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Ayoconnect raises $15M Series B to scale Indonesia’s largest open finance API platform

Ayoconnect raises $15M Series B to scale Indonesia’s largest open finance API platform

Tiger Global led the heavily oversubscribed round, joined by PayU and Alto Partners Ayoconnect is Indonesia’s leading open finance ..

Minko Goes Live With Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

Minko Goes Live With Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

NEW YORK – Jan. 25, 2022 – Leading AI-powered credit decisioning disruptor, Scienaptic announced that Minko has completed a new implem..

InvestCloud partners with Ameriprise to offer personalized Financial Planning and Advice to Corporate Wellness Clients

InvestCloud partners with Ameriprise to offer personalized Financial Planning and Advice to Corporate Wellness Clients

Los Angeles, 20th January – InvestCloud, a global leader in digital transformation, today announced it is partnering with Amerip..

ECOMMPAY expands Open Banking coverage across Europe

ECOMMPAY expands Open Banking coverage across Europe

London, 20 January 2022 – ECOMMPAY – a leading international payment service provider with its own fintech ecosystem for busines..

Euro jumps after hawkish comments from ECB’s Lagarde

Euro jumps after hawkish comments from ECB’s Lagarde

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -The euro jumped against the dollar on Thursday after comments from ECB president Christine Lagarde fuell..

Oil prices take a breather, OPEC+ sticks to output plans

Oil prices take a breather, OPEC+ sticks to output plans

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices eased on Thursday following weak U.S. payrolls data and some profit taking, but re..

HeidelbergCement CEO optimistic for 2022, flags new CO2 roadmap

HeidelbergCement CEO optimistic for 2022, flags new CO2 roadmap

By Christoph Steitz and Ilona Wissenbach FRANKFURT (Reuters) – HeidelbergCement can match or even exceed last year’s growt..

British COVID trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe

British COVID trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe

By Josephine Mason and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The world’s first “human challenge” trial in which volunteer..

Portfolio director joins YFM’s growing Investment team in the South West

Portfolio director joins YFM’s growing Investment team in the South West

YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has offices in Reading, London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, is continuing to expand its team th..

Gen Z’s flock to Financial Ombudsman for support

Gen Z’s flock to Financial Ombudsman for support

Gen Z’s seeking Financial Ombudsman support for loans and credit cards rises by 200% in five years  Financial Ombudsman Service sees ..

Strengthening Security in Your Bank Starts with Your Employees

Strengthening Security in Your Bank Starts with Your Employees

By Maria MacRitchie, Product Marketing Manager Identity and Access Management, HID Global  Losing customers, revenue or your brand rep..

Combatting ransomware and data exfiltration by moving beyond zero trust

Combatting ransomware and data exfiltration by moving beyond zero trust

By Mark Adams, Regional Sales Director, Northern Europe at Cohesity Ransomware is everywhere. Unless you’ve been living under a ..

How Hackers Run Token Scams to “Rug Pull” Money

How Hackers Run Token Scams to “Rug Pull” Money

In a new publication, Check Point Research (CPR) shows how scammers misconfigure smart contracts to create fraudulent tokens. The repo..

4Front Credit Union Chooses Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Platform For Advanced Credit Decisioning

4Front Credit Union Chooses Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Platform For Advanced Credit Decisioning

NEW YORK – Jan. 24, 2022 – Leading AI-powered credit decision platform provider, Scienaptic announced today that 4Front Credit Union h..

Over 60% of investors used borrowed funds to purchase highly volatile cryptocurrencies

Over 60% of investors used borrowed funds to purchase highly volatile cryptocurrencies

A study by KIS Finance, has revealed that over two thirds of cryptocurrency investors borrowed money to make their purchase, rather th..

German retail slump highlights COVID roadblocks to recovery

German retail slump highlights COVID roadblocks to recovery

By Zuzanna Szymanska BERLIN (Reuters) -A big fall in German retail sales as COVID-19 curbs kept people out of shops over the usually b..

Global stocks trade higher at the end of a volatile month

Global stocks trade higher at the end of a volatile month

By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World stocks climbed higher on Monday as investors digested new optimism from the U.S...

Newly inaugurated Honduran president says appreciates Taiwan ‘solidarity’

Newly inaugurated Honduran president says appreciates Taiwan ‘solidarity’

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ new president, Xiomara Castro, said she met with Taiwan Vice President William Lai after..

