CIO

MARCH 18, 2025

As regulators demand more tangible evidence of security controls and compliance, organizations must fundamentally transform how they approach risk shifting from reactive gatekeeping to proactive enablement. 2025 Banking Regulatory Outlook, Deloitte The stakes are clear. 2025 Banking Regulatory Outlook, Deloitte The stakes are clear.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that aims to build “DeFi for traditional finance,” has raised $16 million in a Series A round of funding led by CM Ventures. From a product architecture standpoint, Productfy has been built “from the ground up,” he said, to operate with multiple banking partners. Productfy Inc. ,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Laura Spiekerman is the co-founder and chief revenue officer of Alloy , an identity-decisioning platform for banks and fintech companies. Innovation continues to drive new developments in lending, payments, crypto and, in particular, infrastructure, showing that the industry still has lots of room for growth. Laura Spiekerman.

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JUNE 21, 2023

However, as more organizations rely on these applications, the need for enterprise application security and compliance measures is becoming increasingly important. Breaches in security or compliance can result in legal liabilities, reputation damage, and financial losses.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

Over 90% of the world’s leading banks are either exploring, experimenting (PoCs), or formulating a strategy for leveraging blockchain technology, says an Accenture survey. Traditional business processes are supported by the legacy IT infrastructure. Benefits of Blockchain in banking. Source: Banking on Blockchain.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As I work with financial services and banking organizations around the world, one thing is clear: AI and generative AI are hot topics of conversation. In the finance and banking industry, however, organizations are seeking extra guidance on the best way forward. Regulatory compliance. In short, yes. But it’s an evolution.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

With serverless components, there is no need to manage infrastructure, and the inbuilt tracing, logging, monitoring and debugging make it easy to run these workloads in production and maintain service levels. For instance: Regulatory compliance, security and data privacy. Legacy infrastructure. Scalability.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

In an effort to make it simpler, faster and cheaper, a pair of former Blend employees have teamed up to build mortgage loan origination software that will connect banks, credit unions, mortgage bankers and brokers. The infrastructure they are creating will be a core driver to automation and adoption in the industry.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Treasury Prime co-founder and CEO Chris Dean believes that the best outcomes for consumers will result from traditional banks and fintechs working together. The banking-as-a-service startup has worked to build relationships with both banks and fintechs. As we had more fintechs, it became easier to add more banks.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

The co-founders intend to use the new funding to build out their team and strengthen compliance measures to ensure its track record with enterprises. “We That was one of the drivers for Zeal’s latest product, the Abacus gross-to-net calculator, which payroll companies can use to ensure they are compliant in paying their income taxes.

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JUNE 22, 2022

Crypto custody and fintech infrastructure startup Prime Trust is positioning itself to do just that, and the company has just raised over $100 million in fresh funding to add new products to its existing suite, its CFO Rodrigo Vicuna told TechCrunch. “Most people hop into the onboarding piece first, because it’s necessary, right?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Ketch , a startup aiming to help businesses navigate the increasingly complex world of online privacy regulation and data compliance, is announcing that it has raised $23 million in Series A funding. ” 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. .” ” Image Credits: Ketch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value — and include a range of outfits, from payments companies to digital banks to corporate spend players. It’s not as typical for us to hear, though, about venture capitalists pouring millions of dollars into a traditional bank.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mohamed Salah Abdel Hamid Abdel Razek, Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of Tech, Transformation & Information, Mashreq explains how the bank is integrating advanced technologies and expanding its digital footprint. This approach has significantly enhanced the customer banking experience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

The concept is ubiquitous in East Africa, but since mobile money is a telecom operators-led initiative, there are technical complexities in creating a unified infrastructure for businesses that need it. Typically , they would be required to use a bank account or card. It’s literally a no-brainer. PawaPay , a U.K.-based

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Neobanks transformed the customer experience of traditional banks by offering better digital products and lower costs. The reality is that many neobanks have customers with small average deposit balances, and deposits are critical to banking business models in the long term. Fintechs serving SMBs. What’s hot.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

While working as the head of treasury at Braintree, Boris de Souza once discovered a $90 million payment that went “missing” for over two weeks because of poor payments infrastructure. “It But Streamlined is different, he claims, in that it has “custom built” transaction infrastructure for B2B “from the ground up.”.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The rise of the cloud continues Global enterprise spend on cloud infrastructure and storage products for cloud deployments grew nearly 40% year-over-year in Q1 of 2024 to $33 billion, according to IDC estimates. BPS also adopts proactive thinking, a risk-based framework for strategic alignment and compliance with business objectives.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Smile Identity , a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve , a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software.

