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🔁 Monex dumps old tech for a full digital finance stack
👔 Corpay poaches a seasoned CFO just in time for its next growth spurt
💸 Why legacy makeovers + grey-hair hires are suddenly hot again in fintech
Source : Surecomp
Mexican financial firm Monex teams up with Surecomp to upgrade its old-school trade finance system and go digital.
🚨 Breaking News:
Monex just rolled out Surecomp’s digital trade platform DOKA-NG and allNETT to modernize services and enter new finance markets.
⚡ Wire Simplified –
Monex replaced its legacy system with Surecomp’s DOKA-NG platform.
It’s live for 18 months and covers internal trade finance and customer services.
The setup supports multi-entity operations and automated compliance.
Monex now enters factoring and supply chain finance markets.
Other offerings include FX, leasing, digital banking, and investment funds.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
Monex is done playing catch-up, this tech upgrade lets it move faster, serve better, and expand deeper into trade finance.
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US payments firm Corpay appoints Peter Walker—finance veteran from Assurant, Instructure, and more—as its new chief financial officer.
🚨 Breaking News:
Peter Walker joins Corpay as CFO, replacing Tom Panther. He’s worked at Assurant, Jackson Hewitt, and Instructure before.
⚡ Wire Simplified –
Walker has 25+ years in finance, strategy, and accounting roles.
He’s stepping in after the previous CFO exited in March.
Interim CFO Alissa Vickery returns to her accounting role.
Corpay handles payments, corporate cards, cross-border deals, and more.
They recently bought part of AvidXchange for $500M.
✔️ Straight to the Point:
Corpay’s banking on Walker’s experience to steer its next financial chapter—big moves, big acquisitions, and a CFO to match.
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