Lloyds Bank Collaborates with Blue Motor Finance to Develop Instant Payments
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
Europe’s fastest growing company, Blue Motor Finance, today announces a new collaboration with Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking API Lab The companies are partnering on an innovative Faster Payments and Direct Debit API to ensure individual motor traders and dealerships receive instant loan payments. The new programme brings together Europe’s fastest growing FinTech start-up and one of the UK’s largest banks. The two companies have a longstanding...
Research Reveals Investor Confusion Over Risks Involved when Investing through Property Investment Platforms
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
New research* from secured property lender Fitzrovia Finance reveals a lack of understanding of some of the fundamental risks involved through investing through property investment platforms. 75% of investors who have used these platforms wrongly believe first charge secured debt/loans are riskier than second charge mezzanine debt/loans. A further 7% said they didn’t know which was riskier. It also revealed 18% of retail investors who have used...
Global Hosting Company WorldStream Significantly Expands The Size of Its R&D Department
- 6 years 7 months ago
- IaaS, Data
WorldStream, a fast-growing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) hosting provider with more than 15,000 dedicated servers installed in their two company-owned data centers in the Netherlands, has expanded its Research & Development department from 3 to 10 employees in just a few months time.
NTT Security Completes Acquisition of WhiteHat Security
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Security
NTT Security, the specialized security division and center of excellence in security for NTT, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of WhiteHat Security, a leading application security provider committed to securing applications that run enterprises’ businesses. The acquisition will strengthen NTT Security’s ability to address modern enterprise security needs that range from IT infrastructure to critical business applications,...
Pico to Acquire Corvil, Creating the New Benchmark for Technology Services in Financial Markets
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cloud, Data
Pico, a leading provider of
Rise in Cybercrime Tops the Agenda at ATM & Cyber Security 2019
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments, ATMs, Security
Recent high profile cyber attacks and increasingly sophisticated threats to ATMs are creating a challenging security environment for the banking industry. At RBR’s ATM & Cyber Security 2019 banks will come together to learn from experts representing organisations such as Google, Barclays Bank, CaixaBank, Nationwide, SEB and the UK Police Understanding the scale of risk is essential
Fintech Firm Countingup Opens New Cardiff Office
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Digital Identity, Banking, Accounting
Countingup, the UK’s number one small business banking and accounting app, has announced it is opening a new office on Cathedral Road. Countingup will focus on providing account management and out-of-hours customer support from the new Cardiff base. The account management team has already seen several team members join with recruitment currently underway for the customer support team. The office came about following an initial approach from...
Saga and Deloitte Partner to Select FIS’s Solution to Manage Treasury Unit
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Blockchain, Audit and Reporting
Saga, a monetary startup aimed at creating blockchain-based currency designed to bring stability to international exchange, announced today that it has recently selected FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, to deploy its Integrity SaaS solution to manage the Saga treasury unit’s back office and its reserves.
nexo standards to Launch First Accredited Test Tool
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Global industry association, nexo standards, today announces the launch of its first accredited test tool, delivering services in line with its latest nexo Implementation Specification NIS version 4.0 allowing the validation of an Acquirer Host supporting the nexo Acquirer protocol, version 6.0. Payment acceptance stakeholders can now feel confident solutions will interoperate seamlessly with other nexo-compliant players in the field, fast-...
Industry’s First EMV 3.0 Approval for FIME & ID TECH
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Security
ID TECH has received the industry’s first EMV®* Contactless Interface v3.0 approval for its ViVOpay line of contactless payment devices. FIME’s services were instrumental in certifying ID TECH’s contactless product with EMVCo’s updated EMV Level 1 Specification. The enhanced specification addresses the latest interoperability and communication needs of EMV acceptance devices and contactless payment form factors.
TCS Helps Scottish Widows Enhance Customer Experience
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Platform Technology
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT, consulting and business solutions organisation, has crossed a major milestone by successfully completing the first phase of implementation of the TCS BaNCS Insurance Platform as part of a business transformation programme for Scottish Widows, the life and pensions arm of Lloyds Banking Group.
SpareBank 1 Chooses Nets for Open Banking
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Open Banking
Norwegian bank group SpareBank 1 announces it has selected Nets to provide its open banking infrastructure. The group of 14 savings banks will implement Nets Access to Account Services (NAAS) - a single platform that enables access to banks across the Nordics and Europe.
Wolters Kluwer Launches OneSumX SaaS Regulatory Reporting Solution
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cloud, SaaS
Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting (FRR) business has launched a software-as-a-service (SaaS) Regulatory Reporting solution. This marks the first time that the company’s OneSumX regulatory software has been made available on the cloud, thereby aligning with the cloud technology strategies the company’s customers are adopting, providing predictability of cost and lower total costs of ownership.
Path Solutions Won ‘Best Islamic Technology Provider’ at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2019
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
Path Solutions, the leading provider of Islamic software solutions and services, has won the title of ‘Best Islamic Technology Provider’ at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2019. The award puts emphasis on the company’s Sharia-compliant financial software suite and recognizes innovation and impact in advancing the Islamic financial services industry.
TriOptima Record Compression Shrinks Notional in Eurex Clearing
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Derivatives and OTC Derivatives
TriOptima, a leading infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, today announced that it has reduced notional outstanding at Eurex Clearing by 26% following a record compression run on June 26, 2019.
