Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK selects Avaloq to support future growth of KBank Private Banking

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Banking

KASIKORNBANK (KBank), one of the largest commercial banks in Thailand, has chosen the Avaloq Banking Suite to support the growth of its private banking and wealth management business. KBank Private Banking, the leading provider of banking and wealth services to High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) in Thailand with a market share of around 40%, has selected Avaloq to upgrade its customer service infrastructure and to improve internal processes. The...

International Colocation Company EvoSwitch Expands Amsterdam AMS1 Data Center Campus

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Data

EvoSwitch, an international and cloud-neutral colocation company with large data centers located in Amsterdam and Washington DC with their cloud interconnection platform EvoSwitch OpenCloud, announces its plans to build a new highly energy-efficient data center in Amsterdam. The new carrier-neutral facility in the Netherlands will be located adjacent to its existing Amsterdam premises, EvoSwitch AMS1.

Incident Detection, Email Attacks Continue to Cause Headaches for Companies

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Security

Over one-third of all security incidents start with phishing emails or malicious attachments sent to company employees, according to a new report published today by global cyber security company F-Secure.

Tieto acquires Petrostreamz to strengthen its position in the Upstream business of Oil & Gas

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• M&A Deals

Tieto has signed an agreement to acquire Petrostreamz, a rapidly growing provider of advanced software and services for integrated asset modeling (IAM) onshore and offshore. The acquisition further expands Tieto’s growing portfolio of advanced solutions and capabilities in the upstream business of oil and gas industry. Petrostreamz has 15 employees with offices in Houston, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, London, Oslo and Trondheim.

Four Out of Five Businesses Say Failure to Complete Digital Transformation Initiatives Will Negatively Impact Revenue in the Next 12 Months

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Infrastructure

MuleSoft Inc. (NYSE: MULE), provider of the leading platform for building application networks, today announced the findings of its Connectivity Benchmark Report 2018 on digital transformation initiatives and the business impact of APIs. This year’s study specifically looks at how IT decision makers (ITDMs) are handling digital transformation, IT operations and change management.

At the forefront of 3rd Nextgen Payments Forum: the world’s first blockchain powered conglomerate - OpenLedger

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Payments

The 3rd Nextgen Payments Forum, taking place on 27-28 February 2018, in Malta, will be providing delegates with a fully-loaded programme over two days with 14 talks and over 70 key industry players and financial experts from all over the world. These thought-leaders will be sharing their knowledge on the future of the financial services industry.

Banco Santander Selects Appian

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• BPM

Appian (NASDAQ:APPN), a leading low-code and business process management platform provider, today announced that it has signed a global agreement with Banco Santander (SAN SM, STD US, BNC LN).

Metapraxis appoints Nicole Anderson as Chair to the Board of Directors

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• People Moves

Metapraxis, the leading financial analytics business, today announces the appointment of multiple time technology entrepreneur, Nicole Anderson as Chair of the board.  Nicole is a venture builder and investment advisor in areas such as corporate venture, venture capital, family office and ICOs. As well as stepping into the role of Metapraxis Chair, Nicole is also Managing Partner of Redsand Partners and has worked extensively across the fintech...

Ripple Extends its Reach into Emerging Markets With Five New Customers

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Blockchain

Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments, has seen interest in its network continue to accelerate around the world. After recently surpassing more than 100 members, additional international financial institutions have joined RippleNet. Two banks - Itaú Unibanco (Brazil) & IndusInd (India) - and three fast-growing remittance providers - InstaReM (Singapore), Beetech (Brazil) and Zip Remit (Canada) are joining RippleNet...

NICE Actimize Transforms Anti-Money Laundering with New Suspicious Activity Monitoring Solution Utilizing Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence Technologies

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• AML and KYC, Security

Financial services organizations and their compliance programs face the hard realities of meeting regulatory requirements around detecting and reporting anti-money laundering schemes, while managing the cost of compliance.

Sectra gains important reference customer in critical infrastructure

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Security

QuantaVerse Prospers from Increased Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Solutions That Effectively Identify Financial Crimes

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Artificial Intelligence, Security

 QuantaVerse, the first in the market with artificial intelligence (AI) solutions purpose-built for identifying financial crimes, finished 2017 strong as adoption of AI and machine learning to identify suspicious financial activity continues to accelerate.

Klesia Finances goes live with NeoXam Density, its integrated Front-to-Back solution

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Data Management

NeoXam, a leading provider of data management and transaction software solutions dedicated to the financial industry, announced today that Klesia Finances (part of the Klesia group, a French mutualist company), has gone live with NeoXam Density, after only 6 months of the project starting.

Openlink teams with FWD View to boost benefits of cloud adoption by global financial institutions

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• Trading Systems, Cloud, Risk Management

Openlink, the global leader in trading, treasury and risk management solutions for energy, commodities and financial services organizations, today announced a partnership with business consultancy FWD View to help financial institutions adopt cloud-based solutions that underpin critical business functions driving the world’s capital markets.

SmartStream hires industry expert Vincent Kilcoyne

• 7 years 2 weeks ago
• People Moves

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today announced the appointment Vincent Kilcoyne as head of product management and the internal appointment of Christian Schiebl as Chief Operating Officer.