Fidessa: R.J. O'Brien Announcement
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Compliance
Fidessa group plc today announced that R.J. O'Brien has signed a global agreement to distribute Fidessa's award-winning futures and options workstation in order to meet demand from its institutional clients, initially in the UK and Europe.
Credit Agricole and Wirecard Forge e-payment and Acquiring Partnership
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Crédit Agricole Payment Services and Wirecard announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to enter into exclusive negotiations to conclude a partnership to offer an innovative and differentiated service offering based on a high-performance technology in the field of electronic payment acceptance and acquiring.
More Than Half of Consumers Moving Away From Traditional Banking
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Digital banking is growing in popularity with 53% of consumers using or willing to move to an online or mobile only bank — 27% have moved already, while 26% are considering the switch. This is according to research commissioned by Relay42, the leading data management platform (DMP) company that empowers marketers to orchestrate customer journeys.
Seizing on Stress Testing’s Strategic Potential: A Global View From Wolters Kluwer
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Risk Management
Stress tests approached in the right way can play an important strategic role and contribute to a bank’s business performance. That’s according to Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting experts from across EMEA, APAC and North Americas. Here Sarfaraz Ahmed, Xavier Dubois, Bart Everaert, and Jeroen Van Doorsselaere) explain for Financial IT how devising the right technology infrastructure can ensure stress tests are used strategically.
Japan's Aeon Bank Selects Mofiria for Biometric ATMs and Teller Windows
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Aeon Bank Ltd., a Japanese new style bank, has announced that they had introduced a whole new biometrics authentication system to their ATMs and teller windows, which allows the customers to do any bank transactions without using a bank card nor entering PIN number. Enabling any transactions with identity verification using biometrics only is the first trial in Japan.
PAIR Finance Raises € 4,5M and Wins New Strategic Investors
- 7 years 2 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
The Berlin-based Fintech company PAIR Finance raised €4,5M in series A funding from strategic investors and financial investors. Among others, Zalando, Hitfox Group and a prominent selection of business angels from the German industry participated in the funding round (some being Maximilian Zimmerer, former management board member of Allianz and Marc Stilke - former CEO of Immoscout). Existing investors like the Company Builder FinLeap, yabeo...
Nanopay Reveals B2B Payments Platform
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Nanopay Corporation, a real-time payment platform that provides instant settlement across a variety of currencies, is announcing a new solution to enable international trading partners to easily and securely process B2B payments between bank accounts. In addition to domestic payment opportunities in Canada, users can begin using the platform in February for business cross-border payments between the United States and Canada, with India and...
China's UnionPay Supports the Upgrading of the Payments Industry Abroad
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Nowadays, China's financial technical standards have become an important impetus for the upgrading of the payments industry abroad. The payment switch networks in Serbia, Belarus and Tajikistan are being built or upgraded as per the UnionPay standards. More than ten countries including Albania, Bulgaria and Tanzania have expressed their wish to have UnionPay help them build up payment switch network.
Appsolutely Launches Token Generation Event (TGE) for its Blockchain-backed Loyalty Platform
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain
Appsolutely, the leading blockchain loyalty system and creator of LoyalCoin, today announced the launch of the Token Generation Event (TGE) for its LoyalCoin (LYL) digital token. LoyalCoin is the token that powers the blockchain-backed LoyalPlatform, which allows users to redeem points from any participating brand, anytime, anywhere.
Mastercard Launches Kionect for Nairobi’s Smallest Shopkeepers
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard today unveiled Kionect, a digital ordering system that empowers small kiosk owners in Nairobi to order and pay for products from wholesalers via SMS. Orders submitted via a feature phone helps create a digital record for kiosk owners to get access to micro-loans to stock inventory and grow their business.
Alipay Launches “Double 12” Global Shopping Festival in Hong Kong
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Alipay, the world’s largest online, mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, today launched this year’s “Double 12” Global Shopping Festival in 15 countries spanning across four continents. In addition, Ant Financial’s strategic partners in Hong Kong, India, Thailand and the Philippines will introduce campaigns for their local e-wallet users for the first time. These partners include Paytm in India,...
NYMBUS COMPLETES SOC 2 TYPE 1 CERTIFICATION
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Banking
NYMBUS®, the core banking modernization company, announced today that it has successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 1 examination for its flagship SmartCoreâ and SmartDigitalÔ platforms. Conducted by data security compliance leader 360 Advanced, Inc., this rigorous audit and certification attests to NYMBUS’ high security protocol and effective compliance with today’s stringent regulatory environment.
Intuit to Acquire TSheets: It’s About Time QuickBooks Ecosystem to Add Leading Employee Time Tracking Solution
- 7 years 3 months ago
- M&A Deals
Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) is taking the next step in making the QuickBooks platform the smarter way to do business by signing an agreement to acquire TSheets, a leading platform that small and medium businesses, self-employed, and accountants use to automate time tracking and scheduling for them and their workers. Intuit QuickBooks leverages the world’s largest small business and self-employed ecosystem to simplify and automate key business...
New OXIAL GDPR EXPRESS Provides 100% GDPR Compliance for Mid-market FS Firms
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Compliance
Mid-market Financial Services (FS) firms can now benefit from a fast, intelligent and effective solution to achieving GDPR compliance, thanks to the new GDPR EXPRESS from new generation GRC solution provider OXIAL.
Corlytics to Join Next Round of FCA Sandbox
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Compliance, Risk Management
Corlytics, the global leader in determining regulatory risk impact, is involved in the next round of Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) sandbox. It is supporting a top-tier global bank as part of the third cohort of participants.
