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Ualett hires Samantha Yoder as VP of product

Ualett, the fintech platform purpose-built for the gig economy, today announced the appointment of Samantha Yoder as Vice President of Product.

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Nuvei commences roll out of Visa Direct for Account

Nuvei today announced it has integrated Visa Direct for Account into its global payments platform, giving merchants the ability to send funds directly to consumers’ and workers’ bank accounts in eligible countries.

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Ripple forms stablecoin collaboration pact with Webbank, Gemini and Mastercard

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, today announced a collaboration with Mastercard, WebBank, and Gemini.

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Investa bags £1 million on Crowdcube

Investa, the UK’s first zero-commission options trading app (other fees may apply), has reached its £1 million minimum fundraising target just one week after launching its second Crowdcube campaign.

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LSEG to licence Nasdaq eVestmen private markets datasets

LSEG today announced a strategic partnership with Nasdaq to distribute institutional-grade private markets intelligence through LSEG’s Workspace and Datafeeds.

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German watchdog fines JPMorgan €45 million over failures to deliver suspicious transaction reports

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has imposed an administrative fine of 45 million euros on J.P. Morgan SE, domiciled in Frankfurt am Main.

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Spanish banks back A2A payments startup Devengo in €2 million pre-Seed round

Devengo, a Spanish fintech specializing in account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure, has closed a pre-Series A funding round worth €2 million, combining debt and equity.

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Fenergo appoints Hishaam Caramanli as president and COO

Fenergo, a global leader in AI-powered client lifecycle management (CLM) and financial crime compliance solutions, announced the appointment of Hishaam Caramanli as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.

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Starling expands business banking capabilities ahead of HMRC digital tax rules

Starling today reveals a suite of new tools for its business customers. These include AI-powered features to help businesses manage their money, products that make it easier for SMEs to get paid, and the bank’s HMRC-recognised ‘Making Tax Digital’ software.

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Clearwater Analytics rolls out GenAI platform globally

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN), the most comprehensive technology platform for investment management, today announced the global deployment of CWAN GenAI, a newly-launched, embedded generative AI platform that can be deployed to transform investment management, risk management, reporting and operations across more than $10 trillion in institutional assets.

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BCB Group launches USD named accounts

BCB Group has upgraded its USD services through the launch of named accounts, enabling clients to transact under their own brand.

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TRG Screen releases Xmon AI Assist for assessing market data costst

TRG Screen, the leader in market data and subscription cost management technology, today announced the launch of Xmon AI Assist, a breakthrough capability that brings conversational analytics to market data cost management.

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