Mako Fintech and PortfolioAid Announce Strategic Partnership

Today, Mako Financial Technologies, Inc. (“Mako”) and Portfolio Aid Inc. (“PortfolioAid”) are proud to announce a new strategic partnership to expand their integrated service offerings. This partnership will offer advisors and wealth managers best-in-class WealthTech solutions that will streamline KYC workflows for client onboarding, portfolio construction, account servicing, and on-going compliance management. PortfolioAid provides wealth compliance technology featuring product risk ratings, trade supervision, portfolio suitability modeling, and KYP management tools. Developed for all compliance stakeholders...

Richard White Acquires Corporate KYC Leader Kyckr Limited

Kyckr, the corporate KYC company providing businesses with legally-authoritative real-time data on prospective and existing customers and suppliers, has been acquired by Australian tech-entrepreneur and WiseTech Global Limited founder Richard White through his personal investment vehicle RealWise KYK AV Pty Ltd. Kyckr provides companies with real-time access to aggregated corporate Know Your Customer (KYC/KYB) and Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) data from over 300 company registries and primary regulated sources around the world, enabling them to...

iMAL™ R14.6 awarded AAOIFI’s compliance certification for 2023

Azentio Software (‘Azentio‘), a Singapore-headquartered technology firm owned by funds advised by Apax Partners, announced today that iMAL™ R14.6, the latest version of the company’s Islamic core banking platform, has successfully gone through the annual compliance exercise and received the certification for the year 2023 from the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions – AAOIFI, the world’s leading Islamic finance standard-setting body. This certification reflects the adherence of iMAL™ R14.6 to existing as well as the newly...

Avalara Appoints Kimberly Deobald as CRO, Announces New Exec Team

Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced the appointment of global sales and go-to-market leader Kimberly Deobald as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Her responsibilities include shaping and aligning the company’s marketing, revenue operations, and sales performance and strategy. Deobald brings more than 20 years of experience building and leading high-performance sales and operations teams to Avalara. She has led customer success, partnership, and sales...

Abrigo acquires Valuant

Abrigo, a leader in compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for financial institutions, purchased Valuant, an influential compliance and credit risk software and service provider. This acquisition continues the execution of Abrigo’s steadfast strategy to provide best-in-class software and services to a growing customer base of 2,300 financial institutions. The Valuant team’s substantial expertise, combined with Abrigo’s existing resources and reach, position the blended enterprise for additional high-quality growth. The deal joins two successful, customer-focused companies,...

Ivalua Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites” for the 4th consecutive year. The Gartner report evaluated procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions from 16 different software vendors across a broad set of criteria, placing Ivalua in the Leaders Quadrant based on its ability to execute and completeness of vision. During this highly uncertain and inflationary period, organizations are turning to Procurement for critical...

Estancia Capital Partners Makes Strategic Investment in InvestorCOM

Estancia Capital Partners announced today they completed a significant investment in InvestorCOM, a leading provider of software and tech-enabled compliance solutions to the asset and wealth management industry. The investment is intended to accelerate InvestorCOM’s continued expansion across North America and globally. “We are excited to partner with Estancia on this next stage of our journey,” says David Reeve, Founder & CEO of InvestorCOM, “as we continue to grow our platform and expand our distribution. I...

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