BANKING & ENTERPRISE TECH

Plaid Technologies Inc.has raised $44 million in a new round led by a fund at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Read more: www.wsj.com

French human resources management service HR Path has raised €30m in a new round of funding. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Digital banking technology provider Five Degree has raised €10m in a new round of funding led by Karmijn Kapitaal. 5Square and Velocity Capital also participated. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

UnionBank has launched New EON, a new digital banking platform. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

San Diego-based investment firm West Partners has backed digital banking platform D3 Banking with a $10m investment.

A startup throws mud at the wall to find out what sticks, with a 0.002% success rate or less. A corporation makes more planned, but slower, moves. Read more: www.americanbanker.com

Artificial Solutions, the natural language interaction (NLI) specialist that enables users to have a meaningful, humanlike interaction with technology. Read more: www.finextra.com

Bank of China (Hong Kong), which has the largest branch network in the city, has no plans to scale down its traditional network, even as online banking has cut the need for physical visits. Read more: www.scmp.com

The Oracle's PeopleSoft-based integrated HR and payroll system will streamline business processes and boost productivity. Read more: www.prnewswire.com

A report published by IW Capital, that researched 2000 UK consumers and citizens, stated that 30% of respondents are looking towards EIS investments. Read more: www.finextra.com