Russia-based digital bank TalkBank closed $1m seed round
Russia-based digital bank TalkBank has reportedly closed a $1m seed funding round from investors including IIDF.
How increased accountability is impacting the financial market
SM&CR has increased emphasis on personal accountability within firms and caused many senior managers to abandon ship for less risky roles, Ascent partner lead Maria Phillips told FinTech Global.
Why executives need to understand AI
While AI is the top of technoogy discussions, there is still uncertainty around it. Aveni recently hosted a webinar AI: Why an executive understanding is so important, which can be watched here. It featured a discussion between natural language processing (NLP) scientist Dr Lexi Birch and Aveni COO Jamie Hunter.??
More depth needed to protect against cyberattacks, US Attorney General claims
US Attorney General Merrick Garland has said the country’s private industry needs to enact better safeguards to avoid consequences in the event of a cyberattack.
SEC fines Healthcare Services Group $6m over contingency reporting lapses
Healthcare Services Group agreed to pay $6m as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for contingency reporting failures that led to accounting and disclosure violations.
PayPal backs South Korean P2P app maker Viva Republic
Viva Republic has picked up $48m in Series C round that saw participation from PayPal. Viva Republic is the parent company of South Korean peer-to-peer payments app Toss.
Insurity Launches Sure Claims Payments as a Standalone Solution for Seamless Digital Insurance Payouts
Insurity, a premier provider of cloud-based software for insurance carriers, brokers, and MGAs, is set to offer its Sure Claims Payments solution as a standalone product, powered by Dream Payments and connected to J.P. Morgan Payments.
How the protection gap in the life insurance space was created?
The fragmented and non-scalable nature of the life insurance distribution sector has caused a massive protection gap, according to Anorak co-founder and CEO David Vanek.
Lidya collects pre-Series B funding as it looks to boost its lending efforts
Nigeria-based Lidya, which offers small business loans, has reportedly raised $8.3m in its pre-Series B funding round.
Tesco set to re-launch digital wallet app PayQwiq to Tesco Pay+
Tesco is to re-launch its digital wallet app, PayQwiq, to Tesco Pay+ two years after originally launching it.
The app is said to enable customers...