All articles by Refna Tharayil
Refna Tharayil
DeFi Technologies wraps up acquisition of digital asset liquidity provider Stillman Digital
By utilising its existing regulatory licences and proprietary technology, Stillman Digital aims to expand its market share within DeFi Technologies’ ecosystem
Columbia Financial announces completion of merger of Freehold Bank Into Columbia Bank
Prior to the bank merger, Freehold Bank and Columbia Bank were held and operated as separate subsidiaries of the Company
TrueLayer raises $50m in Series E extension round
The new financing round was led by Northzone and had participation from the open banking platform’s existing investors Tencent, Temasek, Tiger Global, and Stripe
BNP Paribas launches ESG investment compliance monitoring solution in Australia and New Zealand
The service, which has already been successfully deployed in Europe, includes a wide range of ESG criteria and delivers external assurance that funds are meeting their ESG commitments through automated post-trade assessment
HSBC, Tradeshift launch new embedded finance JV ‘SemFi by HSBC’
SemFi by HSBC will integrate HSBC’s payment, trade, and financing services across various e-commerce and marketplace platforms, including Tradeshift’s own B2B network
ANZ agrees to settle superannuation class action and Esanda class action
The superannuation class action related to the investment of superannuation funds with ANZ, when ANZ owned OnePath Custodians and OnePath Life
Meta expands threat intelligence sharing programme with NatWest and Metro Bank
During the six months pilot period, the data provided by NatWest, Metro Bank, and Meta, enabled to eliminate nearly 20,000 accounts linked to scammers from 185 URLs shared
First National completes acquisition of Touchstone Bankshares
With the addition of Touchstone, the Company would have had approximately $2.1 billion in assets, $1.5 billion in loans and $1.8 billion in deposits on a combined pro-forma basis as of August 30, 2024
DCU and First Tech plan merger deal to form $28.7bn credit union
Following the completion of the proposed deal, the enlarged entity will serve approximately two million members across more than 50 branches in eight US states
Veritas Capital completes acquisition of NCR Voyix’s digital banking business
Candescent remains the largest independent platform of its kind in the United States and will continue to serve more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 29 million registered users