On Finovate.com

•  Luxoft Acquires UNAFORTIS to Broaden Client Base within Financial Services.

• EVRY Announces Five-Year, $18.7 Million Deal with Finland’s Aktia Bank.

• OurCrowd Opens Office in Spain, Lays Down Roots with Strategic Partnership.

Around the web

• Trulioo launches its Global Business Verification service.

• Diebold partnership with Transguard to expand service and technology offerings in the UAE.

• Ethiopia’s Cooperative Bank of Oromia goes live with core banking solution from Temenos.

• Pindrop Security leverages machine learning and a “customer consortium of shared fraudsters” to introduce Pindrop Protect 4.0.

• Quovo unveils new account authentication solution, Autoverified Micro-deposits.

• Xero partners with UK fintech Curve to automate expense management.

• Zopa searches for new borrowers through Saffron Building Society loan partnership.

• Sberbank, Russia’s Largest Bank, Announces Payment Solution.

• DefenseStorm Renews SOC 2 Compliance.

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