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Coro, a Cybersecurity Platform for SMEs, Reports Series D Funding

Coro, the cybersecurity platform purpose-built for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced it has secured $100 million in Series D funding led by One Peak, with participation from existing investors Energy Impact Partners and Balderton Capital. This investment round brings the total funds “raised to… Read More

UK Business Confidence Maintained as Firms Anticipate Positive Developments in 2024 – Report

Lloyds Bank’s latest Business Barometer has found that business confidence remains high, with March’s figures unchanged month-on-month at 42%. In a promising sign of a return to economic growth, this month’s survey data reflects the continued confidence firms “have demonstrated so far in 2024 and… Read More

UK Economy Is Improving But Structural Headwinds May Constrain Growth – Report

Inflation is expected to return to its 2% target in the first half of the year, which should pave the way for interest rate cuts from the summer, according to an update from KPMG UK. Interest rates are forecast to fall by 100 basis points… Read More

British Patient Capital Addresses Future Fund Progress

British Patient Capital is providing an update on its Future Fund program. The entity reports that funds dedicated to early-stage “deeptech” and “life sciences companies” stating that it has invested £111.4 million into 16 companies, alongside £724 million of third-party capital investment since August 2023…. Read More

Danske Bank Reportedly Invests in Cloud Tech and Enters Agreement with AWS

Danske Bank signs a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As part of our Forward’ 28 strategy, they are offering customers new digital solutions, more self-service options, and easy and quick access to daily banking needs, while becoming a more efficient bank.” Additional investments… Read More

China Startups Secure $6.4B in VC Funding in First 2 Months of 2024 – Research Report

China witnessed the announcement of a total of 416 venture capital (VC) funding deals of worth $6.4 billion during the first two months of year 2024, which is a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 18.9% in terms of deal volume and 4.9% in terms of funding… Read More

FDIC Seeks Feedback on Suggested Revisions to Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors today approved a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the agency’s Statement of Policy (revised SOP) on Bank Merger Transactions. Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg said: “This proposed Statement of Policy would update,… Read More

Fraudulent Activities: Nearly 1 in 7 Newly Created Accounts Suspected to be Digital Fraud – Report

Largely driven by bad actors using fabricated or stolen identities, the newly released TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) 2024 State of Omnichannel Fraud Report, based on proprietary insights from TransUnion’s global intelligence network, found that nearly one in seven newly created accounts is suspected to be Digital… Read More

Mark Ortiz CFO Welcomed as CFO by Payment Platform dLocal

dLocal, a cross-border payment platform specializing in high-growth markets, recently announced that Mark Ortiz has been appointed chief financial officer. Ortiz will report directly to dLocal’s CEO, Pedro Arnt, overseeing dLocal’s accounting, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting internal audit, SEC reporting, tax, credit, risk,… Read More

Number of Growing UK Sectors Reaches 10-Month High, Lloyds Banking Group Report Claims

The number of UK sectors reporting output growth hit a 10-month high in February, with companies indicating rising demand and spreading business optimism, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK Sector Tracker. In February, 10 of the 14 UK sectors monitored by the Tracker reported… Read More

European Digital Bank N26 Appoints Mayur Kamat to Key Executive Role

Digital bank N26 recently announced the appointment of Mayur Kamat as its new Chief Product Officer. Mayur is said to have “a proven track record leading product teams and building new solutions at some of the world’s biggest technology companies.” He reportedly brings with him… Read More

Ransomware Still Among Major Scams Impacting Consumers and Businesses Globally – Report

Visa (NYSE: V) released the Spring 2024 Edition of its Biannual Threats Report, which outlines the top payment threats impacting consumers and businesses around the world. The report points to increasingly organized, sophisticated threat actors “targeting the most vulnerable point in the payments’ ecosystem: humans.”… Read More

Regulatory Pressure in the UK Intensifies Around Governance, Financial Resilience for Financial Services Firms – Report

KPMG UK launches the fourth edition of its Financial Services Regulatory Barometer, providing a biannual measure of the regulatory pressure faced by financial services firms in the UK and EU. The latest aggregate Regulatory Impact Score “stands at 7.3 (out of 10), up from 7.2… Read More

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Vendetta Against Elon Musk Continues as She Tells SEC Tesla May Have Violated Securities Law

Senator Elizabeth Warren is on the warpath once again, taking aim at one of her favorite targets: Elon Musk. In a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Senator Warren tells SEC Chairman Gary Gensler that Musk and Tesla’s Board of Directors “may… Read More

Reddit Opens for Trading at $47 a Share in First Big Tech IPO in years

Reddit, a top social media platform that hosts thousands of different forums, has successfully listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Shares in Reddit are experiencing a solid pop after being priced at $34 a share. As of this moment, Reddit is… Read More

British Business Bank Introduces Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

The British Business Bank has launched its new Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, a £660m fund set to cover the entire North of England. The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), aims to “build on the success of the initial fund, with the purpose… Read More

UK Small Businesses Faced Slower Wage Growth and Late Payments – Research Report

Small firms continue to face a challenging macroeconomic environment, as sales growth in the December festive period hit a three-year low, according to the Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data from global small business platform Xero – which covers the three months to December 2023…. Read More

No Change by the US Federal Reserve as Rates Stay Put

As anticipated, the US Federal Reserve has held benchmark rates steady while expecting three rate cuts later in 2024. The Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent while reiterating its commitment to… Read More

Updated Nacha Rules to Address Credit-Push Fraud

Nacha members have approved a set of rules intended to reduce the incidence of frauds, such as business email compromise (BEC), that make use of credit-push payments. Nacha governs the ACH Network, the payment system that enables Direct Deposits and Direct Payments in the US…. Read More

RevRoad Explains How It Helps Portfolio Companies Grow in a Sustainable Manner

RevRoad explains that their platform provides growing companies with what they really need, which includes everything from a starter team to business services. RevRoad says that they are a venture services firm that helps portfolio companies grow “with a team and essential services for up… Read More

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