Dwaine Evans, Author at B2Bdaily.com

Digital Wealth Management

Apax Launches Teciem From Finastra Treasury Division

In a significant move that reshapes the financial technology landscape, private equity firm Apax Funds has officially completed its acquisition of Finastra’s Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) division, immediately relaunching the business as a standalone entity named Teciem. This strategic carve-out creates a new, highly specialized powerhouse dedicated exclusively to providing advanced software solutions for treasury operations, risk management, and

February 3, 2026

Digital Wealth Management

Talos Hits $1.5B Valuation After Robinhood Investment

A New Era of Institutional Confidence in Digital Assets The recent extension of Talos’s Series B funding round, propelling the company to a $1.5 billion valuation, serves as a powerful signal of the deepening institutional commitment to the digital asset ecosystem. With a fresh $45 million injection from strategic investors like Robinhood and Sony Innovation Fund, Talos is solidifying its

February 3, 2026

Digital Wealth Management

What Will Drive Wealth Management Growth?

The New Frontier: Navigating a Shifting Wealth Management Landscape The global wealth management industry stands at a pivotal crossroads, defined by a challenging paradox where assets under management continue to climb while firms grapple with persistent margin pressure. According to a landmark survey of 300 global leaders, this environment is not a cyclical trend but the beginning of a profound

February 2, 2026

Cyber Security

Critical Flaw Exposes 175,000 Ollama Servers

A comprehensive, large-scale security analysis has uncovered a severe vulnerability affecting approximately 175,000 publicly accessible Ollama servers, creating a significant global risk of remote code execution and unauthorized access to internal corporate systems. The investigation, which spanned 293 days, revealed this vast network of insecure hosts is distributed across 130 countries and over 4,000 autonomous system networks. This exposure originates

February 2, 2026

Digital Wealth Management

AI Will Reshape Wealth Management for a New Generation

The financial landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by a convergence of forces that are fundamentally altering the very definition of wealth and the nature of advice. A decade marked by rapid technological advancement, unprecedented economic cycles, and the dawn of the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history has set the stage for a transformative era in US wealth

January 30, 2026

Digital Wealth Management

WealthAi Raises $800K for AI Wealth Management Platform

In an industry where client trust is paramount, the greatest threat to a wealth adviser’s success may not be market volatility or a rival firm, but the clunky, outdated software that consumes their time and multiplies operational risk. WealthTech startup WealthAi has secured $800,000 in a pre-seed funding round to tackle this very issue, aiming to replace fragmented systems with

January 30, 2026

Cyber Security

Chinese Networks Dominate Illicit Finance With Crypto

A sophisticated and sprawling financial underworld has quietly risen to prominence, leveraging the anonymity and speed of cryptocurrency to launder billions of dollars with alarming efficiency. A groundbreaking report reveals that Chinese Money Laundering Networks (CMLNs) now stand at the epicenter of this illicit ecosystem, fundamentally reshaping the global fight against financial crime. This research summary examines the emergence and

January 30, 2026

Cyber Security

Is WinRAR a Ticking Time Bomb on Your PC?

A high-severity vulnerability lurking within one of the world’s most popular file compression utilities, WinRAR, is being actively weaponized by a diverse range of global threat actors, transforming the seemingly harmless software into a significant security liability. Despite the availability of a patch for several months, extensive research confirms that countless systems remain unpatched, exposing individuals and organizations to sophisticated

January 30, 2026

Digital Wealth Management

What Makes a Wealth Management Firm a Leader?

The United States wealth management industry is cleaving into two distinct realities, where a select group of firms is accelerating far ahead, leaving the rest of the market to contend with slower growth and compressed margins. This is not a story of sheer size or legacy, but of strategic differentiation. An in-depth analysis of the sector reveals that a cohort

January 29, 2026

Digital Wealth Management

Formue Plans to Unfreeze European Wealth Management

A deep-seated paradox haunts the European wealth management landscape, where the very individuals entrusted with safeguarding a client’s financial future are often incentivized to prioritize product sales over impartial advice. This inherent conflict has created a climate of quiet uncertainty, leaving many high-net-worth individuals feeling underserved by an opaque and traditionalist industry. Now, a pan-Nordic wealth manager, Formue, is embarking

January 29, 2026

Cyber Security

Can a Spreadsheet Formula Hack Your Server?

With a deep background in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain, Dominic Jainy has dedicated his career to understanding how emerging technologies intersect with security. Today, he helps us dissect the “Cellbreak” vulnerability, a critical flaw that turned Grist spreadsheets into a potential launchpad for remote code execution attacks, demonstrating how a single insecure component can compromise an entire system.

January 29, 2026

Cyber Security

What Are the Defining Cyber Trends of 2026?

The relentless pace of digital transformation has propelled the global economy into a new and precarious territory, where the lines between innovation, operational dependency, and existential risk have become irrevocably blurred. The cybersecurity landscape of 2026 is not merely an evolution of past challenges; it represents a fundamental paradigm shift, a crucible forged in the fires of artificial intelligence and

January 29, 2026