10/19/2021

CAIS and Digital Asset Partner up

New alliance will explore use cases for blockchain, distributed ledgers and smart contracts, including faster investor authentication methods, reduction of transaction cost and friction, and enhancing product liquidity

10/19/2021

Cognizant and Alveo collaborate on ESG data service

The collaboration will offer firms the ability to operationalise ESG data, integrate it into business processes for better portfolio options and address the rapidly evolving regulatory environment.

10/13/2021

Fintechs shun stock exchange for $876.5m funding overseas

From 2014 to 2020, for instance, Fintechs raised about $600 million in funding, attracting 25 per cent ($122 million) of the $491.6 million raised by African tech startups in 2019 alone – second only to Kenya, which attracted $149 million.