The TALL Group Signs Partnership Agreement with Olicom
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
The TALL Group of Companies, the UK leader in the provision of secure paper and electronic payment solutions, has been appointed authorised distributor and service partner to sell and support Olivetti banking products in the UK and Ireland from specialist manufacturer Olicom, the new owner of Olivetti banking&postal specialised printers The strategic partnership has been designed to provide the banking and financial sector with improved...
Trulioo advocates global solution for world's unbanked as MTN applies for mobile banking licence
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Mobile Banking
As part of their latest project, MTN, the top African telecoms operator is preparing to apply for a mobile banking license in Nigeria. This is the latest push by the Nigerian central bank to increase access to basic financial services.[1]
Crypto markets mature as Cryptology unveils professional margin trading features
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies
Singapore-based community cryptocurrency exchange, Cryptology Exchange today launches a new functionality that allows users to trade cryptocurrency on margin – letting experienced traders execute trades with borrowed money.
Saxo Bank launches new platform for investors in Denmark
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Banking
Saxo Bank, the leading Fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, launches a new user-friendly and simpler platform tailored to the growing segment of investors. Today, Saxo Bank launches SaxoInvestor, a new platform that gives the growing investor segment the opportunity to build long-term portfolios across stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and SaxoSelect portfolios.
How to use biometric identification to better KYC
- 7 years 5 months ago
- AML and KYC
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and terrorism prevention are key questions in modern finance. Most such policies are determined on a governmental or even international level. A company’s failure to comply with AML regulations may result in hefty fines and loss of credibility. In order to prevent such incidents the banks form their customer relationship policies based on Know Your Customer (KYC) principles. KYC is based on client personal data...
Four in ten companies up R&D spending to take advantage of new technology
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
New research from Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, shows how Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are driving rapid change in UK businesses by seizing the potential of next-generation technologies.
Eventus Systems Named to Global RegTech 100 for 2019
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Security, Regulatory Standards
Specialist research firm RegTech Analyst has just named Eventus Systems, Inc., a provider of regulatory technology software solutions for the capital markets, to its global RegTech 100 list for 2019, recognizing the pioneering companies transforming compliance, risk management and cybersecurity.
Europe’s Markets Anxiously Waiting for the Brexit News and Italy’s Budget Developments
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
European investors are waiting hopefully for further progress in the US-China trade dispute to happen after some positive developments have occurred along this avenue. On the negative side, markets will continue to face pressures due to Brexit uncertainties and Italy’s next-year’s budget issues that have still not been fully resolved, financial scouts note.
Integral Partners with Moscow Exchange (MOEX) to Deliver Access to Better Liquidity and Higher Performance
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Banking, Risk Management, Infrastructure
Integral (www.integral.com), the technology partner trusted by leading banks, brokers, and asset managers to help them outperform their competition in the foreign exchange market, today announced a partnership with Moscow Exchange (MOEX), the largest worldwide RUB FX electronic trading venue. Through its Open Currency ExchangeTM (OCX), Integral will deliver access to better liquidity, higher performance, and lower latency to MOEX customers, and ...
Ivy Launches IvyPay as Global Adoption of Crytocurrency Increases
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
The mass adoption of cryptocurrency is a step closer today, following the launch of IvyPay, a platform built by blockchain-based tech company, Ivy, in partnership with cryptocurrency broker service, HiveEx.com
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions launches guide to help businesses navigate complex global sanctions
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Risk Management
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the global information solutions provider, has today launched a guide to help businesses navigate the ever-growing complex global sanctions environment.
Should there be more competition among international money transfer providers?
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Money Transfers
The BBC reports today** that migrants to the UK send £8bn to family each year. UNESCO calculate that the average transaction fees applied to international money transfers amounts to 7% of the total transaction. That means a whopping £560 million is lost to transaction fees every year. When you also consider that 30% of that money is sent back to get younger family members through education, it's a huge loss to those that are often required to...
Financial Conduct Authority Selects Sopra Steria for Major Application Maintenance Contract
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Cloud, Regulatory Standards
Sopra Steria is today announcing a new engagement which will see it provide application maintenance services across all the major systems at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This the latest major contract between the organisations, which follows the company’s development and launch of the Market Data Processor (MDP) in January 2018.
Kreston Reeves Partners with MindBridge Ai to Deliver Enhanced Insights for Audit
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Accounting
Kreston Reeves, one of the top twenty-five accountancy firms in the UK, has partnered with MindBridge Ai to improve its audit services through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Audit is one of the key areas for the firm, which works with SME corporations and charities, and AI-based technology was chosen to evolve its continuing promise to provide valuable insights to its clients.
FINCA Impact Finance goes live with Finastra to meet regulatory standards
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Finastra announced today that FINCA Impact Finance, a global network of 20 community-based microfinance institutions and banks, has gone live with Fusion Risk to improve its short-term regulatory compliance and reporting in line with the International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS9).
