Confluent and DataStax Announce Partnership
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Infrastructure
Confluent, founded by the creators of open source Apache KafkaTM, today announced that it partnered with DataStax, the leading provider of database software for cloud applications, to provide a solution so joint customers can easily connect Apache Kafka and Apache CassandraTM for enterprise workloads. Confluent Platform enables companies to easily access data as real-time streams and make it available throughout the organization.
Planixs Teams Up with Infor to Boost its Global Financial Services Business
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Big Data, Infrastructure
Planixs, a leading provider of industry specific Big Data, analytics and modelling solutions built for the cloud, today announced an exciting agreement with
Intel and TPG PArtner to Form a Cybersecurity Company
- 8 years 4 months ago
- IT Innovations, Technical
Intel Corporation and TPG announced a definitive agreement under which the two parties will establish a newly formed, jointly-owned, independent cybersecurity company. The new company will be called McAfee following transaction close. TPG will own 51 percent of McAfee and Intel will own 49 percent in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $4.2 billion. TPG is making a $1.1 billion equity investment to help drive growth and enhance...
Masterpass Adoption Provides Secure Digital Payment Experiences for Consumers, Issuers and Merchants Around the World
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
The continued transformation of Mastercard to an even more digital company continues to be driven by the rapid growth, support and success of Masterpass, the company’s digital payment service. As part of this momentum, Mastercard today announced issuers and merchants around the globe that are making Masterpass available to their customers, enabling fast, simple and secure digital payment experiences across devices and channels – online, in-app...
Android Pay Available for Chase Visa Cardholders
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Chase Visa® consumer credit and debit cardholders can now use Android Pay™ to make simple and secure payments in stores and in mobile apps. Chase customers with Android Pay-enabled devices can make purchases with their phone at millions of store locations nationwide that accept contactless payments, and within many Android apps. Chase cardholders maintain all of the rewards, benefits and services they have come to expect when using their Chase...
Entersekt Signs Reseller Agreement with Blue Bay Technologies
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Security, Authentication Technology
Entersekt, a leader in next-generation digital banking security, today announced a reseller agreement with Blue Bay Technologies. A Minneapolis-based IT security and threat management provider, Blue Bay now offers Entersekt’s patented multi-factor authentication and app security product, Transakt, to banks and other enterprises in North America.
ESG Fund Metrics is Available on FactSet
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Portfolio Risk, Infrastructure
MSCI ESG Research announced that its ESG Fund Metrics is available on FactSet, a leading provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications, offering users transparency on the ESG quality and characteristics of over 23,000 mutual funds and ETFs. Launched in March 2016, the MSCI ESG Fund Metrics tool measures the environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics of covered portfolio holdings and ranks or screens...
Harvest Partners SCF Invests in OTG Management
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Investment
Harvest Partners SCF, the non-control private equity strategy of Harvest Partners, LP, announced it has led a $250 million investment in OTG Management (“OTG” or the “Company”), a leading New York-based operator of airport food and beverage concessions. The investment will support OTG’s continued expansion, accelerating the introduction of the Company’s modern, user-friendly offering to new airport locations. Terms of the transaction were not...
Abacus Integrated with American Express to Enhance Accuracy and Quality of Corporate Expense Data
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Data
Abacus, the only intelligent expense management solution, today announced it has integrated with American Express to pull in a direct feed of corporate card transaction data into the Abacus platform. When this data is programmatically imported into Abacus, finance teams will be able to leverage more accurate and higher quality data to help automate month-end reconciliation.
prevero Strengthens its Global Expansion with Launch of Australian Operation
- 8 years 4 months ago
- BPM
prevero, a Unit4 company and a leading provider of Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, has expanded into Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) to extend its growth across the APAC region.
Compass Plus Survey Reveals Mobile Payments are Still a Sticking Point Between the Industry and Consumers
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Mobile Banking
A survey conducted by Compass Plus, an international provider of electronic payments and retail banking software to processors and financial institutions, has revealed that industry expectations about the future of mobile payments are not aligned with consumer attitudes. Almost 60% of industry experts believe that one day traditional wallets will be replaced by mobile wallets, however, when asked how they will pay in 10 years’ time, just 6% of...
Coupa Appoints Steve Winter as Chief Revenue Officer
- 8 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
Coupa Software, a leader in cloud-based spend management, has announced that global business software executive Steve Winter has joined Coupa as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Winter brings with him more than two decades of operations, sales management and organizational development experience from some of the largest and most successful software organizations in the world. “I am honored and thrilled to join Coupa Software at such an exciting...
IDC Financial Insights Unveils Winners of IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings Real Results Awards 2016
- 8 years 4 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
-IDC Financial Insights today announced the winners of the 2016 IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings Real Results Awards.
Ameriprise Financial Appoints New Director
- 8 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
Ameriprise Financial, announced that Mr. Christopher J. Williams has been appointed to its board of directors, effective as of September 6, 2016. Mr. Williams is chairman, chief executive officer and founder of The Williams Capital Group, L.P., a financial services firm that provides equity, fixed income, corporate finance and financial advisory related services to corporate, governmental and municipal investors. He established the firm in 1994...
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) selects Cassiopae for Tailored Finance Quotes
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Banking
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has deployed a new mobile solution from Cassiopae that enables AIB in both Ireland and the UK to easily produce bespoke finance quotes for its customers. AIB Finance and Leasing had a requirement to move its current pricing tool so that it met with the bank’s digital strategy whilst maintaining compatibility with the complex calculations used in the bank’s internal systems.
