All articles by Refna Tharayil

Refna Tharayil

Ripple to acquire custody and escrow platform Standard Custody & Trust 

Through the acquisition of the enterprise-grade regulated platform, Ripple aims to bolster its existing product offerings and explore new, complementary products

Ripple to acquire custody and escrow platform Standard Custody & Trust 

Through the acquisition of the enterprise-grade regulated platform, Ripple aims to bolster its existing product offerings and explore new, complementary products

ETT | iByond, Capstone sign $888m contract to transform insurance industry 

Under the five-year software services and licensing agreement, both parties will transform the insurance industry through advanced digital transformation solutions

LPL Financial to buy wealth management solutions firm Atria Wealth Solutions 

Under the terms of the agreement, Atria Wealth Solutions will shift its brokerage and advisory assets currently custodied with its network of broker-dealers to the LPL Financial’s platform

Anatomy unveils AI-powered financial automation for healthcare organisations

Anatomy has raised $7.6M in funding to build a financial operating system for healthcare from Lightspeed, Meridian Street Capital, Live Oak Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and angel investors with expertise across healthcare and fintech

North Carolina deploys Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP to transform finance

Oracle Cloud EPM, which is part of Oracle Cloud ERP, has also supported the US state to streamline complex reporting processes across its agencies while expediting decision-making

OneTrust enhances trust intelligence platform with new AI governance tools

The latest features empower users to seamlessly oversee their AI usage, guarantee the responsible handling of data throughout its lifecycle, and enhance compliance programme efficiency with advanced automation and intelligence

Nordic Capital to buy majority stake in banking software provider Zafin

Zafin has built a SaaS product and pricing platform for streamlining core modernisation for banks around the world

Morningstar Wealth adds SMAs from leading asset managers to US wealth platform 

The newly added third-party SMAs have been curated from leading asset management firms including AllianceBernstein, Congress Asset Management, John Hancock Investment Management, Lazard Asset Management, Putnam Investments, and WCM Investment Management

Joby to launch air taxi service in UAE

Joby additionally signed an agreement with Skyports, who will design, build and operate four initial vertiport sites across Dubai