DAVOS RESARCH REVEALS INVESTORS EXPECT LISTED COMPANIES TO START REPORTING ON THEIR STRATEGIES FOR BLOCKCHAIN
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Blockchain
New research from the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading association for the blockchain ecosystem, reveals that 26% of institutional investors believe major listed companies will have to start proactively reporting on their plans and ambitions around blockchain because investors will demand this. A further 38% anticipate they will start to have to do this between three and five years from now, and only 13% think companies...
Tieto’s Insurance-in-a box solution helps Baloise Insurance speed up its digitalization journey
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Insurance
Baloise has chosen Tieto’s Insurance-in-a-Box solution to create an agile digital platform that will enable it to implement new services in a faster way, and realise its ambition to be one of the most innovative insurers on the Belgian market.
IBM signs $260M Digital Transformation Deal With Philippine Bank
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
IBM and the Bank of the Philippine Islands signed a $260 million multi-year services agreement calling for IBM to provide IT services for agile IT and hybrid cloud, as well as development to accelerate BPI's digital transformation, IBM said Wednesday.
Bolsa de Valores de Panamá goes live with Nasdaq trading system
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Trading Systems
Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Bolsa de Valores de Panamá (BVP) have announced that BVP has successfully gone-live with its new trading system. The system is operating on Nasdaq matching engine technology, allowing BVP to meet their strategic growth plans and leverage the modular functionality to offer additional services to their members and clients.
Onfido collaborates with BitPay for bitcoin payments
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Authentication Technology
Onfido, the award-winning global identity verification platform, today announced a partnership with BitPay to accept payment in Bitcoin. BitPay is also using Onfido’s technology to meet Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements and onboard new users to its platform swiftly and securely.
Confluence introduces Form CPO-PQR reporting capability
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Regulatory Standards, Data
Confluence, the global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, today announced that a more efficient and cost-effective response to CPO-PQR reporting, is now available within its Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting platform.
MYPINPAD Appoints Nigel Dean to Head Marketing Team
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Authentication Technology
MYPINPAD, the global leader in payment acceptance and customer authentication solutions, has welcomed experienced payment industry professional, Nigel Dean, as its new Head of Marketing.
UnPAY Founder Named as 2018 Golden Shell’s Inaugural “Payment Industry Pioneer”
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments
UnPAY founder and CEO, Zhang Zhenghua, has received another feather in his cap with the latest win at the 2018 Golden Shell Award. Zhenghua was named as the Payment Industry Pioneer, for his innovative creation of a global one-stop payment technology service model. The Payment Industry Pioneer award is a new category created by the Golden Shell Award. It was established to recognise corporate leaders who have made great strides and innovations...
Dash Names Scott Patrick Chief Financial Officer
- 7 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
Dash Financial Technologies, the industry’s leading capital markets technology and execution provider, today announced the addition of Scott Patrick as Chief Financial Officer. Reporting directly to CEO Peter Maragos, Mr. Patrick will be responsible for leading financial operations and strategic planning for the firm.
Solactive releases Taiwan Sustainability Index with National Taipei University College of Business
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Data
Solactive is pleased to announce the launch of the Taiwan Sustainability Index (TWNSI), which tracks the performance of companies that are identified as top corporate sustainability practitioners in Taiwan. The index’ development is the first cooperation between Solactive and a higher education institution, the National Taipei University College of Business, which approached Solactive with a proprietary index concept.
Eagle’s IBOR Solution Selected by Great Eastern
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Investment Management, Cloud
Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a BNY Mellon company, today announced that Great Eastern has selected Eagle ACCESSSM, Eagle’s secure private cloud, as well as the Eagle Investment Book of Record (IBOR) solution. Building on its relationship with BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, Great Eastern will move its current Data Management solution to Eagle ACCESSSM and create an IBOR to help enhance its investment decision-making capabilities.
Flying start for the new Payconiq by Bancontact payment app: already supported by 290,000 payment points and 20 banks
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Nathalie Vandepeute, CEO of Bancontact Payconiq Company: “Our mission? To provide simple and reliable payment solutions to all Belgians on the road to a payment world with less cash. In other words, constantly changing the way in which people pay and are paid – and contributing to the growth of merchants’ businesses, while constantly improving the overall shopping experience.”
Former Global CEO of Edenred appointed to the board of Perkbox
- 7 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
In line with the company’s international expansion plans and ambitions to become the global leader, Perkbox, Europe’s fastest growing employee experience platform, is today announcing the appointment of Jacques Stern, previousl
Cognizant : New shared banking platform to manage 10% of Finnish banking deposits and loans
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced that it has been selected by three Finnish financial institutions, Savings Banks Group, Oma Savings Bank Plc and POP Bank Group, as their strategic partner to build and operate a shared core banking platform to enable their digital transformation plans.
Guernsey leads the way on smart contracts
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Guernsey is demonstrating its global leadership in drafting new laws to offer certainty in the use of “Electronic Agents” in transactions and contract matters, and to create a smart, secure environment for the exploitation of technology for specialist financial services.
