State Street Announces Partnership with BestX to Provide Innovative Transaction Cost Analysis Offering

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Trading Systems

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today FX Connect, its market-leading FX execution venue, will partner with trade technology software provider BestX in order to offer transaction cost analysis (TCA) solutions globally.

FlexTrade Integrates BestX Trade Analytics into FlexTRADER EMS

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Trading Systems

FlexTrade today announced the integration of the BestX trade analytics solution for FX within its FlexTRADER EMS. With a fully interactive interface, users can use BestX to analyse their FX executions in real-time, delivering transparency to enable better decision making whilst meeting the needs of MiFIDII compliance for FX trading. 

Smartkarma Expands to North America with its Innovative Research Platform for Unconflicted and Independent Research in Asian Equities

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Investment Management

Smartkarma, Asia’s largest provider of independent investment research, today announced the opening of its New York City office, headed by 30-year industry veteran Warren Yeh. Smartkarma is well positioned to expand into American markets after recently completing its Series B funding round, led by Sequoia Capital. With a base in New York, Smartkarma aims to bring unprecedented on-the-ground reach and insight into Asian markets for US-based asset...

eCurrency and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation Partner to Launch Digital Cash in the Philippines

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Banking

eCurrency Mint Limited (eCurrency) announced today that it has partnered with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) to launch its digital money product. 

SharedLabs Acquires ExoIS

• 7 years 1 month ago
• M&A Deals

SharedLabs, Inc. and ExoIS, Inc. on Friday announced they have completed a definitive agreement under which SharedLabs has acquired all of the stock of ExoIS  for an undisclosed sum.  ExoIS will continue to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SharedLabs until full integration is completed. Integration is expected to be completed within the first quarter of 2018.  Jonathan Clark, Founder of ExoIS, will report to John Andrews, COO of...

Duco Announces $28m Growth Investment for Data Engineering in the Cloud

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Data

Duco, the data engineering technology company, today announced the completion of a $28m investment round by Insight Venture Partners, NEX Opportunities and Eight Roads Ventures. The round also includes an investment by lifetime entrepreneur and former CEO of SunGard, Cristóbal Conde. 

IBM Future of Identity Study: Millennials Poised to Disrupt Authentication Landscape

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Security

IBM Security today released a global1 study examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication, which found that people now prioritize security over convenience when logging into applications and devices. Generational differences also emerged showing that younger adults are putting less care into traditional password hygiene, yet are more likely to use biometrics, multifactor authentication and password managers to...

Cyberbit to Protect the Bank of Jerusalem From Advanced Cyberattacks With its Endpoint Detection and Response System

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Security

VST Enterprises Codes a Brighter Economic Future for Zimbabwe

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Security

To support the rebuilding of the Zimbabwean economy, Manchester-based consumer technology and security company, VST Enterprises, is working with the nation’s authorities and other international partners to develop innovative new uses for its cutting-edge authentication technology, VCode®.

Payvision Secures Strategic Investment from ING Group

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Payments

Payvision, a global merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment provider, announced today a strategic partnership with ING, one of the largest European banks, with a strong international network.

Mendix Announces Global Reseller Agreement with IBM, Extending Leadership in Low-Code Platforms

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Cloud

Mendix, the fastest and easiest platform on which to build and continuously improve mobile and web applications, today announced that IBM will resell and support the Mendix platform on the IBM Cloud.  Mendix’s speed and agility will be available on the IBM Cloud with AI, data analytics, and IoT services, and offers IBM developers the flexibility to consume rapid application development tools, cloud services, and cloud runtimes under a single...

Panduit Corp. Announces Dennis Renaud to Become CEO

• 7 years 1 month ago
• People Moves

PANDUIT Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dennis Renaud as CEO, effective January 23, 2018.  Tom Donovan will retire from the role of CEO and support the transition in an advisory capacity.  Andrew Caveney, Executive Chair said, “Panduit is well positioned for growth, thanks to our exceptional leadership team, employees and channel partner community. I’d like to thank Tom for his contribution to the success of the...

F-Secure Named a Visionary in New Gartner Report

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Security

Global cyber security provider F-Secure has been positioned as a Visionary in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms report. F-Secure believes that the recognition comes as the company continues to leverage the strengths of both man and machine to offer organizations superior endpoint protection and endpoint detection and response security solutions. 

Temenos Completes Migration to Core Banking Platform at EFG International

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Banking

Temenos, the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces that Swiss private bank EFG International (EFG) has successfully completed the migration of all former BSI businesses onto EFG’s IT platform, based on the Temenos core banking system in December 2017. EFG has been a Temenos client since 1993, and has benefited from Temenos’ packaged, integrated and easily upgradeable software solutions to migrate all businesses ahead of...

Luxoft and STEMettes Join Forces to Encourage Young Women to Work in IT

• 7 years 1 month ago
• Infrastructure

Luxoft, a global IT service provider, is hosting an event in London on 31 January with award-winning social enterprise Stemettes, to encourage young women from local schools to pursue a career in IT. Luxoft and Stemettes are excited to welcome 14 specially selected girls aged 13-14 from the Royal Masonic Academy and Beal High School to Luxoft’s office on 44 Featherstone Street, EC1Y 8RN for the event.