Skype and LHV Payment Solutions Founder to present at Blockchain Conference in Tallinn
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Blockchain
On March 9, 2017, Tallinn will host the biggest Estonian blockchain conference, bringing together banking sector representatives. They will share their experience of implementing the blockchain technology and will discuss benefits of decentralized services. A key speaker on this topic will be Jüri Laur, a chief specialist in payment services of Estonian LHV bank. He became well-known in the industry while working for Skype, where he focused on...
KPMG: Global FinTech funding decreased in 2016 but expected to mobilize in 2017
- 8 years 3 days ago
- FinTech StartUps
In the US, total funding fell from $27 billion to just $12.8 billion, while the total number of deals was down from 615 to 489, a drop blamed by the report on political and regulatory uncertainty, a decline in mega-deals and investor caution.
Neyber Creates Independent Expert Advisory Panel
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Infrastructure
Neyber, the provider of financial employee benefits, announced the creation of an Expert Advisory Panel.The Panel will collaborate with Neyber to improve financial inclusion across the UK and act as a “critical friend” to the company’s leadership team. Its members are providing their input on a pro-bono basis and are entirely independent of this fast growing business.
Atom Bank Issues New Market Leading Rates for Fixed Savers
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Banking, Mobile Banking
Atom Bank, the UK`s pioneering bank built only for mobile, announces an overhaul of its Fixed Savings products to offer a full range of market leading rates. The new rates will be available across one, two, three and five year terms from Friday 24th February. Details of the new rates with both monthly and annual interest are: · 1 year Fixed Saver 1.70% Gross / 1.70% AER · 1...
QuickBooks Connect to Put Accountants on Fast-track to Growth
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Accounting
Intuit QuickBooks, the world’s leading online accounting software, has announced itsflagship conference, QuickBooks Connect, will take place in the UK for the first time on March 6 and 7, 2017 at Tobacco Dock, London. Day one will bring together hundreds of accountants to hear from speakers including entrepreneur andformer investor on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den, James Caan.
Radial payments platform unites with Klarna
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Payments
Klarna, payments provider in Europe, and Radial, omnichannel commerce technology and operations enterprise, today announced a new partnership to further expand Radial’s payment options. The integration of Klarna with Radial’s Payment platform enables clients and prospects to offer a financing option at checkout to give customers more choice and could give retailers a 58 percent higher order value.
Thomson Reuters launches Singapore data science lab
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Infrastructure
Thomson Reuters today officially opens Thomson Reuters Lab in Singapore. The Lab will collaborate with the government, customers, tech startups and universities to build partnerships and create innovative products and solutions for professional markets throughout the Asia Pacific region. The Singapore Lab is the first branch in Asia to open as part of Thomson Reuters Labs growing global network, joining locations in Boston, Cape Town, London,...
PGi launches mobile collaboration exchange to enable HD Audio on any mobile device
- 8 years 3 days ago
- IT Innovations
PGi, the world's largest provider of collaboration solutions announced the launch of its mobile collaboration exchange. Particularly, it is the first-of-its-kind, leveraging its global conferencing and collaboration network to enable mobile operators to deliver a High Definition (HD) audio and video conferencing experience to their customers. This is possible through using existing investments in their LTE and VoLTE network infrastructure.
Lombard Risk Declares Record Year for COLLINE® Milestones
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Management, Audit and Reporting
Lombard Risk Management plc (LSE: LRM), the provider of collateral management and regulatory reporting solutions, announces considerable increase of its North American client base and major new product additions.
Optanix reveals its new CEO
- 8 years 3 days ago
- IT Innovations, People Moves
Software and technology industry veteran Mike Barry joins Optanix to run the next phase of company growth. Optanix, the leader in ensuring predictable IT for the world's most technology-driven companies, today announced that Mike Barry has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer.
Northern Trust and IBM transform Private Equity Market with Blockchain Technology
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Blockchain
Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS) collaborated with IBM and other key stakeholders to launch the first commercial deployment of blockchain technology for the private equity market. “Current legal and administrative processes that support private equity are time consuming and expensive” While private equity returns can be attractive, the infrastructure supporting private equity has seen little innovation in recent years at a time when investors are...
Goodix is about to Reveal New Innovations at Mobile World Congress 2017
- 8 years 3 days ago
- IT Innovations, Technical
Goodix, the global leader in human interface and biometric technologies, reported today that it would unveil another world’s first technology. It is patented with independent intellectual properties at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.
Cohesity unites with Pure Storage for High End Data Protection and Recovery
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Security, Data Protection
Cohesity, the pioneer of hyperconverged secondary storage, has integrated with Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG),the independent solid-state array vendor, to deliver faster, simpler and more cost-effective data protection and recovery solution. The native integration with Pure Storage FlashArray//M also enables customers to leverage public cloud storage for long-term data retention and accelerate DevOps with instantaneous copies of any production...
MoneySuperMarket selects SOASTA to Continue Journey Towards DPM
- 8 years 3 days ago
- Cloud
SOASTA, the leader in performance analytics, today reported that MoneySuperMarket Group (MSMG), the UK’s largest price comparison site, has applied CloudTest and mPulse solutions across its online service brands.
Lexmark awarded Healthcare Market Leadership by Buyers Lab
- 8 years 4 days ago
- Infrastructure
Lexmark International, Inc., a global imaging leader, has received a 2017 PaceSetter award in the Healthcare: Group Practices category from Buyers Laboratory (BLI).The award was given for its exceptional portfolio of devices, solutions and services for healthcare providers. The BLI PaceSetter is a first-of-its-kind award that recognises the vendors that offer the most impressive portfolios of devices, solutions and services for healthcare...
