FTB Advisors

Business Wire | October 13, 2020

Spendesk, the leading spend management platform for SMBs, today announced it has raised $18 million in addition to its Series B round last year ($38 million). The new investment comes from global VC fund Eight Roads Ventures and brings the total raised to $68.5 million. This funding will support the strong growth Spendesk has realised despite the current pandemic, which has accelerated digitisation of finance departments and increased the demand for spend management solutions. The trend towards ...

FINTECH

Asa | July 27, 2022

Asa connects financial institutions with customer-facing fintechs in a secure, compliant and easy to implement marketplace. The company today announced that Tucson, Ariz-based Pyramid Federal Credit Union has selected the Asa platform, embracing collaborative banking to quickly introduce new technologies. Pyramid FCU will connect to a community of fintechs via Asa’s digital rails, allowing the credit union to instantly deliver new innovations and capabilities for members in ...

Business Wire | August 12, 2020

PGIM Investments, the retail distribution arm of PGIM, Inc., the $1.4 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI), and iCapital Network1, the leading financial technology platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, today announced a partnership in which iCapital will provide a customized technology solution to augment PGIM Investments’ distribution and servicing capabilities. The part...

BITCOIN AND CRYPTO

BitPay | April 25, 2022

BitPay, the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, today announced two new exchanges and two new wallets are adopting its accurate payment protocol including top crypto providers Bitso, Bitstamp, Edge, and Guarda. BitPay’s accurate payment protocol, the BitPay Protocol, enables more reliable blockchain payments by eliminating common payment exceptions including overpayments, underpayments, late payments, unconfirmed payments, and poten...