Omnio Appoints Keith Richbell To Head Its Australian Team
- 6 years 11 months ago
- People Moves
Omnio Group, a banking and payment services provider formed by the merger of Payment Cloud Technologies (PCT) and Tuxedo Money Solutions, has welcomed payment industry leader Keith Richbell as Chairman of the group’s Australian business. Richbell has more than 35 years’ industry experience, working across retail banking, foreign exchange, real-time and card payments, as well as FinTech. He has worked for major international brands, including...
iwoca adds Barclays and HSBC to Open Banking connections
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Banking
iwoca, the UK’s fastest growing small business lender, today announces it has connected to Barclays and HSBC banks under Open Banking. This expands the number of Open Banking connections offered by iwoca to three, including Lloyds Bank, and will enable more than 60 percent of the lender’s customers to take advantage of the Open Banking service.
Sberbank welcomes David Rafalovsky as Executive Vice President
- 6 years 11 months ago
- People Moves
On December 10th 2018 the Sberbank Group announced the appointment of David Rafalovsky as Executive Vice President.
CLX Communications appoints new CFO
- 6 years 11 months ago
- People Moves
CLX Communications AB, a global leader in cloud communications for customer engagement through mobile technology, today announced the appointment of Roshan Saldanha as its new Chief Financial Officer. Roshan joins CLX from a previous role as CFO of Tele2 Sverige AB, Sweden's second-largest telecom operator, and will assume his role at CLX on March 5, 2019.
Experian to acquire South Africa's Compuscan for $263 million
- 6 years 11 months ago
- M&A Deals
Actis, a leading growth markets investor, has announced their agreement to the sale of Compuscan, a provider of credit information and analytics services, to Experian for ZAR3.72 billion (USD263 million). The acquisition is subject to review by the competition regulator in South Africa. Established in South Africa in 1994, Compuscan started as a credit bureau, focused on the micro-lending industry. It enabled micro lenders to avoid financial...
NEW DTCC RISK SURVEY REVEALS GROWING CONCERNS OVER BREXIT’S SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Risk Management, Infrastructure
The slower than expected negotiating progress between the United Kingdom and the European Union and the ongoing uncertainty of the outcome has positioned Brexit as a top systemic risk concern for 2019, although cybersecurity and other geopolitical risks around the globe continue to dominate the risk landscape, according to a new survey published by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market...
DataArt partners with R3 to build blockchain solutions on Corda distributed ledger platform
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Blockchain
DataArt, a global technology consultancy that designs, develops, and supports unique software solutions, today announced that it has partnered with R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm, to develop innovative products and solutions on R3’s Corda platform.
Actis sells African credit information and analytics business Compuscan to Experian
- 6 years 11 months ago
- M&A Deals
Actis, a leading growth markets investor, has announced their agreement to the sale of Compuscan, a provider of credit information and analytics services, to Experian for ZAR3.72 billion (USD263 million). The acquisition is subject to review by the competition regulator in South Africa. Established in South Africa in 1994, Compuscan started as a credit bureau, focused on the micro-lending industry. It enabled micro lenders to avoid financial...
genesis partners with OpenFin to accelerate digital transformation in capital markets
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Buy-Side Back and Middle Office, Asset Management, Fund Management, Treasury, Wealth Management
genesis, the international capital markets software firm and OpenFin are pleased to announce their partnership, to provide clients with scalable and interoperable technology and desktop solutions, built and deployed at great speed. The partnership helps drive front to back office digital transformation projects across capital markets - from the server to the desktop - bringing together genesis’ ability for agile software development and OpenFin’...
Cryptomathic and ZetesConfidens team up to deliver eIDAS-compliant remote qualified e-signatures as a service
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Security
Governments, banks and enterprises across Europe can now access everything they need to establish the highest level of non-repudiation in eIDAS-compliant remote Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) services via ZetesConfidens’ eaZyCert and eaZySign services.
Online shoppers more vulnerable to spam as the holidays inch closer
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Security
New research from cyber security provider F-Secure points to spam as an attack vector to watch out for this holiday season. Spam campaigns disguised as delivery notifications or online shopping invoices have been popular with cyber criminals all year long, and researchers say these tactics can prove even more effective around the holidays.
Equiniti Riskfactor wins US client Eagle Business Credit
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Risk Management, Infrastructure
Equiniti Group plc, the FTSE-listed share services and fintech business, is delighted to announce that its risk management business, Equiniti Riskfactor, has been awarded a contract with Eagle Business Credit, the Atlanta-based factoring company which launched in 2013 and provides flexible funding solutions for small businesses.
Equifax comments: Momentum building for Open Banking in 2019
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Banking
Jake Ranson, Banking & Financial Institutions Expert and CMO at Equifax UK, believes consumers will begin experiencing the full benefits of Open Banking in the year ahead: January 2019 marks the first anniversary of Open Banking, and we can expect it to play a central role in the banking sector for the year ahead. As more companies evolve the new technology into live customer journeys, consumers will really begin to experience the full...
Databarracks announces partnership with Rubrik to bring modern data protection to the UK
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Cloud, Data
Rubrik is the market leader in Cloud Data Management, the world's first platform to orchestrate data for hybrid cloud enterprises anytime, anywhere. Rubrik blends future-proof architecture with consumer-grade simplicity to pioneer a fresh approach to an old problem. Databarracks managing director Peter Groucutt commented: “Rubrik is an incredibly impressive company. The way the team has taken it to market and seen such incredible growth is a...
Data breaches threaten customer trust in Open Banking
- 6 years 11 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
TLT’s Opportunity Knocks report on Open Banking, which draws on research involving 130 senior decision makers across UK financial services, highlights a growing tension between data sharing – the basic tenet of Open Banking – and high profile data breaches, as customers grow increasingly aware of and sensitive to data security issues.
