European Union lawmakers decided last week Friday to back tougher safeguards for transfers of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, in the latest sign that regulators are tightening up on the crypto sector. Two committees in the European Parliament narrowly voted to require not only exchanges, but also “obliged entities”, to obtain, hold, and submit information on those involved in transfers. It is yet to be understood who the obliged entities are in case of transfers between unhosted...
Celsius, the leading global cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced today the appointment of Guillermo Bodnar as its Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Bodnar, who most recently served as Chief Solutions Officer at Globant, will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and report to the CEO, Alex Mashinsky. At Globant, Bodnar led the company’s digital solutions strategy, built a global tech delivery footprint, and helped companies from different industries deliver customer-centric products and transformational programs. He also implemented the...
High Street Insurance Partners (“HSIP”) announced today that it has acquired Michigan based Gemini Risk Partners. Gemini Risk Partners was founded by attorneys David Kramer and Theodore Nittis to service the insurance needs of law firms. The agency specializes in providing professional liability coverage and other comprehensive insurance solutions exclusively to law firms. “We are thrilled to have Gemini Risk Partners join HSIP said Scott Wick, CEO of HSIP. Law firms are turning to Gemini Risk Partners expertise to give them the...
Integrated Solution Leverages Intelligence of Gradient AI’s Vast Dataset of Policies and Claims with Socotra’s Powerful Core Platform
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Company upgrades its risk management application and grows client subscriptions
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Behavox, which provides a suite of security products that help compliance, HR, and security teams protect their company and colleagues from bad actors, today announced that Perella Weinberg Partners, a global financial firm focused on investment banking advisory services, has contracted Behavox for its services. Important to securing the partnership with Perella Weinberg was Behavox’s Financial Services Competency accreditation in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) risk management category. The AWS certification is awarded to solutions that...
CloudPay and Visa Direct enable fast, secure salary payments, taking days off the traditional payroll payments process and introducing new pay flexibility Leading global employee pay provider CloudPay today announced a new partnership with Visa to reduce payroll payment cycles that typically take 2-3 days through banking systems, down to seconds. The new digital payment method makes salary payments direct to employees’ debit or credit cards using Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time[1] push payment platform. Visa Direct leverages the...
Texas National Bank looks outside their core for a modern banking platform to help launch their direct digital bank.
