Category: FinTech

Zodia Custody, the UK-based crypto custody service from Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, has appointed Julian Sawyer as its new chief executive. Sawyer takes over from Maxime de Guillebon, who was seconded from Standard Chartered’s innovation unit, SC Ventures, in 2020. Sawyer was most recently CEO of Bitstamp, a crypto exchange.

Enfusion, a provider of cloud-native SaaS solutions for investment managers, has confirmed Oleg Movchan as CEO. Movchan has been serving as interim CEO since August 2022. He has been an Enfusion investor and board member for more than ten years.

Swift, the financial telecommunications network, has appointed Stephen Grainger as chief executive for the Americas & UK regions. Grainger was most recently at Mastercard, leading the development and commercialisation of its global cross-border services business, servicing banks, digital platforms and non-bank financial institutions. Grainger previously served in senior business development roles at Swift, and has…

Canoe Intelligence, a fintech specialising in alternative investment intelligence, has struck a partnership with SimCorp, the provider of SaaS investment management solutions. The collaboration aims to accelerate the speed and accuracy with which SimCorp clients can automate key operational processes, including document collection, data extraction, and data delivery for additional analysis and reporting.

Intech, a quantitative asset manager, has selected SimCorp as its partner for the implementation of SimCorp’s investment operations service solution. The agreement covers the integration of SimCorp’s full lifecycle management service to support all of Intech’s post-trade, performance, compliance, and IBOR-related activities. As part of the agreement, SimCorp’s Snowflake-powered data warehouse and cloud-native client engagement…

Euroclear plans to acquire Goji, a UK-based provider of digital access and technology-enabled solutions for private markets, subject to regulatory approval. Goji serves nearly 30,000 investors from 80 investor jurisdictions, and is regulated by the FCA. Apex recently selected Goji for onboarding of alternatives clients.

CIBC Mellon is collaborating with InvestorCOM Inc., a fintech focusing on the compliance disclosure needs of the financial services industry. Through this partnership, CIBC Mellon’s clients can now tap into InvestorCOM’s Publisher solution to ensure print-ready status of financial statements, create management reports for fund performance, and provide quarterly performance disclosure documents.

Jaid (formerly Opsmatix), a fintech providing AI-powered human communication solutions, has completed a GBP3m (USD3.1m) funding round led by Sure Valley Ventures, a VC firm that invests in early-stage software companies. Jaid provides AIaaS solutions to businesses to automate a variety of use cases, including client service automation, sales automation, payment exception processing, and claims…