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.
Spotcap Launches Fintech Fellowship
- 7 years 10 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Launching on 11th April, the programme will support one individual per academic year with an £8K stipend to support studies. The fintech sector is one of the UK’s fastest growing sectors, adding more than £6.6 billion into the local economy and attracting more than £500 million of investment. Its continued success is closely connected to access to talent, in the short- as well as long-term.
Thomson Reuters Votes to Cut Need for Quants in Asset Management
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Cloud
Thomson Reuters has launched QA Point, a cloud-based application that enables asset managers to utilize quantitative approaches in making investing decisions, designed to assist in creating increased productivity, better results, and accelerated internal collaboration among investment professionals. QA Point utilizes a point-and-click interface and access to Thomson Reuters content, all with fast performance.
Facebook Enables Group Payments in Messenger
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Payments, e-Payments
Since 2015, you could send and receive money on Messenger, but until now, these person-to-person payments have just been possible between two people. Starting today for Android and desktop, you can send or receive money between groups of people on Messenger. It’s free, simple, fast and secure. Whether you’re splitting a restaurant bill or chipping in for a group gift, all you need to do is go to a new or existing Messenger group conversation to...
The Avaloq Group and Zürcher Kantonalbank Extend Their Partnership
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking
The bank has relied on the Avaloq Banking Suite for processing its securities transactions and for fund administration since 2006. It benefits from the modularity of the Avaloq Banking Suite, which enables the seamless implementation of functional enhancements. The Avaloq Portfolio Management module is to be added to the portfolio management system currently used at Zürcher Kantonalbank. The bank is also planning to use the Avaloq Wealth...
essDOCS Acquires TridentGLOBAL to Expand its DocPrep Solution Capabilities
- 7 years 10 months ago
- M&A Deals
essDOCS reported about its acquisition of TridentGLOBAL Pty Ltd. TridentGLOBAL is a leading export management solution with a customer-base across Australia and the USA.
Nasdaq Hits New Market Technology Deal with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Today Nasdaq, Inc. revealed a new agreement with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) to upgrade the technological infrastructure of Hong Kong's main derivatives market, including trading, clearing and real-time risk management technologies. The agreement also extends the existing relationship for an additional five years. HKEX and Nasdaq have been technology partners since 1994.
Dovetail Hires Mark Wilson as Head of Emea Sales
- 7 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Dovetail, the provider of payments and liquidity management solutions, expands its sales and account management team and the appointment of Mark Wilson, as Head of EMEA Sales. The last 12 months have seen a substantial increase in the Dovetail sales opportunities as more and more banks, of all sizes, increase their focus on payments (particularly instant payments), as a core aspect of their digital transformation programs. This expansion,...
WoraPay Teams Up With Mastercard to Save Time For Lloyds Banking Group and Beyond
- 7 years 10 months ago
- e-Payments, Credit Cards
WoraPay, the mobile service provider that allows customers to beat the queue when ordering food and drinks, has integrated Masterpass, the global digital payment service from Mastercard.