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CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

This solution is designed to accelerate platform modernization, streamline workflow assessment and enable data discovery, helping organizations drive efficiency, scalability and compliance, said Swati Malhotra, AI solutions leader at EXL. AI can help organizations adapt to these shifts.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Fireblocks , an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the company’s valuation to $2.2 The latter is the third global bank to invest in Fireblocks in addition to the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon and SVB Capital. . billion in just over five months.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

David is passionate about open-source and infrastructure software and previously worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley. Data: The data involved isn’t something that compliance would need to review. David Cahn. Contributor. Decision-maker: Your decision-maker is a line-level employee (not C-Suite).

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CIO

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CIOs must tie resilience investments to tangible outcomes like data protection, regulatory compliance, and AI readiness. According to Salesforces Perez, even though AI brings much opportunity, it also introduces complexity for CIOs, including security, governance, and compliance considerations.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The pandemic has resulted in a shift in consumer behavior that now favors contactless and digital banking options, and with one in four U.S. Building infrastructure and providing top-notch cybersecurity is at the core of what we do, not the sideshow. It needs to be both effective and secure. This is where fintech can step in.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Six months after securing a $23 million Series A round, Ketch , a startup providing online privacy regulation and data compliance, brought in an additional $20 million in A1 funding, this time led by Acrew Capital. Ketch raises $23M to automate privacy and data compliance. Customer growth through OTC increased five times in six months.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to the World Bank , it is more expensive to send money to sub-Saharan Africa than to any region in the world. Founded in 2019 by brothers Paul Ndichu and Eddie Ndichu , Wapi Pay provides a payments gateway for African businesses to receive and send money from Asia via mobile money platforms and bank accounts.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s no secret that banks and fintech companies must meet compliance and regulatory standards that are much stricter than what traditional tech companies are forced to comply with. The question becomes: How do you meet strict regulatory and compliance standards while keeping up with the rapid pace of innovation in technology?

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2022

How has banking evolved during the rapid digitisation of recent years? Banks are no longer the key players in the market, with fintech companies, digital-first start-ups, and tech giants delivering their own brand of financial services. One example is Banking-as-a-Service, with the market expected to reach US$3.6

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

How has banking evolved during the rapid digitisation of recent years? Banks are no longer the key players in the market, with fintech companies, digital-first start-ups, and tech giants delivering their own brand of financial services. One example is Banking-as-a-Service, with the market expected to reach US$3.6

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

However, fuelled by cloud technology and a plethora of new fintech and Banking-as-a-Service startups, there is no doubt the embedded finance trend is accelerating. They are joined by HTGF, and private investors in banking, payment and e-commerce. The idea is to act as the link between banks (lenders), digital platforms, and merchants.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Over the years, there has been a growing trend of fintech infrastructure players around the world. Like other financial infrastructure companies, Stitch services allows companies and developers to innovate around other services like personal finance, lending, insurance, payments and wealth management. The Stitch team.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Blockset , the blockchain infrastructure platform for enterprises by BRD , announced early access to its Wallet-as-a-Service today. Blockset’s clients include some of the largest ATM networks and Japanese investment bank (and BRD investor) SBI Holdings, CoinFlip, Welthee, CoinSwitch, Coinsquare and Wyre.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The European fintech unicorn , now a financial super app of some sorts, started off providing multi-currency bank accounts, fee-free currency exchange, peer-to-peer payments and a feature for businesses. MLRO and former group chief compliance officer at pan-African bank Guaranty Trust Bank, to lead its compliance efforts.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Plus, Europol offers best practices for banks to adopt quantum-resistant cryptography. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called buffer overflow vulnerabilities unforgivable defects that put national and economic security at risk. This week, the U.S.

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CIO

APRIL 25, 2023

Today’s consumers are accustomed to smooth, frictionless online shopping – and they increasingly expect the same kind of digital experiences from their banks. consumers use mobile banking channels, and 70% said mobile banking is now their primary way of accessing their accounts. “Most people do not want to go into a bank to do banking.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Marc Gilman is general counsel and VP of compliance at Theta Lake. As the world moved online, tools and infrastructure to help people manage their money and make payments have burgeoned the world over in the past decade. s FCA and Bank of England; the National Bank of Rwanda in Africa; as well as the ASIC, HKMA and MAS in Asia.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

We decided to do this raise right now because we grew so much in the past year that there’s an unlimited opportunity to go out and be the infrastructure that enables all institutions to onboard digital assets,” Douglass said. The capital will be used to build new product lines, and although Amberdata has existing deals in the U.S.,

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