Meta Description: Globally acclaimed IDV solution provider, Shufti Pro, announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A Funding led by Updata Partners to accelerate global expansion and enhance product development.

LONDON-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- A global market leader in AI-powered IDV solutions, Shufti Pro, has announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Updata Partners, a tech-focused growth equity firm.

The investment will be used to accelerate Shufti Pro’s global expansion providing additional resources to push their completely automated solution to new markets to help solve organisation’s unsatisfactory IDV process, enhance its IDV solutions and extend the company’s compliance suite.

Shufti Pro’s mantra is to provide a seamless digital customer experience when it comes to KYC, and as such the organisation provides a diverse range of solutions with identity verific ... Read more »

SINGAPORE-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- InvestaX, a leading MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) licensed digital securities platform, announces today that new strategic investors including Coinbase Ventures, Gate Ventures, Token Bay Capital, Sustainability Exchange Group (SEG), Global Blockchain Ventures, Startup-O, JST Capital, Baksh Capital, Thakral Corporation Ltd, Woodside Holdings Investment Management, and Balaji Srinivasan, have joined its Series A round.

Every significant expansion of the public markets can be tied to the introduction of new technologies but there has been a lack of innovation in the private markets up until now. Private market investments stand to be completely disrupted by the implementation of blockchain technologies and their interaction with digital assets.

According to industry data provider Preqin, alternative investments under management (AUM) across all asset classes for the period ending 2021 was U ... Read more »

EXTON, Pa.-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it was recognized as the Microsoft Asia Pacific Region Social Impact – Sustainability Changemaker Partner of the Year 2021. The announcement was made at the Microsoft Singapore & Asia Pacific Partner of the Year Awards 2021 celebrations on February 18, 2022 at Marina Bay Sands Singapore.

The Microsoft Asia Pacific Partner of the Year Award 2021 celebrates and recognizes regional partners who are focused on customer and community success by delivering unique and differentiated solutions built on core technologies across the Microsoft Cloud platform. Additionally, the winner needs to demonstrate commitment to the Asia Pacific region and evidence exceptional customer experience across multiple markets in the region.

Bentley Systems was recognized for providing outstanding so ... Read more »

A Metaverse-type NFT art museum of premium arts with cutting-edge technology, having more than 10,000 archived artworks by over 200 renowned artists accessible to all.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

FTFT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC., a blockchain investment company, and the DAS (Daily Art Story) Team, which operates a Metaverse NFT art platform, announced on March 10 that they signed an agreement to partner on a Metaverse-type NFT art museum platform project. The project aims to integrate the high-quality art market with digital art.

Both organizations declared plans to supply an ultra-high-definition digital art streaming service and publish world-famous paintings and works by renowned artists as ultra-high-definition NFTs.

"We are thrilled to work with DAS, an organization that is invested in the growth and innovation of Arts,”. Teaming up with DAS is an exciting development for our establishment; the platform ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Andersen Global enters the Central African Republic with collaborating firm Rigo Parse Avocat, further extending its geographic coverage in the region.

The Bangui-based law firm, established in 2006, provides services to domestic and international clients including individuals, small and medium enterprises and multinationals. The firm has a special focus on the mining, banking and agriculture industries. Led by Managing Partner Rigo Beyah Parse, the firm offers legal capabilities in corporate, litigation, intellectual property, telecommunications, immigration, insurance and investment.

“We provide clients with quality, comprehensive solutions and maintain the highest professional standards by promoting stewardship among our people,” Rigo said. “Collaborating wit ... Read more »

DXC helps GEFA prepare for the future of banking

BÖBLINGEN, Germany-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- GEFA BANK, a leading financing partner for German SMEs and subsidiary of Société Générale, has selected DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) for a ground-breaking digital transformation project. With the "G-Rocket” program, GEFA BANK and DXC Technology will migrate the bank’s mission-critical applications and data from its existing data center to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.

"By moving to the cloud, GEFA is modernizing its IT infrastructure and gaining a higher degree of flexibility and scalability," says Michael Quint, CIO of GEFA BANK. "Together with our partner DXC, we have developed a transformation program to prepare ourselves technologically, as well as organizationally, for the future of banking. DXC has implemented a flexible, end-to-end operating model based on the cloud compliance and secur ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- There is a smart, powerful phrase that underlines the importance of visibility and role models in life: “If you can see it, you can be it.” And it has stronger resonance than most motivational slogans you might see printed on a coffee cup, as it speaks to the power of those who blaze a trail and shine a light for the next generation.

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, CR2 talked to four women who are leaders, mentors and champions for gender equality and opportunity in the banking, Fintech and the wider financial services sectors, about their own journeys, the importance of visibility and how equality and diversity have become powerful forces for change.

The contributors to this insightful report include Pedzani Tafa, Chief Operations Officer, Botswana Savings Bank; Annie Vidot, Chief Executive Officer, Seychelles Commercial Bank; Chinwe Uzoho, General Manager, West and Central Africa at Network International Payment Ser ... Read more »

A complete SaaS portfolio of business communications for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), Channels and Systems Integrators (SIs)
RICHARDSON, Texas-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native software that runs on any cloud and transforms the way the world connects, today announces its complete Software as a Service (SaaS) based Business Communications portfolio, including customer engagement, business messaging, Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS).

Mavenir leverages its global expertise in mobile networks, its relationships with hundreds of CSPs, enterprises and partners, and its leadership in the mobile messaging space to provide a Business Communications portfolio that enables omni-channel customer experiences to businesses of all sizes. The MAVbiz portfolio inc ... Read more »