Citi is a prominent banking partner providing cross-border financial products, wealth management, and institutional services across more than 180 countries.
The oversubscribed round will support product development and international expansion for the asset management software provider.
"We are focusing on empowering financial service institutions to remove outdated legacy technologies and dramatically improve the cost efficiencies of their operations by using ZILO™ to transform to a modern digital solution supporting existing fund structures, new digital assets and improving client experiences."
The funding round was led by Motive Ventures to support the development of institutional-grade wealth management products.
"As a new generation of high-net-worth individuals emerges, we are building the financial products and technological infrastructure the wealth management industry needs to serve them,"
The funding round includes backing from Citi, Waterfall Asset Management, K3 Ventures, GSR Ventures, and Hambro Perks.
"Our approach to lending remains unique in the finance industry and this latest investment, which comes from a mixture of tech multinationals to global banks, is a testament to the demand and success of our service, particularly in this current challenging economic landscape. Abound has gone from strength to strength since we first launched and we’re excited for the next stage of growth as we look to capitalise on the strong foundations we’ve embedded with customers, and to revolutionise lending forever."
The London-based fintech company secured the funding from Insight Partners to support its expansion into new geographies.
"Insight Partners is an amazing global firm withsuch strength in the payments and fintech space. To increase our share price in thiscurrent market with overwhelming demand from investors, I couldn’t be happier tohave Insight onboard to build what is a multibillion-dollar opportunity. I am alsoexcited that Citi, NAB and Rapyd are joining as it shows that Banked has realstrength in working with the biggest and best banks and payment firms in theworld."
Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Citi provided the latest strategic investment to support the low-code platform.
"This strategic support from Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Citi demonstrates their confidence in low-code as an accelerator for the next wave of IT innovation,"
