Mashreq Bank Partners With Avaya And Koopid To Bring AI To The Heart Of Customer Experience

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Banking

Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, has partnered with Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA) and Koopid to create a new banking experience that represents a giant leap forward for customer experience, including self-service capabilities, with the region’s first digital engagement banking bot.

Top 7 Reasons to Visit AfricaCom in 2019

• 6 years 5 months ago
• IT Innovations

AfricaCom 2019 featuring AfricaTech is only five weeks away, and with a multitude of content on offer, here is a quick round-up of the top reasons why professionals in the technology and telecommunications space, and just about anyone who has an interest in how these sectors are shaping our collective future, should attend. (The event takes place 12-14 November 2019 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), South Africa).

Cynamics High Network Visibility Offering to Slash Government IT and Cybersecurity Costs by 90%

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Security and Compliance

Cynamics, an Israeli USA-based Network Performance Monitoring & Diagnostics (NPMD) company, has launched a new holistic approach to network security that grants smart cities and governments unprecedented network visibility and improved prediction of attacks, all at a fraction of the cost of prevailing solutions.  

Semafone Appoints Leading Telecom Industry Sales & Operations Veteran To EVP of Sales – North America

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Security and Compliance, Cloud, Data

Semafone®, the leading provider of data security and multi-channel compliance solutions for call and contact centres, has appointed Marc Cremer as Executive Vice President of Sales for North America. Cremer will be responsible for leading Semafone’s direct, partner, and channel sales teams as well as growing strategic relationships with high-value customers and partners. Additionally, he will lead the expansion of Semafone’s North American sales...

Pico Introduces First Pure Optical Backbone Network Connecting Key Financial Market Data Centers in New Jersey

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Data

Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community globally, is pleased to announce the launch of an optical dark-fiber network with capacity of up to ten terabits per second (Tbps), initially connecting Wall Street liquidity centers Equinix NY4 (Secaucus), Nasdaq (Carteret), Intercontinental Exchange NYSE (Mahwah), and Cyxtera NJ2 (Weehawken).

ICAP Information launches first African data offering

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Data

ICAP Information, part of TP ICAP, the world’s largest inter-dealer broker, has launched a data package covering African OTC markets.

Code42 2019 Global Data Exposure Report Finds 69% of Security Leaders Say Data Loss Prevention Cannot Stop Insider Threat

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Data, Data Management

Solactive launches ESG Big Data Europe Index, developed with ARC Responsible Investment based on OWL Analytics data

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Data

Solactive is pleased to announce the launch of the Solactive ARC ESG Big Data Europe Index, which was developed with ARC Responsible Investment earlier this year, and is designed to track the performance of European stocks with a high consensus Environmental, Governance, and Social (ESG) Score, based on data provided by OWL Analytics and Investment Research. Simultaneously, the Index includes high dividend stocks and displays a low-risk profile...

Previse selected to join Mastercard’s Start Path program to support the fintech’s growing presence in payments

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Payments

Previse, the fintech that uses AI to get suppliers paid instantly, today announced that it was selected to join Start Path, Mastercard’s award-winning startup engagement programme for later-stage scaling startups. Through the six-month programme, a dedicated Mastercard Sponsor provides a gateway to operational support, technology expertise, commercial engagement with Mastercard’s global ecosystem and opportunity to secure strategic investment.

Yolt launches competitive deposit products in partnership with Raisin

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Open Banking

Yolt users in the UK, France and Italy can apply for a Raisin account accessing a wide range of deposit products, select from competitive Raisin offers and see their deposits, directly within the app. The integration builds on Yolt’s mission to enable users to make informed financial decisions. Within the Yolt marketplace, users can currently switch their household bills, shop for insurance, make investments, combine their pensions and now, grow...

Konsentus scoops three Emerging Payments Awards

• 6 years 5 months ago
• RegTech

RegTech company Konsentus led the field at the Emerging Payments Awards by being recognised in three categories for their first-class PSD2 Open Banking solution. Industry experts from the world of payments were joined by rising FinTech stars to celebrate achievements from the past year. Konsentus’ Third Party Provider (TTP) Regulatory & Checking solution was confirmed by the acclaimed panel of Judges, chaired by John Chaplin, as being a game...

Revolut Selects Bottomline to Meet Customer Demand for Real-Time Payments

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Payments

Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology that helps make business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced that Revolut has selected the Universal Aggregator solution to deliver real-time payment services to its UK retail and business customers.

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland to test a new type of digital smart money

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Insurtech, Data

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland – Kela and Tieto will carry out a proof of concept in 2019 which will seek to develop a digital payment guarantee usable either with a mobile application or a payment card. A new type of digital payment guarantee, the smart money could help digitalise some of the processes related to payments. Kela and Tieto will develop a proof of concept in 2019 designed to test smart money either with a mobile...

Copper is the first institutional custodian to generate secure keys for Gram investors

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Trading Systems, Infrastructure

Copper, the London-based custodian for digital assets, is the first institutional custodian to integrate the Telegram Open Network (TON) key generator. This allows investors that took part in the $1.7 billion fundraise to receive their Gram tokens from Telegram. This news follows an email sent on Wednesday, 2nd October from Telegram announcing to investors that the Telegram Open Network is planned to be launched in late October.

Stripe launches in Malaysia

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Retail Banking

Stripe, a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, announced its official launch in Malaysia. Valued at USD35 billion, Stripe also announced a partnership with Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) to make FPX available to businesses in the country.