STAC and Interxion Join Forces on MIFID II’s Challenges

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Compliance

With the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) about to come into force in January 2018, capital markets participants are now urgently taking steps to digest the requirements and meet this latest regulatory challenge. MiFID II is poised to disrupt the status quo in financial services, demanding firms make major changes to the way they operate, as well as the technology and connectivity infrastructures they depend upon.

Rambus, eftpos Team Up in Australia to Support Apple Pay

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Payments

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) has teamed up with eftpos, the Australian domestic debit network, to help support secure transactions with Apple Pay for users in Australia. Through integration with the Rambus Token Service Provider (TSP) technology, eftpos is able to support Apple Pay, the easy, secure and private way to pay.

EBANX Payments Brings Latin America Expertise to Money20/20

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Payments, Banking

One of the most important events in the world of payments and financial services, Money20/20 will start on October 22nd in Las Vegas. Latin American local payments processor EBANX Payments––that processes payments for global companies such as AliExpress, Wish, Udacity and other major global brands––will have nine Latin Americaexperts in attendance at Booth 1657. Companies eager to start or increase their sales in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile...

BFC Bank completes mobilisation process

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Banking

BFC Bank, a specialised bank focused on international payments and cash management services, completed its mobilisation process on 11 October 2017 and is to increase its corporate banking services. A wholly owned subsidiary of BFC Group Holdings (BFC Group), BFC Bank received authorisation by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (FRN 716167) in September 2016. It has successfully fulfilled all the...

SWIFT to Streamline Standard Migration Process with New Message Translation Offering

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Infrastructure

SWIFT is launching a message translation offering that will allow users to define and validate messages from any format to ISO 20022, streamlining the process of migrating to a new standard. As many market infrastructures (MIs) move to ISO 20022, financial institutions using older or proprietary message formats must ensure their messages remain compatible. Many legacy systems will need to be upgraded in order to process the new standards. This...

Synaptic Software launches retirement modelling tool, Synaptic Analyser

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Infrastructure

Synaptic Software, the company responsible for developing research software for professional advisers, today launches Synaptic Analyser, a retirement income analysis and drawdown product comparison tool, that will help financial advisers support their customers in planning for retirement.

World’s First Digital Cryptocurrency Vault DigiPulse Reaches $1million in Token Sale

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Cryptocurrencies

DigiPulse (https://www.digipulse.io/), the world’s first ‘digital cryptocurrency vault’ which provides an inheritance service for digital and crypto assets, has reached the $1million mark in a token sale which ends on 31 October 2017.  The new brand enables customers to safely secure and pass on their digital assets to those they care about when they pass away.  These assets can include cryptocurrencies, digital images and other documents.

PayPal and Alipay Eating Away Visa and Mastercard's Market Share

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Payments

2Checkout (formerly Avangate), a leader in eCommerce, payments and subscription billing solutions, today released its H1 2017 benchmark report on Digital Commerce Trends in Software & Online Services Sales, showing that subscription-based software solutions, downloadable or as a service, maintain a strong upward trend. Consumers continue to prioritize security product purchases but also show interest in multimedia and design software.

BNP Paribas Chooses Enyx for Market Data and Market Access Technology

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Data, Infrastructure

BNP Paribas and Enyx are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to ensure market data stability and quality for BNP Paribas Global Markets’ market access infrastructure.

JP Morgan Chase Acquires WePay

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Payments

JPMorgan Chase announced Tuesday that it's acquiring WePay, a nine-year-old Silicon Valley firm that delivers payments-as-a-service APIs. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. At a time when software-enabled payments are growing at four times the industry average, the acquisition will give Chase's business customers access to a simple platform for embedding payment acceptance into their digital experiences. 

ZoneFox Launches First Hosted UEBA Platform to Protect SMEs

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Cloud, Security

Web Shield & iSignthis to Deliver Unified Legal Entity & UBO KYC

• 7 years 4 months ago
• AML and KYC

Australian Securities and Frankfurt Stock Exchange cross listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX : ISX / FRA :TA8), the global leader in RegTech for identity verification, is pleased to announce that it has executed an agreement to integrate its Paydentity™ UBO Service with Web Shield Ltd’s InvestiGate platform.

FICO Regtech Solutions Used to Safeguard Nonprofit Platform

• 7 years 4 months ago
• RegTech

GVNG, a technology platform for nonprofits, will use the FICO TONBELLER® Siron® suite of anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) solutions. GVNG chose the FICO solutions for their scalability, alert quality, cloud deployment and rapid start-up time. FICO offers the Siron® AML, Siron® KYC and other modules on AWS, as part of its FICO®Analytic Cloud offerings.

PPRO Group Increases Support for Cross-border E-commerce with New Operation in Atlanta, USA

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Payments

In order to help American online businesses expand their international customer base using locally preferred e-payment methods, PPRO Group, a leader in cross-border e-payments and one of the fastest growing FinTech companies in Europe, is expanding its global footprint. The company today announces the opening of its Atlanta office, which will be led by Steve Villegas, Vice President, Partner Management at PPRO.  

Appway Announces New Solutions for Financial Services

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Infrastructure

Appway has released two new solutions for financial services based on its latest Appway 7 technology, already live with clients worldwide.  After serving international and domestic banks with award-winning client onboarding for the past ten years, Appway is releasing the fully revamped Onboarding for Wealth solution, which integrates digital and physical interactions for hyper-connected customers in the Digital Age.