Banking Circle and Konsentus crowned winners at the Emerging Payments Awards 2019
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Last night, some of the most influential fintech companies gathered at the InterContinental Hotel – The O2 to celebrate this year’s movers and shakers at the 12th annual Emerging Payments Awards. This year alone, the UK’s fintech sector attracted an impressive total of 123 deals, worth a record $2.9 billion – London even topped New York, coming out $200 million ahead on total deal value. This success is not just due to a buoyant market, but a...
BNP Paribas Personal Finance in Spain advances global fraud detection with award-winning tech
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Digital Identity, Financial
BNP Paribas Personal Finance in Spain, turns to GBG, global identity data specialist, across its commercial brand, Cetelem, to detect and prevent fraud for online customers. With over 27 million individual customers worldwide, the organisation requires sophisticated technology that can read and act upon data quickly, in order to detect fraud and deliver the frictionless banking experience its customers are accustomed to.
Bitcoin Economy Boosting Entrepreneurship in Africa
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain technology and the role of entrepreneurship in driving Africa’s prosperity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), were some of the key topics taking centre stage at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which was held in Cape Town recently.
Open Banking Expo partners with Nationwide and The Money Charity
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Open Banking
Open Banking Expo announces today a partnership with Nationwide Building Society’s Open Banking for Good challenge and The Money Charity. At its flagship London event, Open Banking Expo will reveal the progress of Nationwide’s fintech partners who are creating apps to help solve financial capability problems, and donate a percentage of ticket sales to The Money Charity.
Chainalysis Launches On-Demand Compliance Support for ERC-20 Tokens
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain
Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today announced the launch of on-demand compliance and investigations software for ERC-20 tokens. By operationalizing the compliance process and providing full support within weeks of a customer’s request, Chainalysis is helping businesses rapidly meet anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements for new ERC-20 tokens.
Multi-Family Office Forthlane Partners Chooses d1g1t as its Enterprise Wealth Management Platform
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Management, Wealth Management
d1g1t Inc., the first provider of an enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics & risk management tools, today announced that Forthlane Partners has chosen d1g1t as its advisory platform to manage the entire wealth advisory life cycle. This will enable them to deliver exceptional advisory services, provide better client and business insights, and streamline business processes.
Sysnet Launches Tailored PCI DSS Solution for Payment Facilitators
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Sysnet Global Solutions has announced the launch of its PCI DSS solution designed to help payment facilitators, their sub-merchants, and their Acquirers increase PCI compliance and reduce risk.
DriveWealth Holdings Names Julie Coin President
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Trading Systems
DriveWealth Holdings, Inc., a leader in global digital trading technology, today announced the appointment this week of Julie Coin to the new position of President. Coin brings more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, where she has held various leadership roles in strategy, transformation management and operations at companies including Galaxy Digital, E*Trade Financial Corporation, Deutsche Bank and
Allevo selected BCR-InnovX Accelerator Program for Scale-ups
- 6 years 4 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Allevo is one of the 5 companies selected to participate in the BCR-InnovX Accelerator Program for Scale-ups (companies with turnover between EUR 1 mil. and 2,6 mil.). The programis a project initiated by InnovX, sponsored by BCR (member of Erste Group), and run in colaboration with UiPath, Mindspace and Startup Grind in partnership with Google for Startups.
Derived Data Pioneer BMLL Technologies Appoints Lee Hodgkinson as NED and Chairman of the Board
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Data, People Moves
BMLL Technologies, the Data-Engineering-as-a-Service company today announced that Lee Hodgkinson, CEO of OSTC, a leading global derivative trading and education firm, is joining the board as Chairman, having been appointed a non-executive Director. Lee’s practical industry and exchange experience complements the firm’s existing data engineering and analytics capabilities and supports BMLL’s growth ambitions to provide more capital markets...
NOVO BANCO Selects Fiserv to Modernize Payments Processing
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, announced today that Portuguese bank, NOVO BANCO, will consolidate their existing payments infrastructure and deploy end-to-end billing and payment capabilities using technology from Fiserv. This initiative, undertaken as part of the bank’s overall IT and payments transformation program, will allow the bank to decommission multiple...
JHC appoints Andrew Watson as Chief Product Officer of JHC’s Digital Wealth Platform
- 6 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
Wealth management fintech firm, JHC Systems (JHC) has appointed Andrew Watson to the newly created position of Chief Product Officer (CPO). Previously Head of Product Strategy and Regulatory Change at JHC, Watson has been the driving force behind JHC’s newly launched Digital Wealth Platform. During his 18 years at the firm, he has also been responsible for guiding JHC and its clients through a complex regulatory landscape including MiFID II and...
VERMEG AgileREPORTER mentioned Best Regulatory Reporting Management Solution
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Insurtech, Banking
VERMEG, the global banking, insurance and digital transformation leader announces that AgileREPORTER has been awarded Best Regulatory Reporting Management Solution at the Grant Thornton UK LLP RegTech Index launch. The RegTech Index is designed to assist discerning firms achieve an immediate short-list of solutions that are not only best in class regulatory technology in themselves, but that are also provided by a vendor with a track record of...
Enterprises are Leaving IoT Devices Dangerous to Cybersecurity Threats, Finds nCipher Security
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Security
IoT is one of the fastest growing trends in technology today, yet enterprises are leaving themselves vulnerable to dangerous cyberattacks by failing to prioritise PKI security, according to new research from nCipher Security, an Entrust Datacard company.
Samsung Pay and Finablr Announce Cross-Border Payments Partnership
- 6 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Finablr PLC, a global platform for payments, and Samsung Electronics America today introduced the Money Transfer feature in Samsung Pay. This new in-app international money transfer service, a first of its kind in the U.S., offers users seamless and secure cross-border payments to 47 countries through a variety of payout methods, all within Samsung’s native mobile wallet.
