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Global Digital Business Identity Initiative Launches to Boost Financial Inclusion for African Businesses

4 years 10 months ago
Digital Identity, RegTech, Trading Systems

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Zimbabwe’s NMB Bank Limited, GLEIF, Cenfri and Cornerstone unlock access to trade finance and boost economic potential for SMEs An international flagship project designed to expand financial inclusion among small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) especially on the African continent has launched today. The project has been realized with the support of the German Federal Government through the Deutsche...

Logit.io Pledges to Raise Awareness of Transparent Pricing

4 years 10 months ago
Cloud, SaaS

Global SaaS platform that provides complete cloud observability, log management, monitoring and data analytics, has doubled down on their commitment to deliver transparent pricing & zero vendor lock-in alongside no data egress fees.

Fee Earners Remain Unsold on the Value of AML Compliance

4 years 10 months ago
Compliance, AML and KYC, Risk Management

Time taken to collate relevant information and the level and quality of data available on clients are revealed as the biggest obstacles AML creates for solicitors Better tech to streamline compliance processes paired with better education on what is expected of fee earners are both required to drive engagement

bfinance Builds Operational Due Diligence Capability With Hire of Matthew Siddick as Senior Director

4 years 10 months ago
Investment, Management, Consultancy

Investors face significant operational risk challenges, heightened by trend towards niche alternative investment strategies

Bottomline Launches Real-time Watchlist Screening

4 years 10 months ago
Management, Payments

Screens originator, beneficiary and counter-party transactions against official international sanctions lists

DTCC to Expand APAC Trade Reporting Services in Support of Upcoming MAS Requirements

4 years 10 months ago
Infrastructure

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that its Global Trade Repository (GTR) service, via its legal entity, DTCC Data Repository (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (DDRS), is ready to support in-scope Singapore firms with trade reporting services for the final phase of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) derivatives trade...

Retail Investors Hit Record Bullish Sentiment on EURGBP and WTI in July

4 years 10 months ago
Trading Systems

Retail investor sentiment on euro vs pound sterling sets new bullish record Sentiment towards WTI equals high not seen since October 2019 61.2m securitised derivatives were traded on Spectrum last month

Iress Transitioning Execution Management to Cloud

4 years 10 months ago
Trading Systems, Cloud

Iress today announced that it is transitioning its award-winning Execution Management System (EMS) to its cloud platform as part of its trading technology strategy for the UK. The last twelve months have seen exponential growth in usage of Iress’ EMS, in terms of both new clients and trading volume, and the transition to cloud enables Iress to deploy new services and seamlessly scale on demand.

LEAD Consult Aligns with additiv to Support Embedded Wealth Implementation

4 years 10 months ago
Wealth Management, SaaS, Consultancy

LEAD Consult, a specialist in providing business and IT consulting services to the financial sector, is proud to announce a new partnership with additiv to meet the growing demand for wealth management services embedded into context-relevant user-journeys.

Timo, Vietnam’s Digital Banking Pioneer, Partners with Mambu to Expand Services

4 years 10 months ago
Banking, Cloud, SaaS

Timo, Vietnam’s first digital bank, has announced it is partnering with SaaS banking platform Mambu to leverage the benefits of a cloud native core banking platform to significantly scale its business.

Refinitiv Combines GIACT’s EPIC Platform with World-Check to Help Protect the Consumer Lifecycle

4 years 10 months ago
APIs, Compliance, AML and KYC, Infrastructure

Introduction of a single API solution offers a holistic approach to fraud and risk, covering the customer lifecycle across enrolments, payments, change events, compliance, to ongoing KYC and due diligence

Goal Group promotes Vicky Dean to Managing Director, EMEA and Global Head of Client Services

4 years 10 months ago
People Moves

Goal Group, the global fintech leader in withholding tax reclamation and securities class action recovery services, is delighted to announce that Vicky Dean has been promoted to Managing Director, EMEA and Global Head of Client Services with immediate effect.

Huawei, Mastercard, Oracle and more to lead the World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS) in Africa

4 years 10 months ago
FinTech StartUps

Summary: With a common aim to promote digital innovations in the African BFSI sector, Huawei and Oracle to define the required road map at the 7th Edition of WFIS 2021: Africa, organised by Tradepass. Amidst the phenomenal disruptions happening in Africa within the BFSI sector in terms of Fintech, Mobile Money and Digital Banking, corporate giants like Huawei and Oracle have decided to take the center stage at the most premier BFSI virtual...

Former King Executive and Peakon CFO Simone Goodman joins Forecast

4 years 10 months ago
Artificial Intelligence, Management

Forecast, the leading AI-native platform for project and resource management, today announces the hire of Simone Goodman as Chief Financial Officer. Simone’s appointment at Forecast is a new role for the business, intended to support the acceleration of growth and entry of Forecast into the US market, following the successful $19M series A investment led by Balderton.