ChinaPay partners with PPRO Group to support Chinese cross-border e-commerce
- 6 years 7 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments
ChinaPay, a Chinese financial services and payments provider, and PPRO Group, a cross-border e-payment specialist, announces today a partnership to bring over 15 European alternative payment methods (APMs) to ChinaPay’s Chinese merchants. The partnership will help to expand the merchants’ customer reach across Europe, with the possibility of adding additional APMs in the future.
Popular cyber security MOOC begins third year
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Security
Cyber Security Base with F-Secure, a free online course series developed by the University of Helsinki and F-Secure, is now open for its third year. The course series, designed to give students the practical skills and knowledge required for a career in cyber security, exemplifies some of the unique strategies companies and educators are using to address a global cyber security talent shortage.
Banking Veteran Spencer Lake Joins Duco Board
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Data
Duco, the global provider of enterprise data quality and reconciliation services, today announced that former HSBC and Merrill Lynch veteran Spencer Lake has joined the board of directors as a non-executive director. The company has also significantly bolstered its senior management team with the appointments of Danielle Price as Head of Finance and Operations, Peyton Kay as Vice President of Strategic Marketing, and Scott Glazer as Head of...
Íslandsbanki invests €3 million in Meniga’s digital banking solutions
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
Meniga, the global leader in digital banking solutions, today announced a €3 million investment from Íslandsbanki, bringing the total investment in the company from banks this year to €9.1m. Íslandsbanki is the third bank to have invested in Meniga this year. The Icelandic bank follows Swedbank´s investment in April and the strategic partnership announced with UniCredit in June. Meniga will use the proceeds from the Íslandsbanki investment to...
Fenergo Expands into Private Banking and Wealth Management
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Wealth Management, Banking
Fenergo, the leading provider of Client Lifecycle Management solutions (CLM) and services for financial institutions, has announced its expansion into Private Banking and Wealth Management, with the creation of a new division lead by Steve D’Souza.
Deutsche Bank references new Solactive China Consumers Index as Underlying for Tracker Certificate
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Chinese households possess a huge spending capacity. From 2010 to 2017, the retail sales of consumer goods in China accumulated from 158 bn RMB (22.7 bn USD) to more than 366 bn RMB (52.7 bn USD) – revealing a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 11 percent p.a. over the last eight years.
CryptoCompare Publishes Latest Monthly Exchange Review
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
CryptoCompare, the global cryptocurrency market data provider, today published its monthly Exchange Review for October 2018, designed to offer institutional and retail investors insights into the cryptocurrency exchange industry.
New Nordic study reveals that established companies advance digital transformation more than digital natives
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Data, Infrastructure
Industry change in the Nordics is not primarily fueled by digitally native companies that disrupt the market overnight, but by established industry players transforming their existing businesses. Disruption increasingly comes from companies that already have a strong market position, an existing customer base, a thriving partner ecosystem, and high brand awareness. These are among the key findings of the new study Towards a data-driven future, ...
Saxo Bank announces changes to its Board of Management
- 6 years 7 months ago
- People Moves
Saxo Bank, the leading Fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, today announces two changes to the Board of Management in order to further strengthen client focus, corporate governance and strategy execution. - Board of Management member Søren Kyhl has been promoted to Deputy CEO while he continues in his role as COO. - Damian Bunce has been appointed member of the Board of Management with the new title of Chief...
37% of US pension plans have a funded status of 95% or more – nearly doubling since the end of 2017, according to new RiskFirst analysis
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Risk Management
The number of US pension plans with assets equal to or exceeding 95% of their liabilities on an accounting basis has risen to 37%, nearly doubling from 20% at the end of 2017, according to RiskFirst data.
Plenty of Room to Grow: Solutions to Put Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises on a Path to Prosperity
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
When Mastercard made a commitment to bring affordable financial access to 500 million people by 2020 and 40 million micro merchants by 2021, many more promises came with it.
Deutsche Bank and HCL Technologies join forces to transform cheque processing operations
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Deutsche Bank and HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, today announced a strategic partnership to transform the bank’s global cheque processing operations. Under the terms of the agreement, HCL will build a cloud-based digital and fully scalable cheque processing platform for the bank. The new IT-platform is expected to go live in 2019.
Digital payments - paying for grocery shopping at Carrefour Italia by smartphone with Jiffy
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Starting today, customers at Carrefour Italia iper, market and express stores can pay for their groceries via smartphone in a simple, fast and secure way directly from their current account thanks to Jiffy.
Gold-i Launches Crypto Switch™2.0
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Gold-i has launched Crypto Switch™ 2.0, providing brokers worldwide with a fully cleared cryptocurrency product and a cost-effective, efficient means of accessing multiple cryptocurrency market makers who can provide deep pools of liquidity as a CFD or physical asset.
Avaloq named Star Performer in Everest Group Capital Markets BPO PEAK Matrix™ Assessment
- 6 years 7 months ago
- People Moves
For the third year in a row, Avaloq, the international fintech and leader in integrated banking solutions, has been named Star Performer in the ‘Capital Markets BPO – Service Provider Landscape with Services PEAK Matrix Assessment 2018’ by Everest Group. The assessment is an industry-recognized analysis used by enterprises to make critical decisions about global services providers. Participants also look to the PEAK Matrix™ to gauge and...
