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Paystand | July 26, 2021

Paystand, a blockchain-enabled payment network for businesses, announced today a $50 million Series C round of fundraising led by NewView Capital, with participation from SoftBank's Opportunity Fund, King River Capital, Industrious Ventures, and Transform Capital. This latest round nearly twice Paystand's previous fundraising and reflects the company's triple-digit growth as it leads the fight for an open commercial finance system. Paystand will invest this new cash in reinventing B2...

Credit Suisse | February 10, 2020

Credit Suisse’s incoming chief executive, Thomas Gottstein, plans to put Switzerland’s second-biggest bank on a growth offensive following predecessor Tidjane Thiam’s cost-cutting exercise, he told Reuters on Friday. “Cost discipline in our industry has been and will continue to be very important. At the same time, I think we are in a better position than at any time in the last few years to also have meaningful balance sheet growth,” Gottstein said in an interview....

Financial Management, Wealth Management

PRnewswire | May 23, 2023

Arcesium, a leading global financial technology firm, and BlueCrest Capital Management, the prominent private investment firm led by Mike Platt, announced their agreement to commence the implementation of Arcesium's fully integrated technology platform and Financial Operations professionals, which will, once deployed, support BlueCrest's operational teams. BlueCrest will seek to leverage Arcesium's cloud-based infrastructure, which assists with post-trade operations ...

Financial Management, Fintech

BlackRock and iShares | August 19, 2022

BlackRock has expanded its Megatrends platform with the launch of the BlackRock Future Financial and Technology ETF. The Fund is actively managed by BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity (FE) franchise and seeks to maximize total return by investing in companies delivering innovative and emerging technologies that are driving disruption within the financial services industry. “In the United States alone, the use of fintech increased by 30% during the pandemic1, ...