Trading Platforms

FundGuard, an AI-powered investment management and asset servicing platform, has closed its Series B funding round on $40m.

Brazil-based Cerc has reportedly raised $100m in funding as it gears up for an IPO.

TransFICC, which offers low-latency connectivity and workflow services for fixed income and derivatives markets, has scored $17m in its Series A extension.

tZERO, a marketplace to trade private digital securities, has received a strategic investment from group of investors.

Mastercard is partnering with Coinbase to allow people to purchase non fungible tokens (NFTs) with their debit and credit cards.

A recent blogpost by cross-border payments firm Currencycloud has outlined its predictions for the FinTech trends to look out for in 2022.

Qraft Technologies, which aims to improve alpha delivery in asset management, has collected $146m in funding from SoftBank Group Corp.

Professional trading software provider Trading Technologies International (TT) has invested $6.35m into KRM22, a software investment company that focuses on risk management for capital markets.

Bound, which hopes to make currency hedging simple for SMEs, has secured $6.5m, in its seed funding.

More than half of young investors are being influenced by social media - a trend that shows little sign of abating, according to the latest survey from financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown.