Trustly opens office in Helsinki to meet increasing demand from Finnish online businesses

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Payments, Banking

Trustly, the European payments company, today announces that it has opened a new office in Helsinki to meet a growing demand for its fast, simple and safe payment method from Finnish online businesses and their customers.

Avaloq strengthens its Group Executive Board with the appointment of Martin Greweldinger as Group Chief Product Officer

• 7 years 4 months ago
• People Moves

Martin Greweldinger has been appointed to the new role of Group Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Avaloq and will join the Group Executive Board on 1 January 2019. He will report to Juerg Hunziker, Group CEO, and be responsible for connecting client and market requirements and translating them into product and service offerings.

Barclays appoints new Head of UK Corporate Banking

• 7 years 4 months ago
• People Moves

Tasnim Ghiawadwala has joined Barclays as the new Head of UK Corporate Banking.  Tasnim joins the bank from Citi, where she spent 21 years most recently as Head of Commercial Bank Europe, Middle East and Africa.  At Citi, she held a range of roles across Investment Banking, Corporate and Commercial Bank, and Regional Management and worked at JP Morgan and Commercial Union prior to Citi.

Developing AI in Europe through New Strategies

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Artificial Intelligence

It is a known fact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has opened diverse opportunities in the world of technology, but it is no secret that the economic impact of AI has also been momentous for its adopters. Come 2030, AI based initiatives will pump 12.8 trillion Euros into the global economy!* Caught up in the global frenzy to prove dominance in the realm of AI, the European Union which was still very recently nascent in its AI advancements, has...

Cryptocurrency Exchange Beaxy Builds Matching Engine on OneTick For Enhanced Trading Experience

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Data

OneMarketData, LLC, a leader in tick data management and analytics, announced today that Beaxy, the all-in-one cryptocurrency exchange has exclusively built their matching engine on OneTick, OneMarketData’s flagship high performance analytics and data management platform. This partnership will allow faster transactions, unique and advanced order types and an overall smoother flow in order books. 

GFX Building their Eco-system; Invests in New Blockchain Gaming Project

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Blockchain

GFX, the Hong Kong based customer loyalty platform, has announced the next step in its evolution. In addition to its powerful customer loyalty network driven by blockchain technology, the company has embarked on the second stage of its vision, that of investing in projects that will add synergy to its proposed eco-system set to integrate multiple industries. Moving forward, GFX will focus half their operations on their loyalty program and half...

Coinchase Launches Its Revolutionary Break and Return Insurance© With Money-Back Guarantee

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency's sharp bull-bear reversals over the last nine years have made for a dizzying investor experience. The unruly digital money has leaped from zero to $200 billion capitalization and minted tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of fresh millionaires, and an unknown number of paupers. In 2017 alone, Bitcoins surged from $1,000 to more than $10,000 each, only to fall back to earth again and again this year.

Splio Acquires Startup Gowento and Integrates Mobile Wallets Into its Marketing Platform

• 7 years 4 months ago
• E-Wallets, M&A Deals

The Mobile Wallets market is booming: the European rollout of Google Pay, Apple Pay's new product announcements, Samsung Pay launched last spring, and WeChat Pay is already a massive success in China.  With Mobile Wallets, marketers can finally get into the Millennial mobile-first era by moving from post-app to the Mobile Moments phase. 

BlockEx implements Maker/Taker pricing for partner brokerage growth

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Blockchain, Asset Management

BlockEx, the digital asset exchange provider for institutional-grade financial markets, has announced the implementation of Maker/Taker pricing across its pooled liquidity brokerage network. Adam Leonard, CEO at BlockEx, said: “Partner branded brokerages that sit on our digital-asset trading exchange platform share a single virtual marketplace that pools liquidity. Implementing Maker/Taker pricing is an important tool for our partners to...

3 steps to gaining control over SaaS spending

• 7 years 4 months ago
• SaaS

Managing SaaS spend hasn’t been easy but has quickly become business critical. According to Gartner, as much as 30% of software licences are wasted through insufficient licence management, and with the average organisation using around 13 cloud-based apps, the cost of that wastage is spiralling. Spreadsheets, calendars and single sign on are no match for the constant influx of new cloud apps, of which many can be unsanctioned.

Commerzbank and Societe Generale have signed a Business Purchase Agreement for Commerzbank’s Equity Markets & Commodities business (EMC)

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Banking

Commerzbank and Societe Generale announce the signature of a Business Purchase Agreement for Commerzbank’s Equity Markets & Commodities business (EMC). On 3 July 2018, both banks already announced an agreement for the sale of Commerzbank’s EMC business to Societe Generale. The transaction has been approved by the employee representative committees in Germany and remains subject to the approval by relevant authorities.  

Renovite Technologies and Cashware’s new strategic partnership boosts customers’ ATM testing capability

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Payments

Two leading global payment technology specialists have announced a distribution agreement which will bolster their end-to-end ATM application testing capability.

CloudTrade migrates to Microsoft Azure

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Cloud

CloudTrade, the leading provider of e-invoicing, e-order and complex data capture services, today announced that it will be launching a public cloud-based service to meet global demand for its unique document management solutions.The ongoing migration will help CloudTrade to meet growing demand for its services and leverage Microsoft’s cloud platform, Azure,taking advantage of a variety of benefits, such as secure geo location, geo rep

IHS Markit Transforms Derivatives Post Trade Processing with New Cloud-Based Platform

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Cloud

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that MarkitSERV has introduced new, cloud-based technology for post trade processing of OTC derivatives trades.  Called TradeServ, the new platform launched in September for matching, confirming and clearing trades of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs).

Perkbox to launch card-linking tech to its employee platform

• 7 years 4 months ago
• Platform Technology