BlackRock Enriches Aladdin Platform’s Derivatives Capabilities with Cassini Partnership
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems, Investment Management, Data
BlackRock and Cassini Systems, a leading provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives markets, announced today that the two firms have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Cassini analytics into BlackRock’s Aladdin® platform. The integration will allow mutual clients to factor margin-based analytics into their pre- and post-trade decision-making.
Conversational Commerce Spend over RCS Messaging to Reach $27 Billion Globally by 2025
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Data, Consultancy
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global conversational commerce spend over RCS messaging will reach $27 billion by 2025; rising from less than $10 million in 2021.
Equity Investment in Smaller UK Businesses Reached a Record £8.8Bn Last Year
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Investment, Banking
Equity investment in the UK’s smaller businesses increased by 9% in 2020 to £8.8bn, the highest amount since the Beauhurst data series began in 2011, reveals the British Business Bank’s annual Small Business Equity Tracker, published today. The strong momentum continued into Q1 2021, with the total value of equity investment in smaller businesses reaching £4.5bn, by far the highest amount ever recorded in a single quarter.
IXOPAY Partners with Silverflow
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Cloud
Clients get access to best-of-breed payments orchestration and cloud-based acquiring. Industry leading payment orchestration platform IXOPAY, partners with Silverflow, the global payments technology company. This partnership will allow IXOPAY clients to upgrade their card payments process by switching to cloud based acquiring.
Isomer Capital Announces First Close of New €100m Opportunities Fund
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Investment
Isomer Capital is pleased to announce the first close of “Isomer Capital Opportunities”. The new co-investment fund is backed by British Business Investments, through its Managed Funds Programme, amongst other global institutions.
The Average Value of a UK Growth Stage Company Reaches £100m in 2020, Showing Strong Investor Confidence
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Investment
British Patient Capital comments on the British Business Bank’s Small Business Equity Tracker which reveals the average pre-money valuation of a growth stage private company reached over £100m. At £100.8m in 2020 this is an increase of 92% compared to 2019. In growth stage tech companies, the increase on 2019 levels was more pronounced, rising by 102% to reach £124m.
Checkout.com Acquires Estonian Software Development Firm, Icefire
- 5 years 1 month ago
- M&A Deals
Checkout.com, the leading cloud-based payments solutions provider, announces its largest acquisition to date of Estonian software development firm, Icefire.
Temenos Extends Partnership with Standard Chartered to Enhance the Bank’s Financing & Securities Services Offering
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Banking, Core Banking
Temenos, the banking software company, today announced that Standard Chartered has extended its strategic relationship with Temenos to support its growing Financing and Securities Services offering.
Upflow Raises $15m Series A to Revolutionize how B2B Businesses Get Paid
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Non-Financials
Upflow has raised $15m to revolutionize how B2B companies get paid. The company provides a SaaS solution that enables companies to radically modernize their entire cash-cycle, and effortlessly collect customer payments. Upflow now processes more than $200m worth of invoices a month, for over 1.5m transacting companies.
Thailand’s Move to Launch Central Bank Digital Currency Ignites Race to Market for Regional Players
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Earlier this month, The Bank of Thailand contracted with a firm they tasked with developing a proof-of-concept for a Thai CBDC, settling on development costs of 10 million baht. This announcement comes as other countries are busy planning for their own financial futures. Recently, Ghana announced that the country is approaching the pilot testing phase for its own CBDC, while the president of El Salvador announced that he aimed to make Bitcoin an...
ION Markets named 'Best Trading Solution of the Year for Fixed Income Markets' at TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2021
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
ION, the largest global provider of trading, analytics, treasury, and risk management solutions for capital markets, commodities, and treasury management, today announced that ION Markets' ION Fixed Income has been named Best Trading Solution for Fixed Income by TradingTech Insight (TTI) Awards USA. This award is ION Fixed Income's second such win for the year, having been named Best Trading Solution for Fixed Income by TTI Awards Europe in...
4most Provides Credit Risk Support to BancorpSouth Bank as Risks Shift from the Virus to Pandemic Recovery
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Security, Risk Management
Global risk analytics consultancy, 4most, has announced the provision of its USA CECL Economics Service to BancorpSouth Bank amidst the ongoing pandemic. The partnership sees 4most supporting the Bank through the pandemic recovery period while gauging new risks, as part of its range of credit risk initiatives.
TransferMate Offers Fast and Easy Global Payment Option for Alibaba.com Customers
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments
TransferMate Global Payments, the world’s leading provider of payments infrastructure as a service, today announced a new collaboration to introduce its simple cross-border payment experience to sellers and buyers of Alibaba.com, a leading ecommerce platform for global wholesale trade. Customers of Alibaba.com can use TransferMate’s award-winning platform to receive and make payments, benefitting from preferential FX rates, quick transaction...
FourQ Establishes Global Partner Program to Streamline Intercompany Financial Management Efforts of Multinational Companies
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Accounting
In response to increased demand for intercompany financial management (IFM), FourQ has launched a global partner program designed to drive collaboration and engagement with technology providers, consulting firms, and professional services firms.
VALK Secures a Pioneering Place in FCA’s Sandbox
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Security
VALK, the London and Zurich-based creators of a market-leading digital platform designed to enable users to capitalise on a global surge in private trading activity has secured a prestigious place in the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory sandbox.
