) customers – and launched a customer referral bonus scheme for easy access account holders.
IBM Announces Breakthrough Hybrid Cloud and AI Capabilities to Accelerate Digital Transformation at 2021 Think Conference
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Cloud
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announces advances in artificial intelligence (AI), hybrid cloud, and quantum computing at the company's Think conference at 12:00 p.m. ET today. The innovations highlight IBM's role in helping its clients and partners accelerate their digital transformations, return to work smarter, and build strategic ecosystems that can drive better business outcomes.
Commerzbank Streamlines Capital Markets Business
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Commerzbank will be cooperating with the Franco-German financial services group ODDO BHF in the area of equities. As part of its Strategy 2024, Commerzbank has announced that it will be reviewing the possibility of cooperation with potential partners for the areas of equity trading and equity research. The aim is to become more efficient and to offer Corporate Clients an even better platform for placement of their shares. “This cooperation means...
Etrading Software Appoints Victoria Mcllroy as Part of Artis Holdings Expansion
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment, Financial, People Moves
Etrading Software, the global provider of technology-led solutions designed for financial institutions and industry initiatives, has today announced the hire of Victoria Mcllroy, who will be joining the company in May, in a newly created role to focus on sales for Etrading Software and Artis Holding’s new loan technology partnership.
‘Scexit’: the Free Flow of Goods at Scottish Borders is Vital in Any Independence Planning, Says ParcelHero
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Financial, Infrastructure
The SNP’s historic win in the Holyrood elections increases pressure for a second independence referendum that could see Scotland re-joining the EU. ParcelHero says ensuring the free flow of goods across English-Scottish borders must be part of any ‘Scexit’ plans from the very beginning. The Scottish Nationalist Party’s (SNP) victory in the Scottish Parliamentary elections could pave the way for a second referendum, as pro-independence parties...
AMAG Leasing AG Accelerates Car Leasing with Cloud-Hosted FICO Decisioning Platform
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Data, Financial
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