LexisNexis® Risk Solutions wins Chartis RiskTech100® 2019 award for Financial Crime – Data
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Risk Management, Infrastructure
Technology, data and analytics firm, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, which is a part of RELX Group, was recognised as the category leader for Financial Crime (data) in Chartis Research’s RiskTech100® study of the leading global risk technology providers. LexisNexis Risk Solutions jumped 11 spots in the ranking this year to number 16.
Sageworks wraps up inaugural CECL Transition Workshop series, expands for 2019
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Risk Management
Sageworks, a financial information company that offers lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions to banks and credit unions, concluded its inaugural CECL Transition Workshop series this month. Sageworks hosted seven workshops throughout the country in 2018 to help financial institutions transition to the FASB’s current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard.
Taking a Do-it-Together Approach: Side-by-Side with Startups
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
Leave the do-it-yourself projects at home and make way for do-it-together. While do-it-yourself may have worked previously, Mastercard believes the best way to drive scale and unlock new opportunities for businesses large and small is through collaboration – the answers to the questions surrounding today’s connected and complicated world aren’t found in one place. Besides, who’s going to read you the directions when you’re holding the nail and...
First Blockchain Solution developed in Singapore for the Bullion Market Supply Chain
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
Bullionist Technology (a Singapore fintech company) announced that it has developed "ELUME," a digital platform on the IBM Blockchain Platform and targeted at the bullion market supply chain. The platform aims to promote transparency, authenticity and true ownership of bullion assets through the use of blockchain technology.
CloudMargin Named Collateral Platform Provider of the Year in Custody Risk Global Awards
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Cloud
CloudMargin, creator of the world’s first and only collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud, has been named Collateral Platform Provider of the Year in the Custody Risk Global Awards 2018. The awards ceremony took place last night in London following decisions by a judging panel of industry experts assembled by Custody Risk.
Mobey Forum Urges Banks to Shift Focus from Availability to Adoption
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Mobey Day, the annual flagship event of global industry association Mobey Forum, is this year titled ‘The Next Challenge: Engagement’. It will explore the various elements required to effectively engage consumers through digital services, with delegates learning from the success stories of industry leaders such as Alipay and Klarna.
Kaleido Launches Blockchain Marketplace with Plug-and-Play Services and Solution Partnership Program
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
Kaleido, a ConsenSys company, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, is helping enterprises break through the proof-of-concept stage to live production blockchain networks with the announcement of its next major step forward. The newly launched Kaleido Marketplace extends its Blockchain Business Cloud to become the first full-stack enterprise platform available today. The new marketplace includes trusted tools and services from Kaleido, AWS...
Alipay Becomes UEFA National Team Football Partner
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments
UEFA and Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, operated by Ant Financial Services Group, are proud to announce a new eight-year global partnership for all UEFA national team football competitions from 2018 to 2026. Alipay, with over 700 million active users in China, becomes the Official Global Payment Partner, Official Global Digital Wallet and the Official Global FinTech Partner, for all men’s national team events,...
Aquila Capital to acquire Portuguese hydropower portfolio from EDP
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Investment Management
The alternative investment specialist Aquila Capital has agreed with EDP, Portugal’s biggest energy company, to acquire a portfolio of 21 operational small-scale hydropower plants located in Northern and Central Portugal with a total capacity of approximately 100 MW. The investment marks Aquila Capital’s first step into Portugal’s hydropower market.
UOB’s Digital Bank advances customer-centric data solutions with Meniga
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Online Banking, Data
United Overseas Bank (UOB) today announced that its advanced data enrichment and categorisation capability will help UOB Digital Bank customers keep track in real time of their savings and expenses more easily and clearly. Meniga, a global leader in digital banking solutions, will be the engine running this capability for the Bank.
API Integration Made Simple
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
In the past, it was common for each department in an organisation to procure applications independently, in order to manage their own data for their own needs. These applications were built to serve a specific purpose with little provision for the future.
BS/2 Signed a Contract of 111 ATMs Sale to One of the Leading Banks in Kazakhstan
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Security
The BS/2, a part of Penki Kontinentai Group, sold 111 ATMs with an integrated security and monitoring solution ATMeye.iQ to the Bank CenterCredit. The integration and maintenance of equipment has been entrusted to a subsidiary BS/2 Kazakhstan.
BMC Software brings the brains to cloud management on Microsoft Azure
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Cloud
Across areas of enterprise technology investment, 19 percent of spending goes to cloud-related services currently. According to Gartner, that will rise to 28 percent by 2022, with prominent growth in enterprise IT spending on cloud-based offerings. In the second quarter of 2018 alone, businesses spent over £15 bn on cloud computing infrastructure.
Abacus Group Acquires Hedgepoint Solutions
- 7 years 9 months ago
- M&A Deals
Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Hedgepoint Solutions, a boutique IT consulting firm based in New York City.
BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION AND FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY RELEASE NATIONAL SURVEY OF MORTGAGE ORIGINATIONS DATASET FOR PUBLIC USE
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Security
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released for public use a new loan-level dataset collected through the National Survey of Mortgage Originations (NSMO) that provides insights into borrowers’ experiences in getting a residential mortgage.
