Tagged: automation

March 3, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

trackd, the cybersecurity start-up automating vulnerability remediation without the fear of disruption, announced that it is emerging from stealth-mode behind $3.35MM in seed funding, and will bring its approach to the cybersecurity community in 2023. trackd’s unified vulnerability and patch management platform “leverages the collective… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra, the automation platform for money movement, announced the success of its Instant Payment solution leveraging the Visa Direct network. Through a strategic partnership with Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, Astra provides first-of-its-kind infrastructure “that enables fintech developers… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

T-Systems and Commerzbank have signed a cooperation agreement “for collaboration in the industrial sector.” Together, the two companies are “developing a solution for fully automated supply chains with integrated financial services.” The Telekom subsidiary and the Frankfurt-based bank are “employing technologies such as 5G campus… Read More

February 13, 2023 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, end-to-end identity proofing, risk assessment, and eKYC solutions, has partnered with international gaming operator Sisal “to streamline KYC for its players online.” Based in Italy, Sisal currently “operates in Italy, Morocco, and Turkey, with a range of offerings that includes… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashfree Payments, India’s payments and API banking solutions company, launched ‘Co-lend’, a fully automated escrow management solution for co-lending. ‘Co-lend’ has been developed in line “with the digital lending guidelines announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).” It facilitates instant disbursal “with auto reconciliation… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, end-to-end identity proofing, risk assessment and eKYC solutions, announced the close to a successful 2022 in which Jumio reportedly became the first identity company “to clear well over $200 million in bookings.” Q4 also saw Jumio close “both the largest… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, the global automated identity verification provider, announced it has achieved certification for high confidence profile H1A under the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (the trust framework). The certification serves use cases “where a higher confidence level in digital identity verification is required.”… Read More

January 21, 2023 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AU10TIX, which claims to be the global technology leader in identity verification and identity management automation, announced the appointment of Dan Yerushalmi as its new CEO. Yerushalmi’s record “with global technology enterprises and experience in the security, e-banking and telecommunications industries underlines AU10TIX’s intention to… Read More

January 14, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nipendo, a company used by global businesses “to automate and streamline business-to-business (B2B) payments processes.” The transaction is American Express’ latest strategic step “toward its goal of creating a leading end-to-end… Read More

January 7, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liberate Innovations Inc., a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables P&C insurers to fully automate claims and underwriting journeys, announced its launch “after raising $7 million in venture funding.” The platform “empowers insurers to deliver digital self-serve experiences and orchestrate an ecosystem of solutions providers and… Read More

January 7, 2023 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WeTravel—an integrated booking and payments platform built to automate and optimize the operational necessitates of multi-day tour operators—announced the appointment of Ted Clements to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and the migration of Johannes Koeppel, WeTravel’s co-founder, from CEO to the newly-created Chief Product Officer (CPO)… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announced that it has agreed to acquire Acadia, a provider of automated uncleared margin processing and integrated risk and optimization services for the global derivatives community. The acquisition furthers LSEG’s strategy “to enhance and grow its multi-asset Post Trade… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), a digital bank and fintech enabling powerful banking and payment solutions for businesses and consumers, and Wealthfront, an automated wealth management provider serving the next generation of investors, have extended their partnership that “provides seamless checking features and money movement… Read More

December 15, 2022 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sommelier, the automated DeFi portfolio management platform, announces that it has launched Ethereum DeFi strategy tokens “for the first time on Injective, a layer 1 Cosmos blockchain optimized for finance.” Sommelier is a blockchain/DLT-based platform “built with the Cosmos SDK that executes advanced crypto portfolio… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Return, which claims to be the “first” automated blockchain emissions offsetting solution, announced a partnership with Flowcarbon, a “pioneering” climate technology company that is focused on “facilitating carbon reduction and removal solutions.” As Web3 continues to expand in size and scope, environmentally-conscious users “demand an… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay is announcing a collaboration with Inovatec, North America’s leader in lending process automation. This collaboration will “make it possible for Inovatec’s clients to request payment from customers using Clik2pay’s direct-from-account payment platform.” This is done safely and securely “using Interac e-Transfer,… Read More

November 26, 2022 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The partnership between the banking platform, Temenos (SIX: TEMN), and Greenomy’s, EU Taxonomy alignment SaaS solution, “expedites fully automated non-financial reporting and monitoring of the alignment of the bank’s assets in their banking book against their sustainability objectives.” The implementation of EU Taxonomy (EUTax), the… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the finance automation platform and corporate card designed to help businesses spend less, announced international capabilities “for bill payments, short-term bill financing, and employee reimbursement products.” Businesses on Ramp can now “consolidate their international and domestic spend, pay international vendors, and reimburse international employees… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a key player in automating, digitizing and transforming the way people bank and shop, and Featurespace, a firm focused on enterprise financial crime prevention, announced that the companies are partnering “to integrate its highly specialized, fraud prevention technology into Diebold Nixdorf’s… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bookkeep, the “smarter” accounting automation platform, announced a $6.6 million seed+ round of funding led by Fin Capital, “with participation from existing investors TTV Capital, Argonautic Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Haymaker Ventures, and others.” This investment round brings Bookkeep’s total funding “to $10 million, following a… Read More