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Investing In Innovation: Q&A With BTG Pactual’s André Portilho And Rafaella Dortas

Global Finance

Global Finance spoke with André Portilho, head of digital assets at BTG Pactual, and Rafaella Dortas, executive director and head of BTG Pactual’s ESG team, about how the bank incorporates technology into its strategies. GF: How have you used technology to overcome business challenges?

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SMB Funding Embraces The Open Banking Way

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The Financial Stability Board this month issued a warning for financial institutions (FIs) that outsource key technologies and functions, warning of " systemic risk " associated with too much reliance on a third-party partner. But it may not always be smooth sailing ahead.

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Trade Finance, Early Wage Access Take B2B VC Lead

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Investments ranged across geographies and industries, but the biggest highlights landed on trade financing and early wage access innovators, as startups bolster their value by supporting small businesses’ and employees’ financial recovery. Lending-as-a-service technology company Blend has secured a nearly $1.7

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Ready to Make the Most out of Record-Setting Private Equity Growth? 

E78 Partners

To capitalize on these strategic choices, PE firms need to invest in a strong CFO office, personnel hires, processes and systems, and consider partnering with a transaction advisor to build a platform for successful roll-up strategies. E78 Partners offers finance and technology solutions for PE firms pursuing roll-up strategies.

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Meeting The New Challenge Of Rolling Out PSD2 And SCA

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And for all the brilliant modeling, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology we have to throw at the problem of fraud, he said, the good guys are operating at something of a disadvantage when it comes to detecting the scams that are to come. They simply don’t have enough historical patterns.

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Data Update 4 for 2024: Danger and Opportunity - Bringing Risk into the Equation!

Musings on Markets

In this post, I look at risk, a central theme in finance and investing, but one that is surprisingly misunderstood and misconstrued. Risk Measures There is almost no conversation or discussion that you can have about business or investing, where risk is not a part of that discussion. What is risk?

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Euler Hermes Collaborates On Same-Day Factoring

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Euler Hermes has made a strategic investment in FinTech APiO , reports this week said, as well as a collaboration that will see the companies develop the ApiO.EarlyPay solution to connect small businesses with faster financing. Our solution is fast, simple and easy to use, and can fund in the same business day.”.