Citi introduces Citi Securities Lending Access platform in Sweden
The solution integrates Citi's lending platform with Sharegain's fintech technology to offer clients financing programmes that are customised to…
Automation
Automation
ARGO drives customer engagement transformation for financial institutions
ARGO Connects enables financial institutions to implement an automated, Omni-channel, customer-centric delivery business model that enhances the entire consumer…
SMA Technologies, Jack Henry collaborate to help banks with automation
SMA Technologies expects to assist banks by leveraging Jack Henry's SilverLake data centre to automate and coordinate workflows with…
Clipstone Investment Management selects Yardi Voyager
London-based real estate investment management firm to utilise property management solution to gain one source of truth
Arcadis, Niricson partner on digital asset management technologies
Based in Canada, Niricson offers predictive asset management and condition assessments for bridges and other concrete infrastructure by integrating…
TrustQuay and Viewpoint to merge to expedite automation and digitalisation
The merger is expected to help TrustQuay and Viewpoint expand their research and development, customer services, professional services, and…
Docupace to help Orion Portfolio Solutions automate workflows
According to the fintech company, the automation of compliance and business process rules are made easier by the workflow…
American Express expands relationship with Microsoft to drive innovation in business travel
Using AI and machine learning capabilities, the solution will bolster clients’ existing processes and tools by simplifying and automating…
Commerzbank, T-Systems partner on automated supply-chain financial services
By utilising event-based automation of payment flows to reduce manual billing processes, the solution to be developed through the…
Corporate Finance
TTV Capital closes Fund VI at $250m to invest in early-stage fintech companies
Largest fund in the firm's twenty-three year history will include core and exploratory investments in payments, banking, embedded finance,…
Angelo Gordon expands credit solutions platform, raises $1.3bn for its second public market dislocation fund
Follows successful $3.1bn capital raise for AG Credit Solutions Fund II
Archway launches banking platform for digital consumer interactions
The funding round was led by venture capital firm Madrona and Seattle-headquartered regional bank WaFd
Hightower makes strategic investment in Bickling Financial Services
Founded in 1984, the firm, which has approximately $625 million in assets under management and three offices in Massachusetts,…
Goldman Sachs closes West Street Global Growth Partners I fund at $5.2bn
The growth equity fund, which is the first direct private markets fund from the US-based investment manager, is focussed…
Tritium Partners secures $684m for third growth-focused private equity fund
Tritium III received broad support from existing investors, who in aggregate considerably increased their commitment levels in this fund,…
Blackstone Strategic Partners closes record private equity secondary funds at $25bn
Blackstone Strategic Partners is focused on providing a range of liquidity solutions to both investors and private equity sponsors,…
Merchants & Marine Bancorp, Inc. launches small business lending group Voyager Lending
Voyager Lending is led and staffed by experts in the field
Hamilton Lane closes direct equity fund at nearly $2.1bn in commitments
The firm's fifth co-investment fund is the largest to-date, with a range of LPs diversified by geography and type
Data & Analytics
Pidgin, Effectiv partner to mitigate transaction fraud for financial institutions
As a part of the collaboration, the financial firms employing Pidgin’s faster payments platform will now be enabled to…
Bestpath enters into definitive merger agreement with Aquaron Acquisition Corp.
