A recent survey by Advanced has found that only 36% of UK senior decision markets list ESG as a business priority this year.

JVIF, a Japanese consumer finance firm, has selected OpenWay’s Way4 digital payments software platform in a bid to offer the most competitive credit programmes in the Vietnamese market.

Lexasure Financial Group, provider of reinsurance and digital insurance solutions in Southeast and South Asia, has signed an agreement to go public via special merger acquisition company (SPAC) Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition (CEMAC).

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a UK-based group of insurance intermediaries, has acquired mid-market commercial broker Consort Insurance.

apexanalytix, also known as apex, has acquired environmental, social and governance management firm ESG Enterprise for an undisclosed fee.

Cover Genius, a global InsurTech for embedded insurance, has completed an asset acquisition agreement with US-based embedded warranty provider, Clyde Technologies.

WealthTech GBST has launched an enhanced version of its SaaS Composer wealth management administration platform and has undergone a rebrand.

Monarx, a security solution for web hosting, has bagged $6.1m in a recent funding round headed by Signal Peak Ventures.

Digital banking and payments firm Ibanera has raised $18.5m in a funding round to enable itself to keep support its BitLine business line.

Rapid7, a cloud risk and threat detection firm, has acquired CyberTech firm Minerva Labs for an undisclosed fee.