Ingenico Group and LuckyCycle win Best Use of Social Networks / Gamification at the 2018 FStech Awards
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Ingenico Group, global leader in seamless payment, has won Best Use of Social Networks or Gamification at the 2018 FStech Awards for its work with customer experience start-up LuckyCycle, culminating in the Ingenico Gamified Checkout, boosting conversion rates by making the shopping experience fun and rewarding.
Yolt, the smart thinking money app, refreshes design based on user feedback
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Yolt, the smart thinking money app owned by ING, has refreshed its top bar to allow users to see the sum of all their balances across their accounts. The implementation of this ‘total balance’ tool is based on popular feedback from the app’s users.
SWIFT Introduces Universal Real-time Payment Tracking gpi Tracker Extended to All Payment Messages
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Payments
SWIFT announces the extension of its gpi Tracker to cover all payment instructions sent across the network, enabling gpi banks to track all their SWIFT payment instructions at all times, and giving them full visibility over all their payments activity.
BSO Sets Up Middle Eastern Hub with New UAE Office
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Global network provider BSO has today announced the opening of its new office in Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates) to facilitate and support continued demand from the global financial community to tap into the lucrative commodities market through the UAE.
Intuit’s Open Platform Strategy Transforms How QuickBooks Online Accountant Users Serve Their Clients
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Accounting
Delivering on its open platform approach to provide seamless integrations across an ecosystem of accounting-focused solutions, Intuit today announced that QuickBooks Online Accountant (QBOA) now allows accounting professionals to manage all of their clients – even those that don’t use QuickBooks – within the product. This innovation is now available globally for QBOA users in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and...
Duco Launches Big Data Platform for Analytics
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Data
Duco, the data engineering technology company, today announced the launch of the Duco Cube Data Platform. This extension of Duco Cube, the cloud-based normalization and reconciliation system, enables users to access up to ten years’ worth of results and exception data via a Hadoop-based big data infrastructure. Clients can easily connect in-house or third-party tools, such as Tableau, Power BI and QlikView, for monitoring, trend analysis,...
Paul Bari Appointed Group CIO and Head of Group Technology
- 6 years 11 months ago
- People Moves
Paul Bari is appointed Group CIO and Head of Group Technology of Nordea. Paul joined Nordea in February 2017 from a position as Global Head of Technology Delivery at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore. Paul has had several executive positions at Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Capital and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. In his different roles Paul has led global technology teams, been responsible for core technology business efficiency...
CLX Acquires Unwire, Strengthening its Platform and Customer Base in the Nordic Region
- 6 years 11 months ago
- M&A Deals
CLX Communications AB (publ.) ("CLX") - a leading global CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Danish company Unwire Communication ApS ("Unwire Communication") for a cash consideration of DKK 148 million on a cash and debt-free basis. The acquisition excludes Unwire Payments & Mobility ApS which has been carved out prior to the acquisition.
Liquidnet Rolls Out Virtual High Touch Solution For Best Execution Analysis
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Trading Systems, Data
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network today announced the launch of Best Ex Replay, the newest addition to the Liquidnet Virtual High Touch suite powered by data and analytics from OTAS Technologies. Best Ex Replay™ enables traders to recall precise market conditions to explain the context of execution decisions, investigate orders that experienced exceptional market conditions, and to help their firm meet regulatory reporting...
Cloudflare Announces Mobile SDK to Monitor Network Performance for Applications
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Cloud
Cloudflare, the leading Internet performance and security company, today announced the Cloudflare Mobile SDK, a free solution that enables any mobile app developer to understand network performance and metrics. Consumers are frustrated by mobile apps that are slow, crash, or deliver errors that degrade the user experience. For mobile app developers, a bad user experience means poor reviews, lower engagement, and reduced conversion on business...
ION Investment Group Completes Acquisition of Openlink
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Investment Management
ION Investment Group announced today that it completed its acquisition of Openlink Financial, a global provider of trading and risk management solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. Openlink provides complementary solutions that further expand ION’s footprint across energy companies, financial services institutions, and commodities-intensive corporates. Clients will benefit from ION’s additional scale and reach, with global...
New version of Linedata Capitalstream enhances the user interface and expands functionalities
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Fund Management, Wealth Management
Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN) is pleased to announce the latest release of Linedata Capitalstream, an award winning and best-in-class lending & leasing solution. This version, available now, marks a turning point in the story of Linedata Capitalstream: it is new in its design and user benefits, and brings deeper technology changes.
Cooperation and Automation are Coming Into Focus in the Financial Market
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Banking
According to the financial experts of the traditional banking and P2P lending markets who gathered at the European conference LendingUP! in Prague together, cooperation between banks and fintechs, smart automated and transparent solutions will stay in focus.
Blockchain and cryptocurrency: here are the banks that focus on hi-tech finance
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Blockchain
Not only bitcoin: blockchain, the technology behind the well-known (and sometimes disputed) cryptocurrency, isn’t useful just to create virtual coins and shouldn’t be associated to negative experiences, such as fluctuation in value, speculations or illegal uses. On the contrary, blockchain is a technology for “strengthening” computer operations and data processing exchanged between a variety of subjects by introducing a higher form of automation...
70% of UK Employees Do Not Think that Their Employer is Equipping Them with the Tools and Training Needed for Future Businesses Challenges – Sungard Availability Services’ Research Finds
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Cloud
Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS), a leading provider of information availability through managed IT, cloud and recovery services, today reveals that the skills shortage is having a detrimental
