Canada’s ATB Financial Adopts smartTrade’s Leading FX Solution

smartTrade Technologies announced today that Alberta-based ATB Financial, the largest financial institution in the province of Alberta, has adopted smartTrade as its client-facing foreign exchange (FX) web platform. smartTrade is a global provider of multi-asset electronic trading platforms supporting foreign exchange, fixed Income, crypto and derivatives with connectivity to 130+ liquidity providers, enabling tailored aggregation, smart execution, risk management, order management, analytics, payments and multi-channel distribution. ATB Financial was looking for a digital platform with sophisticated pre-trade,...

Cameroon & Republic of the Congo to adopt cryptocurrency sol.

Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC) and the Republic of the Congo have today announced their intention to adopt cryptocurrency and blockchain based solutions to drive future economic progress. Layer one proof-of-stake blockchain, The Open Network (TON) is the leading contender to become the blockchain to power this. The DRC has also confirmed that it is considering a new national stablecoin, built on the TON blockchain. TON has been engaging with all three countries independently for...

Prelim announces new funding through an affiliate of EJF Capital LLC

Prelim, a leading fintech provider of optimized digital banking experiences for financial institutions, announced new funding through an affiliate of EJF Capital LLC (“EJF”), a global institutional alternative asset management firm. The transaction represents one of the first early-stage financial technology investments by EJF and is aimed to substantially support Prelim on the next stage of its growth journey. The investment is consistent with EJF’s focus on supporting early-stage fintech innovators that are working to improve...

Blockchain Platform, Merkle Science introduces Bitcoin SV support

Merkle Science, a predictive blockchain monitoring and investigative platform, has today announced that it has introduced support for Bitcoin SV (BSV) to its transaction monitoring coverage. From today, Merkle Science customers will be able to use the platform’s Blockchain Monitor tool, a behaviour-based transaction monitoring and risk reporting solution which allows users to easily identify – and respond immediately to – suspicious transactions, without relying on backwards-facing blacklists. The tool is highly customisable and easy to use, enabling users...

Abrigo Gives Community Financial Institutions a Strategic Advantage

Abrigo, the leading technology provider of compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for community financial institutions (CFIs), announced the launch of Abrigo Connect — a reporting and data visualization application that gives CFIs unparalleled access to risk and performance information across their organizations. Abrigo Connect puts the power of data in the hands of CFI executives by providing users with dashboards, reporting, and custom analytics optimized for CFIs. Pulling in data from Abrigo’s credit and...

Gateway First Bank Names Greg Hargis SVP Financial Institutions

Gateway First Bank has appointed Greg Hargis as Senior Vice President of Financial Institutions in the Treasury Management Division. Hargis will work with the executive team as they cultivate relationships with financial institutions to further develop business with bank clients. Greg has responsibility for advising clients and developing the capabilities, products and services to meet the needs of the financial institutions’ industry. “It is critical we have someone with Greg’s experience as a part of...

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