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Volante Technologies secures $66 million in latest funding round
08 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Global payments company Volante Technologies has secured US$66 million in debt and equity financing in an investment round led by Sixth Street Growth, the technology investing arm of Sixth Street

The Bank of London appoints Frankie Woodhead
08 November 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Bank of London has appointed Frankie Woodhead as chief product officer, effective immediately

Clifford Mettle joins DKK Partners
07 November 2023 Ghana
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Emerging markets-focused fintech firm DKK Partners has appointed Clifford Mettle as executive chairman of Ghana

World Bank issues first English Law DNN
24 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The first Digitally Native Note has been issued under English Law via Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure

Tonic appoints Ashish Surothia as senior project manager
23 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Klea Neza

Surothia will focus on market and credit risk-related engagements

European Parliament and Council calls for clear rules on EC’s AML package
13 October 2023 Europe
Reporter: Klea Neza

In their recent paper, the Parliament highlights that the rules on identifying customers’ beneficial owners “have to be calibrated correctly and fit well within customer due diligence processes”

Delta Capita releases DLT-based solutions suite using SETL technology
11 October 2023 UK
Reporter: AST

The company launches its MACH Distributed Ledger product with six component modules, spanning trade settlement, tokenisation, reconciliations, digital asset issuance and custody, KYC and improved interoperability between DLT systems

Citi settles first trades on HKEX’s Synapse
10 October 2023 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi Securities Services has settled trades for China Asset Management on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s Synapse platform

Rob Scott leaves Commerzbank
09 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Based in London, Scott held a number of roles at the bank, namely managing director and head of custody and collateral, head of market services and, most recently, senior banker for institutionals

Stephanie Miller leaves Gilded for Hazeltree
03 October 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Treasury and liquidity management solutions provider Hazeltree has appointed Stephanie Miller as president, CEO and board director. She replaces Tushar Amin as CEO

MUFG Investor Services hires David Glick
22 September 2023 US
Reporter: Jamie Richards

David Glick has joined MUFG Investor Services’s US arm as business development associate

Apex appoints Stephen Geddes as UK regional head
21 September 2023 UK
Reporter: Klea Neza

Geddes will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of Apex Group’s single-source solution to global clients