Growth Street Unveils Major New Hires
- 7 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Growth Street is glad to annunce that the following appointments have been done. Specifically, April Nardulli was appointed as General Counsel and Chris Weller was assigned a position of Commercial Director. April’s previous experience within London’s financial technology industry, most recently at RateSetter, should accelerate Growth Street’s ability to expand on its initial product offering to its customers.
Naqoda Introduces Core Banking Platform
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Today Innovate Finance member Naqoda, financial software solutions and services provider, announced the release of its core banking software. Naqoda’s software will allow existing banks, challenger banks, retail entrants and others to quickly deliver an omnichannel banking experience to their customers and efficiently organise their day-to-day operations.
MainFirst Completed Migration To Torstone Inferno Platform
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Trading Systems, Derivatives and OTC Derivatives
Today Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, unveils that MainFirst, the independent German headquartered European financial services firm, specialising in equity brokerage, capital markets and asset management, has completed the migration to Torstone’s middle and back office platform, Inferno.
Fulton Financial Corporation Renews Partnership With Fiserv
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Today Fiserv, Inc., a global leader in providing financial services technology solutions, revealed that Fulton Financial Corporation, a bank holding company headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has signed a long-term agreement to renew its relationship with Fiserv.
Wonga Data Breach Affected Nearly 250,000 UK Customers
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Security and Compliance, Security, Data
Wonga, the payday loan firm, has suffered a data breach which may have affected about 245,000 customers in the UK. The range of information stolen may include names, e-mail addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, bank account numbers, sort codes and the last four digits of customers’ card numbers. The firm has apologised for inconvenience it caused to its customers and offered support through a devoted phone line.
Mastercard Welcomes Latest Start Path Program Participants
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Banking
Today, Mastercard welcomed five new startups to its Start Path Global program – the company’s global initiative to support innovative later-stage startups who are reshaping the future of commerce. The program is open to startups who are rethinking banking and payments and have raised a significant seed or Series A round of investment.
BroadSoft Team-One: More than 100 Channel Partners Participate in Trials Worlwide
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Cloud
Today BroadSoft, Inc., a world market leader in cloud business software for unified communication, collaboration and contact center reported that more than 100 channel partners, serving millions of business customers across the world, are in trials with BroadSoft Team-One.
Fidessa awarded Best Front-Office Execution Platform in Waters Sell-side Technology Awards for the Third Time
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Trading Systems
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that it has been named Best Front-Office Execution Platform in the 2017 Waters Sell-side Technology Awards, the third consecutive win for Fidessa in this category. Recent years have seen the operating landscape change dramatically for market participants as a result of regulation, competitive pressures and increasing globalisation. In order to remain relevant in today's complex marketplace, brokers...
Lloyds Banking Group: Updates On FinTech Mentoring Scheme
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Banking, FinTech StartUps
Previousely, Lloyds Banking Group introduced a new mentoring scheme that sees FinTech start-ups benefit from the broad expertise of its colleagues from across the Group. Amongst other relationships, Innovate Finance helped to identity suitable start-ups to benefit from the scheme, which sees senior Lloyds Banking Group colleagues act as mentors to help FinTech start- ups develop their business and proposition by sharing expertise. The scheme...
Visa Unveils Improved Transaction Data For Amazon Business Customers
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Credit Cards, Data Management
Today, Visa Inc. has become the first card network that allow participating issuers to provide their U.S. commercial accountholders a comprehensive view of their Amazon Business purchases. The new enhanced transaction data functionality, initially available to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi and PNC Bank, N.A., U.S. commercial accountholders through Amazon Business, provides full line-item details on Amazon Business customers’ purchases made...
Paymentwall To Provide Security of Online Payments in Sweden
- 7 years 10 months ago
- e-Payments, Security
Now paymentwall is connected to all banks in Sweden, including Nordea Bank, SEB, Handelsbanken, and Swedbank, allowing every person with a bank account in Sweden to pay using online bank transfer.
Motion AI Launches First Chatbot Store And Marketplace
- 7 years 10 months ago
- CRM, Infrastructure
Today Motion AI, the major chatbot building platform that services global consumer brands including Kia, Fiverr, Sony, Wix and many more, unveiled the first-ever chatbot store, Bot Store. Bot Store is a marketplace built on top of Motion AI's leading visual bot-building platform that offers turn-key templates for many chatbot use cases including customer service, meeting scheduling and surveys.
Avis Budget Group Announces Completion Of Transaction to Operate Budget in Poland
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Today Avis Budget Group, Inc., a global leader in providing vehicle rental services, reported the completion of a transaction that will allow the Company to operate the Budget brand in Poland directly and to expand its presence in the Polish market. Prior to the transaction, the Budget brand had been operated in Poland by a third-party licensee since 1990. Avis Budget Group had previously acquired its Avis licensee in Poland in November 2015.
Synchronized Banking Enterprise Fraud Management + Anti-Money Laundering Strategy
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Security
The conventional, compartmentalized and myopic approach to fraud is no longer a match for today’s savvy financial fraudsters. Banks need to consider the key dimensions of a well-synchronized, cross-channel, real-time EFM +AML to combat sophisticated new age financial crimes.
Quantopian Uses Flexone OEMS
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Management, Investment Management
FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade),a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced that Quantopian (@Quantopian), a quantitative investment firm, has deployed FlexONE, the company’s new order / execution management system (OEMS) for the buy side. Quantopian is an investment firm that offers a free online platform for education and creation of institutional-quality investment algorithms. The platform currently...