Founded in 2019, Bestpath is a pioneering hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle company in China and is committed to…
OneConnect, Old Mutual partner to digitise life insurance business
Through the collaboration, both parties will utilise their deep technology expertise and comprehensive localisation experience in financial markets to…
Linedata confirms commitment to APAC region with new office in Singapore
Ability to service Singapore-specific Variable Capital Company (VCC)
GeoWealth acquires First Ascent to offer full-service TAMP platform
Following the acquisition, First Ascent will migrate to the GeoWealth platform and utilise the latter's purpose-built, fully-integrated technology platform
FedChoice Federal Credit Union expands use of MeridianLink One, going live with MeridianLink Insight
Credit Union uncovers high-value customer segments for accelerated loan decisioning using MeridianLink Insight
Temenos, NdcTech to replace legacy core banking systems of Bank ABC
With a single instance of the Temenos platform, Bank ABC will replace its legacy core banking systems for its…
Clearwater Analytics, BNP Paribas partner on investment accounting solutions
Clearwater Analytics is a provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions
Blackstone announces opening of new office in Frankfurt, Germany
The new office will host professionals across Blackstone’s private equity, real estate, and credit businesses, in addition to providing…
Digital Transformation
Accenture reveals plan to acquire French consulting firm Optimind
Optimind offers advisory services and solutions to support insurance companies, banks, and large corporate clients to address the major…
US-based Axiom Bank taps White Clay to improve data strategy
Through the partnership, White Clay’s solution is expected to help the bank modernise its data into actionable insights, resulting…
Repsol and SEUR sign a strategic agreement to advance electric mobility
The agreement includes the installation and operation of more than 150 recharging points at all the transport company's work…
TCS, Envestnet Data and Analytics partner on digital transformation
Envestnet Data and Analytics is said to be expanding its technology ecosystem and adopting cloud-first data architectures to deliver…
Optasia-powered micro-lending offerings in DR Congo through Vodacash and Access Bank
Users will benefit from the service to obtain an instant overdraft and top up their balance to carry out…
NICE Actimize launches real-time money mule defense solution to detect illicit activity throughout the entire customer lifecycle
Using advanced AI, the solution employs a multi-model execution strategy that utilizes a diverse set of models, techniques, and…
Sumsub joins forces with TrueNorth to help banks digitise services
With configurable KYC, KYB, KYT, and AML solutions, Sumsub's platform enables organisations to coordinate the verification process, accommodate more…
Statkraft explores opportunities for its fast-growing EV charging business Mer
Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, has started to explore the opportunity to invite new shareholders into the…
CountPlus acquires Affinia Financial Advisers from TAL
With the acquisition, CountPlus anticipates to benefit from the deep risk advice capability, which will enable the growth of…
FDI & Globalisation
Checkmate Capital Group announces opening of new flagship office in Seoul, Korea
Checkmate Capital is an investment and cross-Pacific strategic advisory group managing family office assets with a global commercial and…
Security Bank to transform real-time payment with ACI Worldwide
With ACI Worldwide’s cloud-native real-time payment platform, Security Bank is expected to offer safe services across customers, merchants and…
Synctera announces expansion into Canada, raises $15m from strategic investors
The strategic investment, led by NAventures, will enable Synctera to scale its Banking as a Service platform to support…
Empower introduces digital-first Personal Wealth division
With the launch of its Personal Wealth division, the financial planning, investing, and advice firm intends to expand its…
Fiserv launches new fraud mitigation solution
The new modular solution provides merchants with customisable controls based on their risk appetite as well as simplified access…
Fawry partners with XPay to offer FawryPay reference code service
Established in 2018, Xpay supports its individual and corporate partners to plan and manage their finances through a variety…
RiskSpan incorporates flexible loan segmentation into Edge platform
The new functionality makes Edge the only analytical platform offering users the option of alternating between the speed and…
Raiffeisen launches RaiPay with Entrust digital card solution in Austria
With the introduction of the RaiPay app to the Austrian market, Android device users are expected to digitise their…
DBS Bank officially launches Dhaka representative office
New office in Bangladesh brings the bank’s international presence to 19 markets globally
Fleet & Mobility
BP pulse to develop EV hubs across Europe with APCOA
Through the digital integration of the BP pulse and the APCOA Connect app in the UK and the APCOA…
Stewart enhances credit and mortgage analytics capabilities by acquiring AccountChek
Acquisition expands ability to service customers and expedites the lending process while improving consumer financial equity, including homeownership
