Kadmos, the end-to-end salary payments platform for cross-border employers, has raised €29m in a Series A funding round led by Blossom Capital. The investment round, which follows an €8.3m Seed round in December, also included existing investors’ Addition and Atlantic Labs. Kadmos is already working with several high-profile shipping companies and has built a robust
Many of fintech’s success stories are built upon businesses that would have traditionally been competitors coming together as collaborators to fix a specific problem, which has benefitted the industry and consumers alike. In today’s fast-paced environment, a ‘do-it-alone’ strategy does not always cut it. Historically a key trend that has underpinned the growth of the
Do employee benefits play a role in creating business culture? In this case, they did. Director of Operations, Alix Hobbs, shares the change in people strategy at Cloud International recruitment consultancy that gave them the edge in a competitive talent market – and maintained their culture in a new hybrid workplace. Insurance, employee benefits, and
Mastercard announced the appointment of Adam Jones to lead its operations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Central cluster in his new role as Country General Manager. Adam is responsible for Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Iraq markets. “I am delighted to be part of Mastercard’s journey with this new role
Accounting is the system of recording and summarizing business and financial transactions and analyzing, verifying, and reporting the results. It is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non-financial data of economic entities. The task is tiresome since it requires a great deal of hard work and concentration on the part of the person
Twitter is contemplating legal action against Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over his decision to terminate a USD 44 billion takeover deal. As per The Hill, the microblogging site has hired a large New York-based law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP as it prepares to sue Musk. Twitter will file its lawsuit
Money and possessions are evolving in an increasingly digital and virtual world, and financial jobs will also change to keep up. Here’s a look at some new roles those in the industry see emerging. In-House Bank Hacker Usually, bank security guards keep the bad guys out. How about security guards hired to break in? Large financial
YuLife, the tech-driven insurance company on a mission to inspire people to live their best lives, announced that it has raised $120m in a Series C led by Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc, a new strategic investor in the company. The funding round, which YuLife’s existing investors supported, takes YuLife’s total funding to $206m since the
WeLab Bank, the virtual bank dedicated to curating intelligent banking experience, announced that it had become Asia’s 1st purely digital bank independent of traditional banking groups in major Asian markets to launch a digital wealth advisory solution- GoWealth Digital Wealth Advisory (GoWealth). GoWealth combines the FinTech strength of WeLab Bank with the investment expertise of Allianz Global
Griffin, a Banking as a Service (BaaS) FinTech firm, announces it has raised $15.5 million in funding to launch the OS for embedded finance. Notion Capital led the round, with participation from existing investor EQT Ventures as well as FinTech angels, including William Hockey, co-founder of Plaid and founder and co-CEO of Column, Nilan Peiris,
Carving out your niche in the business world isn’t for the faint of heart. But after months and even years of planning, you’ve started to earn income as a new business owner. As an entrepreneur, you get the best of flexibility and earning potential plus some major financial responsibilities. Understanding your unique financial opportunity is
Mambu, a leading cloud banking platform, announced a global partnership with Visa to utilize Visa DPS, one of the largest processors of Visa debit transactions globally. The partnership will give Mambu customers a seamless connection to Visa DPS for end-to-end card issuing and processing. Both companies recognized the importance of interconnectivity to meet the growing demand
