Infinity Futures

Visa | April 08, 2020

Neat, a Hong Kong-based fintech offering multicurrency accounts to SMEs and startups, has raised $11 million in a funding round supported by Pacific Century Group, MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia, and new commercial partner Visa. With a global count of 500M+ startups and other SMEs, funds from this round will be used to further Neat’s international expansion. After opening an office in Shenzhen in 2019 targeting Chinese exporters, Neat has just opened a new office in London and is set t...

CORE BANKING

Argyle, Financial Data Exchange | July 07, 2022

Argyle, the leading employment data platform providing companies access to user permissioned employment records, announced today it has joined the industry standards body Financial Data Exchange (FDX). Through its FDX membership, Argyle will help shape industry standards for how banks and data aggregators format, authenticate, and transmit consumer payroll data. The use of payroll data—which encompasses all personal employment and income information—is gaining significant traction as...

Wall Street | March 26, 2020

Wall Street gained more ground on Thursday as the record weekly jobless claims came in below investors’ worst fears, but added to the case for more stimulus to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Initial claims for unemployment benefits rose to 3.28 million last week as lockdowns across the country brought economic activity to a sudden halt and unleashed a wave of layoffs, but were still below estimates ranging as high as 4 million. “It’s unprecedented and t...

FINTECH

Saphyre and The Trade | October 06, 2022

Saphyre, a fintech company using patent-approved AI technology to solve pre-trade setups and post-trade issues, has been nominated by The Trade for their annual "Fintech of the Year" award. The Trade will hold their awards ceremony in-person at The Savoy in London on November 3, 2022, honoring their "Leaders in Trading 2022," where past winners went on to shape the face of trading and execution in both material and measurable ways. ...