InstaReM Announces Close of US$ 41mn Series C Funding Round
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
InstaReM, Asia’s only digital cross-border payments company with a global presence in over 50 countries, announced the close of its US$ 41 million Series C funding round in Singapore. The company’s spectacular growth has attracted an additional US$ 20 million investment in Series C round, led by Singapore-based Vertex Growth Fund (VGF) and supported by new investor, Atinum Investment, a leading Venture Capital investor from South Korea.
Fulham Football Club selects Lexmark and Workflow for reliability and stability in its printer fleet
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Lexmark International, Inc. a global imaging solutions leader, today announced that Premier League football club, Fulham FC has selected a solution from Lexmark and Workflow to create a stable and reliable print infrastructure to drive cost savings, improve security and reduce the club’s environmental footprint. The Fulham FC administrative organisation sees a significant peak in print demand every two weeks when, Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage...
MACTAVISH LAYS DOWN CYBER FLAWS GAUNTLET TO INSURANCE INDUSTRY
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Insurance
Mactavish, the UK’s leading expert on insurance governance, has challenged insurers and brokers to guarantee that eight common flaws it has identified in policies will never be used as reasons to refuse pay-outs on cyber insurance claims. Several insurers and brokers have denied that the flaws – discovered by Mactavish in analysis of dozens of ‘off-the-shelf’ cyber insurance policies - even exist.
Driving in Europe and Received a Parking Ticket? Finally, There Is an Online Solution
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Payments
MoneyNetint, one of London’s leading electronic money institutions, is launching PayTicket, an easy-to-use payment service for foreign motorists who receive tickets while traveling.
OBJECTWAY AMONG THE TOP 500 CHAMPIONS THAT HAUL THE ITALIAN ECONOMY
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Investment Management, Wealth Management
Objectway, a leader in the Digital Wealth, Investment & Asset Management sector, is one of the 500 Italian companies included in the Top 500 Champions ranking by the ItalyPost Research Centre and in collaboration with “L’Economia”, economic magazine of the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Massive Analytic wins DASA Competition to help win the Invisible Battlespace
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Private UK based artificial intelligence pioneer, Massive Analytic Limited, has won a Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition to investigate the application of its patented leading edge AI technology, Artificial Precognition, to identify new ways to enable defence and security forces to effectively conduct electromagnetic (EM) op
Solactive and Axiom Alternative Investments launch together a Global CoCo Index
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Investment Management
Solactive and Axiom AI are pleased to announce the launch of the Solactive AXI Liquid Contingent Capital Global Market TR Index (SOLAXICC), a tailored index for investors that seek broad access to a universe of liquid contingent convertible bonds (CoCos). The index development marks the first joint venture between the German Index provider and the French Asset Manager. The index will be tracked by UC AXI Global CoCo Bonds UCITS ETF, the first...
NatWest announces launch of new virtual account platform for business customers
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
NatWest has today announced plans to launch a new virtual account platform in partnership with leading Nordic software company Tieto, to offer its SME and corporate customers a new client monies and virtual account management service.
Framework appoints Jean-Pierre Durandeau as Head of Product
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Framework, a specialist global solutions vendor for Private Equity (PE) and Real Estate (RE) investments, has made a senior hire to its leadership team. J-P Durandeau has been appointed as Head of Product to focus on product development and delivering the best service to Framework’s clients. J-P is the latest of several key senior hires in recent months, underscoring Framework’s ongoing commitment to meet the demand for improved investment data...
Capgemini joins Hartford InsurTech Hub
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Capgemini announced today that it has joined the Hartford InsurTech Hub. Powered by Startupbootcamp, the Connecticut-based hub is a global accelerator set up to help the insurance industry advance its innovation goals by scouting technology solutions provided by startups around the world to meet the industry’s core business challenges and aspirations.
Western Union Teams Up with Thunes to Expand Payout Capabilities to Mobile Wallets
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Money Transfers
Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has teamed up with
IBM Blockchain World Wire, a New Global Payment Network, to Support Payments and Foreign Exchange in More Than 50 Countries
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
MONEY 20/20: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Blockchain World Wire, a real-time global payments network for regulated financial institutions, is officially accessible in a growing number of markets. Designed to optimize and accelerate foreign exchange, cross border payments and remittances, World Wire is the first blockchain network of its kind to integrate payment messaging, clearing and settlement on a single unified network, while...
SEB SELECTS DTCC’S GLOBAL TRADE REPOSITORY IN SUPPORT OF ITS SFTR OBLIGATIONS
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) has selected its multi-award winning Global Trade Repository (GTR) service in order to meet their regulatory obligations under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), which is expected to apply from April 2020.
DER Touristik UK appoints CodeGen to power
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
DER Touristik UK has appointed travel technology company, CodeGen, to provide its end-to-end reservations system, TravelBox, to power premium long-haul travel brand Kuoni in the UK market as part of its digital transformation strategy. The TravelBox platform, which enables travel companies to draw content from multiple sources and create bespoke, multi-centre holiday itineraries, will replace Kuoni’s current system later this year.
Databarracks: UK should follow the US’ lead in IoT cyber-security legislation
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Security, Data
A bill to secure government use of IoT technologies was introduced to the United States Congress last week.
