EMQ and Visa Team Up to Offer Cross-border Remittances across Asia Pacific
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
EMQ, a leading cross-border settlement network in Asia and Visa (NYSE:V) today announced a strategic partnership to offer crossborder remittances across Asia Pacific. This partnership pairs the capabilities of EMQ’s extensive network and Visa‘s real-time1 push payments platform, Visa Direct, to offer customers superior cross-border solutions with greater choice, transparency, and flexibility.
300 delegates from Banking and Financial Services to convene at Finnovex
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Banking
Finnovex Middle East is set to take place on March 19, 2019 with an aim to bolster Innovations in the Financial Services Space
Banking Innovation Moves Beyond Fintech
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Banking
Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government agency responsible for trade and innovation, has today announced it is embarking on a fourth 16-week City Insights Programme with partner, the London Irish Business Society (LIBS). Following another successful programme in 2017 and popular demand for new inclusions, the 2019 programme has been extended to incorporate two further sectors, Digital Tech and Talent Tech. The programme’s finalists are divided...
Fintech Trends to keep an eye out for
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Fintech is an emerging industry which centres the utilization of technology to improve activities in finance, it rivals conventional money related strategies. The essential objective is to replace or enhance the usage of financial services. Disruption in the conventional banking and financial service space is igniting innovative trends, the trends to watch out for are listed below.
ValidSoft appoints Mac Parra as US Regional Vice President
- 7 years 1 week ago
- SaaS, Authentication Technology
ValidSoft, a voice biometric and multi-factor authentication SaaS company today announced the appointment of Mac Parra as its Western US Regional Vice President. Mac holds a wealth of knowledge with over 20 years’ of sales experience in the technology and cyber security industries. Prior to joining ValidSoft, Mac served as Sales Director for seven years with Accenture, followed by five years at Parasoft. Most recently he served as the Vice...
PPRO launches new improved edition of The PPRO Payment Almanac – the most complete overview of LPMs available to date
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Payments
PPRO , the cross-border e-payment specialist, in collaboration with Edgar, Dunn and Company, is today announcing PPRO’s new and improved Payment Almanac 2.0 is now available both online and in-print for PPRO’s customers and partners. The new and updated Almanac is the most complete guide to the complex and evolving world of local payment methods.
Cobalt strengthens team as it moves ahead to re-engineer the FX market
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Foreign Exchange
Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure based on shared ledger and high performance technology, has hired five experienced professionals to lead its drive to re-engineer the FX market. Post-trade FX is currently riddled with complex legacy systems and manual processes, creating unnecessary cost and risk across the market. The new hires bring a wealth of FX experience to the company and will play an important role in the rollout of...
VSoft introduces new core banking system
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Banking
VSoft Corporation, a global leader in providing information and technology solutions for financial institutions, announced the launch of Wings, an all new, flexible and comprehensive core processing system built on advanced browser-based technologies.
Token 2049: Ethereum Supermeetup 2019 Recap
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
As part of the Token 2049 event, the Ethereum Supermeetup 2019 is the first of its kind held at the luxurious Kerry Hotel in Hongkong last March 13-14. People need to know what the future of Ethereum’s development would look like. Token 2049 is one of the biggest crypto and blockchain conferences held in Hongkong. Several crypto companies and startups from various countries gathered together for this annual blockchain event.
Accelerating Employee Experience with IoT – Haltian and Tieto Partner to Make Workplaces Empathic
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Oulu-based IoT and product development company
F-Secure Radar wins Techconsult vulnerability management award
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Security
Finnish cyber security company F-Secure continues to receive market recognition for their solutions, with the current win being a first for the company. The latest accolade is the Professional User Rating: Security Solutions 2019 (PUR-S) Champion Award given for Radar by German research and analyst firm Techconsult.
InstaReM Announces Close of US$ 41mn Series C Funding Round
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Payments
InstaReM, Asia’s only digital cross-border payments company with a global presence in over 50 countries, announced the close of its US$ 41 million Series C funding round in Singapore. The company’s spectacular growth has attracted an additional US$ 20 million investment in Series C round, led by Singapore-based Vertex Growth Fund (VGF) and supported by new investor, Atinum Investment, a leading Venture Capital investor from South Korea.
Fulham Football Club selects Lexmark and Workflow for reliability and stability in its printer fleet
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Lexmark International, Inc. a global imaging solutions leader, today announced that Premier League football club, Fulham FC has selected a solution from Lexmark and Workflow to create a stable and reliable print infrastructure to drive cost savings, improve security and reduce the club’s environmental footprint. The Fulham FC administrative organisation sees a significant peak in print demand every two weeks when, Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage...
MACTAVISH LAYS DOWN CYBER FLAWS GAUNTLET TO INSURANCE INDUSTRY
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Insurance
Mactavish, the UK’s leading expert on insurance governance, has challenged insurers and brokers to guarantee that eight common flaws it has identified in policies will never be used as reasons to refuse pay-outs on cyber insurance claims. Several insurers and brokers have denied that the flaws – discovered by Mactavish in analysis of dozens of ‘off-the-shelf’ cyber insurance policies - even exist.
Driving in Europe and Received a Parking Ticket? Finally, There Is an Online Solution
- 7 years 1 week ago
- Payments
MoneyNetint, one of London’s leading electronic money institutions, is launching PayTicket, an easy-to-use payment service for foreign motorists who receive tickets while traveling.
