Derivatives Service Bureau 2019 Consultation Milestones
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Compliance, Infrastructure
The Derivatives Service Bureau, founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced that it is conducting a User Survey as well as establishing a group-wide Agreement Forum as part of 2019...
UK payments schemes consolidated under Pay.UK banner
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Pay.UK is the new home for Bacs, Faster Payments, and Cheque and Credit Clearing and, as of today (1 March) it is also the formal home of their people, a skilled team with a wealth of experience across the UK’s complex payments industry.
Dukascopy Bank introduces its cryptocurrency - Dukascoin
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Banking
As we communicated earlier, Dukascopy Bank was striving to become the first regulated bank to launch its own ICO.
Making Tax Digital: The Survival Guide
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
With the 1 April deadline for the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT fast approaching, Alison Horner, partner and Head of VAT at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, gives her top tips on how to survive the new system:
Three quarters of consumers ill-equipped to handle cybercrime
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Security
A staggering 75 per cent of consumers would not know what to do if they fell victim to cybercrime. According to the Affinion Cybercrime SOS report, despite high levels of concern and awareness, there is widespread confusion about where the lines of responsibility fall and who to turn to.
ICSFS & PBZ Celebrates Successful Go Live of ICS BANKS ISLAMIC and ICS BANK
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking
The People’s Bank of Zanzibar (PBZ), a state-owned and one of the oldest commercial banks in Tanzania, has successfully deployed and gone live on
Nelnet Business Solutions Joins Forces with Western Union Business Solutions
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Nelnet Business Solutions, Inc., has announced an expanded collaboration with Western Union Business Solutions to include an embedded interface between Nelnet's payment processing platforms and Western Union's trusted international payments service.
Barclaycard UK merchants to accept cards that run on the Discover Global Network
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, today announces that it will start accepting cards that run on the Discover Global Network across its UK merchant network. Barclaycard and Discover Global Network have reached an agreement whereby Barclaycard’s merchants are now able to accept Discover, Diners Club International and affiliate network cards both in-store and online.
Nordea completes acquisition of Gjensidige Bank
- 7 years 6 months ago
- M&A Deals
Gjensidige and Nordea announced today that Nordea has successfully acquired Gjensidige Bank ASA. In connection with the completion of the transaction, the mutual distribution agreement between Nordea and Gjensidige Forsikring will also take effect.
Fidessa wins Best Smart Order Routing System at A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight Awards
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Trading Systems, Data, Risk Management, Infrastructure
ION has announced that Fidessa won Best Smart Order Routing System at the A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight awards in London last night.
Thales and Gemalto reach agreement with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Security, Compliance, Infrastructure
Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the launch of the recommended all-cash offer by Thales for all the issued and outstanding shares of Gemalto (the "Offer"), the publication of the Offer Document, and the joint press release of Thales and Gemalto dated 10 August 2018 in relation to the further extension of the Acceptance...
Boubyan Bank successfully completes iMAL Islamic core banking platform upgrade
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Path Solutions is pleased to announce that it has recently completed the successful upgrade of iMAL Islamic core banking platform at Boubyan Bank.
IHS Markit Brings Innovative New Features to Securities Finance Platform
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced the addition of new functionality to its Securities Finance platform, a leading source of data and intelligence on global securities financing transactions. The enhancements deliver public disclosure coverage for the Japanese market, a global data feed on corporate bond lending activity, an updated model for forecasting short interest in the US and multi...
Self-Service Banking Europe 2019 focuses on how traditional banks must develop their digital strategies to compete with new entrants
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking
On 21stand 22ndMay 2019, over 500 senior bank executives and industry experts will gather in London to discover how pioneering banks are using self-service and digital banking technology to succeed in an increasingly competitive environment One-click culture has heightened customer expectations
Densify announce the findings of its global enterprise cloud survey of IT professionals
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Cloud
Densify, the leader in the Cloud Resource Management software market, today announced the findings of its global enterprise cloud survey of IT professionals. 80% of respondents have actively deployed containers or will do so in the near future. As public cloud is the preferred option for container deployment, Google is the clear winner in this adoption and growing at 117% year over year, a much faster rate than that of AWS and Azure. As...