Rivonia Road Capital provides $75m to Naspers-backed global car subscription Fintech Planet42
Planet42 provides socially inclusive car subscription in emerging markets through fully remote onboarding followed by continuous engagement throughout the…
CD&R to take Focus Financial Partners private in $7bn deal
As per the terms of the agreement, stockholders of the US-based publicly-listed firm will be paid $53 per share…
GoldenTree Asset Management to open office in the Middle East
The Dubai office will become GoldenTree’s ninth location, with offices already active in New York, West Palm Beach, Charlotte,…
Westpac extends partnership with AWS to boost cloud capabilities
Through its expanded partnership, Westpac intends to leverage AWS capabilities including data analytics, machine learning, and compute to expedite…
FYG Planners unveils revolutionary WealthEye CRM built on Dynamics 365
The innovative WealthEye CRM revolutionizes the way advisers manage client relationships, making it easier than ever to streamline advice,…
Kepler Cheuvreux selects Opensee’s trade management and execution analytics solution
The solution enables users to conduct unlimited independent analysis of all their internal and third-party trading data, with tools…
Dynasty Financial taps BridgeFT’s WealthTech API as primary custodial data partner
With the cloud-native, API-first wealth infrastructure software company, Dynasty Financial Partners expects to bolster the integrated wealth technology offerings…
FP&A
Wejo expands partnership with Renault Group to give fleet solution providers and fleet managers transformative remote asset and activity management services
Telematics service providers, fleet management service companies and fleet managers to streamline efficiencies with Renault Group easy connect for…
Australia’s Hume Bank to streamline customer onboarding with Q2
The digital transformation solutions provider plans to combine and integrate Hume Bank’s digital channels and multiple product offerings under…
Citizens Bank of Edmond Partners with KlariVis for their enterprise data solution
KlariVis, a fast-growing enterprise dashboard and analytics solution for the financial services industry, today announced its new relationship with…
Icelandic neobank indó selects Lucinity for modern financial crime prevention
The announcement comes during a busy period of expansion in Iceland for Lucinity, which now serves more than a…
SunTec Xelerate enables Riyad Bank to go live with ZATCA integration
Through the integration with ZATCA's platform, FATOORA, under Wave 2 E-invoicing, banks will be able to produce standard and…
LoanCare launches LoanCare Analytics
Industry's most robust data analytics platform offers sophisticated Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR) analytics
Novobanco engages Red Hat for digital-first banking transformation
With a new platform from Red Hat, the Portuguese lender expects to become a digital-first bank by shortening time-to-market…
Sequoia Financial Group to acquire Zeke Capital Advisors, forming wealth manager with $15bn in client assets
Akron, Ohio-based Sequoia provides asset management and financial planning services across the wealth spectrum—from individuals to family offices
TAI launches reinsurance portfolio analytics tool, TAI Insights
TAI (Tindall Associates, Inc.), a leading provider of reinsurance administration software and services, announced today the launch of TAI…
Government, Risk & Compliance
China’s ARC Group buys US private equity and advisory firm Luminous Capital
According to the Shanghai-based ARC Group, the acquisition is expected to strengthen its position as a major financial advisory…
OK prepares to deploy more than 300 Tritium DC fast chargers to expand Denmark’s EV infrastructure
OK a.m.b.a (OK) are preparing to roll out hundreds of Tritium DC fast chargers throughout Denmark
Insurtech Roadzen signs $965m SPAC deal to go public
Following the closing of the deal, the existing shareholders of Roadzen are anticipated to own 73.2% of the combined…
Geely’s electric mobility brand Zeekr raises $750m in Series A
The proceeds from the funding round are expected to help the company in its continued technology research and global…
ACA Group taps global talent with new office in Pune, India
As regulatory scrutiny across the globe intensifies and becomes more complex, ACA has taken this strategic stance to immediately…
Deutsche Börse partners with Google Cloud on cloud adoption
Through the partnership, Deutsche Börse intends to utilise Google Cloud’s infrastructure and data and analytics capabilities to expedite the…
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FNZ to acquire Luxembourg-based B2B fund platform ifsam
Through the acquisition of ifsam, the wealth management platform expects to bolster its global client proposition for asset managers…
Phoenix Group expands strategic partnership with TCS to transform customer experience
Tata Consultancy Services to extend TCS BaNCS based platform across Phoenix Group’s consumer brands, enabling consistent customer experience
Metlife Investment Management to acquire alternative investment firm Raven Capital Management
Raven invests across the private credit spectrum, with a specialization in primary origination, underwriting, execution and management of middle…