India, Austria, and US Organizations Most Hit with Ransomware
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Security, Cybersecurity
Ransomware attacks are one of the leading cyber threats that organizations have to face.
Fineco Adds BNY Mellon Investment Management Funds to Investing Platform
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Management, Investment Management, Banking
FinecoBank today announces that funds from BNY Mellon Investment Management are now available on its investing platform. BNY Mellon Investment Management is one of the most respected financial institutions and one of the largest asset managers in the world with $2.2 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2021. For British investors the firm offers a series of leading investment products across a variety of sectors and investment...
Fitch Learning Examines The Growth of Data Science in Financial Services Apprenticeships
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Platform Technology, Financial
Recent research has shown that the UK has a chronic shortage of data talent, which is costing organisations more than £2 billion a year. The demand for data scientists has also tripled over the past five years, rising 231%.
Workday Partners With Crown Commercial Service to Help Accelerate Innovation in the Public Sector
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Cloud
Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) today announced they are building on their existing relationship with the signature of a new MoU which
#MAKEMONEYEQUAL Campaign Urges Change to The Way Women are Pictured with money
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Money Transfers, Credit Cards
There are stark inequalities in how women and men are represented with money in visual media, according to a new report from Brunel University and Starling Bank. In a study of 600 of the most popular photographs of women/men and finance1 across three leading image libraries, women are frequently depicted as childlike compared to men, while many types of women are not shown at all. A Google image search found each of these images appears on up...
Handelsbanken Issue First PAB-aligned Index Funds Released by a Swedish Asset Manager - Shifts EUR 12.5 bn Capital From Five Existing Funds to New Paris-aligned Benchmarks
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Trading Systems, Investment
As the first Swedish asset manager, Handelsbanken releases five new Paris aligned index funds tracking Solactive indices. Right from their inception, the new portfolios will exceed the minimum requirements of Paris-aligned Benchmarks and start with a reduction of greenhouse gas emission levels of 55%. As a pathbreaking act, the Swedish bank reallocates capital from five non-PAB aligned funds to these new benchmarks.
NiyoX Equitas Digital Savings Account On-boards 100,000 Customers in 50 Days
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Wealth Management, Banking
NiyoX – a 2-in-1 wealth plus savings account powered by India’s leading digital banking fintech Niyo – on-boards 100,000 customers in less than two months of its launch. At a time when more than 80% of the country is under lockdown-like restrictions, the relevance and need of having a digital savings account has increased exponentially. NiyoX is on track to on-board 2 million customers by FY21-22.
Comviva Partners with Accura Scan for Digital KYC and Identity Verification Solution
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Digital Identity, Core Banking, AML and KYC
Comviva, one of the global leaders in providing digital financial solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Accura Scan, one of the world’s leading and most advanced digital KYC (Know Your Customers) and identity verification service provider.
Fintech CEO: Disruptions to Coinbase and Binance Highlight Need for Better Exchange Technology
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Data
Today, exchanges across the cryptocurrency sector, including market leaders like Binance and Coinbase, were plagued with service disruptions. According to Yahoo! Finance, Coinbase was “investigating delays in withdrawals for ethereum and ERC-20 tokens due to network congestion,” while the platform itself experienced “intermittent downtime.” Binance also announced “temporary halts on ethereum and ERC-20 withdrawals.”
Why Software Solution Service Geeni Refuses to Sell...
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment, Management
Turning down business and vetting potential clients before they agree to a deal has become the norm for a software company that remains one of the service industry’s best-kept secrets. Businesses invest thousands in technology and often don’t achieve the expected rewards. When implementing software, a poor return on investment is endemic across every industry. These failures can normally be split into three main areas: Planning, People and Price.
Alveo Clinches IMD/IRD’s Best Reference Data Managed Service Award
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Data, Data Management
Waters Technology has announced Alveo, a leading financial data management solutions provider, as the winner of the prestigious Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Best Reference Data Managed Service award for 2021. The award follows increased adoption of, and momentum for Alveo’s PaSS managed data service with recent customers, including Mediolanum International Funds Limited, Bankia and Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company.
Customers Bank Partners with Tassat
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain, Payments
Customers Bank, a subsidiary of Customers Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:CUBI) a bank holding company, and Tassat, a global provider of blockchain technologies for digital payments, today announced that Customers Bank will use Tassat’s proprietary platform TassatPay® Network, which features real-time B2B payments and integration of digital and legacy payment rails. The partnership will deliver enhanced payments functionality for the bank’s business clients...
Curve’s Crowdfunding Round to Go Live After 21,000 Sign-ups Within First 24 Hours
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Curve, the fast-growing financial super app, announces it’s going live with its crowdfunding campaign on Tuesday May 25th, following a surge in demand from customers. Since Curve announced its crowdfunding on May 11th, more than 35,000 individuals have expressed an interest in investing.
Investing in Space Technology – the Solactive Space Technology Index
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
In the middle of the 20th century, the “race to space” was nosed out between nations, and no investors were able to engage commercially in this highly sensitive political affair. Nowadays, space technology offers various ways for investors to invest their money, from satellite technology to space tourism, with the latter currently standing on the verge of a breakthrough. Investment pioneer Vontobel now launched an index certificate that...
Blackhawk Network Adds Product Management and Payments Executive, Cory Gaines, as Chief Product Officer
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Blackhawk Network, a global payments provider, today announced product management and payments executive, Cory Gaines, has been named its Chief Product Officer.
