JPMorgan has made a strategic investment in Cleareye.ai, a fintech firm specializing in trade finance, the companies announced Tuesday. The parties, who entered into the trading partnership last September, did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction. Trade finance refers to financial products offered by banks and other institutions that facilitate global trade by
Compass, the consumer finance arm of the Mediobanca Group, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of HeidiPay Switzerland AG from HeidiPay AG, a growing Swiss Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) financial company with over 400 deals. Trade agreements with major distributors, premium brands and technology operators active in the region. With this acquisition, Compass
Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) and Pismo, the next-gen banking and payments software company, jointly announced their relationship in which Citi will use Pismo’s technology platform to help strengthen Citi’s corporate demand deposit accounts (DDA), to clients worldwide. Citi TTS continues to migrate its solutions, services, and infrastructure to create “always on” capabilities aimed
Cvent Holding Corp., an industry-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone for $8.50 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion. The transaction, previously announced on 14 March 2023, includes a substantial minority investment
Blackrock and Avaloq announce strategic partnership to deliver integrated technology solutions that meet the evolving needs of asset managers This partnership will enable private bank and wealth managers to improve their operations throughout the customer journey, including referrals, portfolio building, client reporting and management. risk management. By combining Avaloq’s core banking, CRM and mobile banking
Canadian Wealth-as-a-Service firm OneVest has raised C$17 million in a Series A funding round led by Omers Ventures Luge Capital, Panache Ventures, AAF Management, FJ Labs, Fin Capital, Pivot Investment Partners and Deloitte Ventures participated in the round. Founded in 2021, OneVest provides a modular and adaptable infrastructure platform that allows financial firms to integrate
FIA Tech, a leading futures industry technology provider, announced that it raised an additional $25.4 million in a funding round led by six existing shareholders, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo, in addition to BNP Paribas. As a result, BNP Paribas joins FIA Tech’s ownership consortium and will serve
FreedomPay, the world’s first standalone commerce platform, and Toast, an all-in-one digital platform designed for the entire restaurant community, have signed a partnership agreement for FreedomPay to become a gateway partner FreedomPay Toast’s preferred payment for certain corporate brands. Toast will be able to offer its cloud-based digital restaurant platform to leading corporate merchants in
Mach Alliance, a group of independent technology companies dedicated to championing innovative, open technology ecosystems, today announced that Stripe has joined the Alliance. Stripe, the company that builds the economic infrastructure for the Internet, is used by many major companies globally, from Amazon to BigCommerce, Ford, Zara, Maersk and many more. “Stripe serves as an
UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse today, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group. Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of the SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules Combined entity now operates as consolidated
DJUST, a B2B e-commerce SaaS platform created by former Mirakl founder Arnaud Rihiant, today announced that it has raised €12 million in a Series A growth funding round to accelerate the market expansion. Funding round by New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) leads, with additional participation from Elaia Partners. Founded in 2020, the Paris-based B2B Commerce
Westpac is launching a new set of card designs to make payments more accessible to customers who are blind or visually impaired. Credit, debit and prepaid cards will incorporate new accessibility features, including different notches along the short edge to allow customers to distinguish their payment cards from each other with a single touch. .
