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Mintos secures investment and e-money licences from Latvian regulator

Mintos, Europe’s largest marketplace for investing in loans, has secured investment firm and electronic money institution licenses from the Latvian regulator Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) in a bid to continue its growth plans of becoming Europe’s go-to platform for retail investors.

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AIB hones in on ESG with social bond framework

AIB has launched a Social Bond Framework paving the way for the bank to issue a Social Bond in the near future to further support communities across Ireland. The move comes at a time when Euro issuance of bonds for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) purposes looks set to exceed €350bn this year*.

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Wahed receives license from South African regulator FSCA

Wahed Inc, (Wahed) parent company of a leading halal financial investment platform, has received a new regulatory license from the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the regulator of the South African financial markets.

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British Business Bank announces £99.8m commitment to Shire Leasing

The British Business Bank today announces a further £62.4m of financing to Shire Leasing under its ENABLE Funding programme, which aims to improve the supply of finance solutions to smaller UK businesses for business–critical assets.

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Marketware and AlphaTrAI partner for digital transformation service

Marketware International, a global enterprise offering customized retail product and solutions for financial institutions, and AlphaTrAI, an asset management firm that delivers alpha through transformative artificial intelligence, today announced a strategic partnership designed to help financial organizations fast-track their digital transformation in the areas of investment and asset allocations.

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Jupiter makes new sustainable investment hires

Jupiter is pleased to announce a number of appointments within its sustainable investing strategies, doubling the size of the existing resource and adding fresh investment expertise to key portfolios.

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Austrian unicorn Bitpanda recruits ex-Revolut exec

Bitpanda, the European digital investment platform and Austria's first unicorn, has named Irina Nicoleta Scarlat as its first Chief Growth Officer (CGO), effective immediately.

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Berlin-based fintech re:cap closes $1.5m pre-seed funding round

Berlin-based fintech re:cap today announced the successful closing of a USD 1.5m pre-seed funding round. The round is being led by Entrée Capital1, which has previously invested in fintech startups such as Stripe, Rapyd, Prospa and Fundbox. An internationally renowned group of fintech angels and founders, including Chris Adelsbach, Perry Blacher, Jan Beckers, Ramin Niroumand, Jens Lapinski, Mark Ransford, Chris Hitchen and Simon Leicht have also joined the financing round. re:cap is building a digital marketplace with a financing solution for companies with recurring revenue streams.

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DBS to set up digital exchange for institutional investors

DBS today announced that it will set up a digital exchange, enabling Institutional Investors and Accredited Investors to tap into a fully integrated tokenisation, trading and custody ecosystem for digital assets.

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SimCorp and IntelliBonds plan AI-based fixed income project

SimCorp, a leading provider of integrated, front-to-back, multi-asset investment management solutions and services to the world’s largest buy-side institutions, today announces a new collaboration with AI fintech, IntelliBonds, to deliver clients access to AI innovation, enhanced portfolio construction and optimization for fixed income portfolios.

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Morningstar appoints Carne as ACD for new multi-asset fund range

Carne Group, the leading digitally driven industry platform to the Global Asset Management Industry, today announced that Morningstar has appointed Carne Global Fund Managers (UK) Ltd as the ACD for its new range of multi-asset funds.

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Paysera makes move into physical trading of gold

Paysera LT has started trading gold.

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Crypto exchange Gemini launches in UK

Gemini today announced it is expanding fully into the United Kingdom (UK), providing individuals and institutions with simple, reliable, and secure cryptocurrency exchange and custody services in pounds sterling (GBP).

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Calastone expands SE Asia presence

Calastone, the largest global funds network, today announced it has further expanded its footprint in Southeast Asia.

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Singapore digital wealth manager raises $18.6m

Syfe, the Singapore-based digital wealth manager, today announced that it has successfully closed a SG$25.2 million (US$18.6 million) Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures, one of the world’s leading VC funds for high potential fintech companies.

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Crypto ETP provider recruits new COO

21Shares AG, the pioneering issuer of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) with cryptocurrencies as underlying assets, has added to its executive team with the appointment of Lucy Reynolds as Chief Operating Officer.

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Wealth manager 7IM launches new platform

7IM has significantly enhanced its platform with the launch of a series of updates and enhancements to further improve the user experience.

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Vontobel hires fintech boss to lead digital expansion

The investment manager Vontobel, which ranks as one of the leading and most innovative Swiss providers of digital investment solutions for European investors with its digital platforms such as ‘derinet’ and ‘Volt’, has hired the financial markets and fintech expert Toby Triebel.

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TrustQuay completes four new tech deals

TrustQuay, the leading technology provider to the corporate services, trust and fund administration markets, has today announced the signing of 4 new agreements with clients in Switzerland, Cyprus and Mauritius, as new research shows the majority of the industry expects the impact of COVID-19 to be short term.

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RFA launches managed data services

RFA, the leader in the Cloud and Cyber Security technology and digital transformation, today announced the launch of its Managed Data Services.