Malaysian Bank CIMB Appoints Olivier Crespin As Chief Fintech Officer
- 7 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Today CIMB Group announced the impending appointment of Olivier Crespin as the Chief FinTech Officer for its newly set-up unit, CIMB FinTech, which is a standalone unit that will actively explore new, innovative banking solutions.
Remitly Expands to the UK
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Online Banking, Mobile Banking
Today Remitly, the biggest independent digital remittance company in the United States, announces its expansion into the United Kingdom, its third send country after the United States and Canada. Remitly offers UK residents a modern and convenient remittance experience that allows them to send money across borders quickly and at less cost through its mobile app and website.
HSBC Vet Spencer Lake Joins Fenergo as Board Vice Chairman
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Wholesale Banking
Today Fenergo, the industry standard for Client Lifecycle Management software solutions for investment, private and corporate banks reported that Spencer G. Lake, a former Vice Chairman of HSBC Global Banking and Markets, has joined its Board of Directors in the capacity of Vice Chairman.
Fleximize Gets £16.3m Funding for SME Lending
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Retail Banking
Today Fleximize, the UK’s first revenue-based finance provider, reported that it has closed a new financing facility of £16,300,000 from Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments Limited, a specialised investment fund.
Julius Baer Teams Up With Crealogix To Enhance Mobile Banking
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking
The private bank Julius Baer has successfully revealed the newest generation in mobile banking. The bank is the first to offer its customers the opportunity to log into online banking using only their smartphone. This means that they can use all functions while out and about. The solution, which was jointly developed with CREALOGIX, solution is impressive thanks to its high level of user-friendliness and secure access via push authentication.
Creditsafe Receives FCA Accreditation
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Retail Banking
Global business intelligence experts, Creditsafe, has been granted full Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) accreditation. Creditsafe, the global business intelligence experts are the world’s most-used supplier of online company credit reports, serving 200,000 subscription customers globally and producing 125 million credit reports annually.
R3 and Acord Team Up To Boost Insurance DLT Centre of Excellence
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain
Financial innovation firm R3 has partnered with ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) to introduce a Centre of Excellence for distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the global insurance industry. R3 counts a number of major insurance companies amongst its member base, including MetLife, AIA and Suncorp Group, as well as other financial services members that have their own insurance groups. ACORD is a non-...
Gender Pay Gap Prevents Women From Investing in Their Future
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Wealth Management, Payments
More than half of British women who don’t have any financial investments are not investing due to a lack of disposable income, according to new research commissioned by digital wealth manager Moneyfarm. Data from the YouGov survey shows that over half of women without financial investments (53%) in Britain cite a lack of funds as the most common barrier to investing. In fact, almost one in four (24%) say they do not have any disposable income in...
Kraken Collaborates With Dash Digital to Upgrade Cryptocurrency for Trading Platforms
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain
Today Dash, the rising alternative to bitcoin, revealed a historic partnership with one of the world’s oldest bitcoin exchanges with the largest selection of digital assets and national currencies, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange.
Munnypot Partners With YouDrive To Support Low Cost Financial Advice Services
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Today digital investment service provider Munnypot revealed it has formed a strategic partnership with financial support service provider YouDrive. The two companies share a commitment to helping people access low cost advice with the aim of making better financial decisions.
Ripple Appoints Marjan Delatinne As Sales Director For Europe
- 7 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Ripple is delighted to announce the addition of a new board member, Marjan Delatinne, who will join us as the Sales Director for Europe. Delatinne will lead our sales efforts for financial institutions in Europe. She will sell Ripple’s commercial blockchain solution to banks looking to offer more competitive cross-border payment services and to join Ripple’s growing global network.
Canadian Western Bank Partners with Payfirma
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Banking
CWB Financial Group (CWB) strategically partners with Payfirma today, the first of its kind in Canada, that will provide CWB with a white labeled version of Payfirma’s industry-leading payment technology platform, PayHQ. The release of CWB PayHQ on May 1, 2017 will allow CWB to add a fully integrated, omni-channel merchant services platform to its growing portfolio of business services products.
Broadridge, J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander Piloted Blockchain-Based Proxy Vote Solution
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander today announced the successful completion of a pilot which employs a blockchain technology to enhance global proxy vote transparency and analytics.
Plato Partnership Announces Baillie Gifford as a Founding Member
- 7 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Plato Partnership announces the participation of Baillie Gifford in the not-for-profit industry company as a founding member. Additionally, J.P. Morgan, an affiliate member throughout the founding stages of Plato Partnership has recently formalised its involvement, taking on full member status. Plato Partnership’s development is driven by three key working groups: the Turquoise Plato Expert Group (TPEG), Market Innovator (MI3), and the Plato...
Virtual Instruments Introduces Industry’s First “Production to Lab” Solution for NAS-based Storage Systems
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Management, Infrastructure
Virtual Instruments, the leader in App-centric Infrastructure Performance Management, announced today enhancements to its Load DynamiX Enterprise storage performance validation solution, which enables storage professionals to validate and optimise their storage investments. Driven by customer demand, Load DynamiX Enterprise 5.3 lets customers more intelligently deploy storage infrastructure for their hybrid data centres.