Dollar gains as Wall Street retreats on future Fed hikes

Dollar gains as Wall Street retreats on future Fed hikes

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday after a solid opening, while the dollar gained as inv..

Asian shares slump as Powell warns on inflation

Asian shares slump as Powell warns on inflation

By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares fell to their lowest in more than 14 months, short-term U.S. yields rose t..

Stocks shed gains, Treasury yields jump as Fed signals rate hikes could come ‘soon’

Stocks shed gains, Treasury yields jump as Fed signals rate hikes could come ‘soon’

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated Wednesday, erasing strong gains, after the Federal Reserve signal..

As investors lean towards private financing CAMRADATA’s latest whitepaper explores trends and opportunities in Private Markets

As investors lean towards private financing CAMRADATA’s latest whitepaper explores trends and opportunities in Private Markets

CAMRADATA’s new whitepaper on Private Markets asks two key questions: how far the substitution of traditional bank financing by privat..

European Leveraged Finance Association ESG Investor Survey: ESG considered in vast majority of high yield bond and leveraged loan investments, but data availability remains a challenge

European Leveraged Finance Association ESG Investor Survey: ESG considered in vast majority of high yield bond and leveraged loan investments, but data availability remains a challenge

ELFA publishes survey results in latest Insights report, “ESG Integration in Leveraged Finance – Continued Focus Amidst Persistent Da..

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Bugcrowd Reports 185% Increase in High-Risk Vulnerabilities within Financial Sector

Bugcrowd Reports 185% Increase in High-Risk Vulnerabilities within Financial Sector

2022 Priority One Report Cites Increasing Need for Crowdsourced Security Due to Rapid Digital Transformation SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Bugcrowd, the leader ..

Microsoft offers strong forecast, lifting shares

Microsoft offers strong forecast, lifting shares

By Nivedita Balu and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp on Tuesday forecast revenue for the current quarter broadly ahead of Wa..

Global share sell off pauses in Asia as investors await Fed policy update

Global share sell off pauses in Asia as investors await Fed policy update

By Stella Qiu and Alun John BEIJING (Reuters) – Asian share markets steadied on Wednesday after three sessions of losses as inve..

Oil prices rise on supply disruption jitters as geopolitical tensions grow

Oil prices rise on supply disruption jitters as geopolitical tensions grow

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous day’s ..

Britain says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck COVID pill

Britain says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck COVID pill

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it needed to recruit 6,000 more people onto a trial of Merck’s COVID-19 antivir..

Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks

Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks

By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian grocery startups are luring tech-savvy customers with the promise of deliv..

Temasek to acquire Bridgepoint’s UK-based testing firm for $7 billion -sources

Temasek to acquire Bridgepoint’s UK-based testing firm for $7 billion -sources

By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy Element Materials Technology for about $7 b..

Challenger Bank shortlisted in three categories in UK’s largest business finance awards

Challenger Bank shortlisted in three categories in UK’s largest business finance awards

A UK Challenger Bank set up less than five years ago has been named as a finalist in three categories in the largest busin..

The Importance of a Holistic Brand Strategy

The Importance of a Holistic Brand Strategy

By: Dangerfield and Fortune In 2021, brand strategy was the third largest spend within marketing budget — above analytics, research, a..

Encore Bank Partners with ZSuite Technologies to Leverage Innovative Technology Solutions

Encore Bank Partners with ZSuite Technologies to Leverage Innovative Technology Solutions

WESTWOOD, Mass.,– ZSuite Technologies, a financial technology company that powers financial institutions with digital escrow products ..

Finastra extends collaboration with National Bank of Greece for ISO 20022 migration

Finastra extends collaboration with National Bank of Greece for ISO 20022 migration

London, UK – Finastra is supporting National Bank of Greece (NBG) with its transition to the new ISO payments standard, due to come in..

Altura Credit Union Taps Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

Altura Credit Union Taps Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

NEW YORK – Leading global AI-powered credit decision platform provider, Scienaptic AI announced today that Altura Credit Union has col..

China’s international flight suspensions leave travellers stranded, hurt businesses

China’s international flight suspensions leave travellers stranded, hurt businesses

By Stella Qiu and Jamie Freed BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – When Dwight Law’s father died in November, the Shanghai-based U.S..

Oil prices hover around 2014 highs, supported by supply concerns

Oil prices hover around 2014 highs, supported by supply concerns

By Naveen Thukral and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil steadied on Thursday, clawing back losses earlier in the session, as s..