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Morgan Stanley, E-Trade | February 20, 2020

Morgan Stanley is buying E-Trade in a $13 billion, all-stock deal announced Thursday, bringing more consolidation to the brokerage market and giving the investment bank to the rich a foothold with a more mainstream clientele. The deal, which is the biggest takeover by a major U.S. bank since the 2008 financial crisis, combines Morgan Stanley’s prowess and client-facing resources with E-Trade’s more than 5 million customers, with more than $360 billion in retail trade assets, the comp...

Cision PR Newswire | August 20, 2020

Swyft Inc., the global leader in unattended retail, today announced the close of additional funding led by Defiance Ventures. Swyft intends to use the funds as working capital to continue to rapidly grow in the US market. We're excited to announce our partnership with Defiance Ventures, said Gower Smith, CEO of Swyft. "The Defiance principals bring relevant experience in building growth SaaS businesses and can help us further implement AI in our platform where it will most benefit our c...

Cision PR Newswire | September 24, 2020

Acuant, a leading global provider of identity verification, today announced that Prime Trust is engaging Acuant's Trusted Identity Platform for identity verification and compliance to meet Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, manage fraud and fight financial crime, all in one platform. Prime Trust provides innovative API-enabled B2B financial infrastructure spanning payments, custody, and liquidity for others to build fintech applications on top of including payment and neobanking ...

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Fintainium | October 23, 2021

Fintainium Inc, announced today the intent to launch a Joint Venture with Aspire Fund Management, a Trinidad & Tobago based Private Equity and Financial Advisory company that bridges the gap between investors and next-generation innovative, transformative businesses. The joint venture will redefine Fintech in a large part of the region. Fintainium's Chief Executive Officer, Richard Jackman remarked, "For the last several years we have been working closely with Aspire....