Krung Thai Bank (KTB) Taps into Silicon Valley to Promote Fintech & Innovation via Startups As Founding Anchor Partner
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Krung Thai Bank (KTB) today announced a partnership with Plug and Play, a global startup accelerator and corporate innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley. KTB will be a Founding Anchor Partner of Plug and Play's Fintech program in Singapore in order to partner, pilot, and collaborate with emerging Fintech startups. This will allow KTB to develop new products and technologies for the finance sector.
BillingTree appoints Jason Hiland VP Sales and Business Development for ARM and Financial Services
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
BillingTree®, the leading payment technology provider, today announced Jason Hiland has been appointed Vice President of Sales and Business Development for ARM and Financial Services.
MoneyGram Foundation and Simon Says Give Set a New Guinness World Record
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Money Transfers
MoneyGram, a leading global money transfer and payment services company, is excited to announce that the MoneyGram Foundation and U.S.-based, nonprofit organization Simon Says Give®, have set a new Guinness World Record for stuffing the most backpacks with school supplies in eight hours! More than 1,000 volunteers stuffed 8,000 backpacks during the Simon Says Give High Five for Supplies® event at Mall of America. The backpacks will be given to...
CoinBene Starts Trading Electroneum
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Cryptocurrencies
One of the world’s fastest-growing altcoins, Electroneum (ETN), which has more than two million users who mine and transfer the cryptocurrency through their mobile phones, is trading in five new markets for the first time after it was listed on a top cryptocurrency exchange.
AIB Mobile Banking App allows users open digital accounts
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Banking
AIB is making our customers’ lives easier and eliminating pinch points for them. The latest upgrade to the AIB Mobile Banking App, which has just launched, now allows new customers to join AIB and open their Personal Current Account by using just their smartphone and their passport from the comfort of their home from 7am to 11pm, 7 days a week.
Plato Partnership formalises leadership structure with appointment of COO
- 8 years 1 month ago
- People Moves
Plato Partnership is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Wilcox as Chief Operating Officer (COO) following a comprehensive search process. Mark will commence his new duties with immediate effect and will report to Mike Bellaro, Plato Partnership CEO. The appointment of a Plato Partnership COO closely follows the appointment of Mike Bellaro as CEO, completing the Partnership’s move to a dedicated leadership model.
Open Banking: innovation to solve customer needs as banks wake from slumber
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Consumer education, awareness & incentive remain vital to success Two years on from the CMA market review which initiated Open Banking, Jake Ranson, banking and financial institution expert and CMO at Equifax Ltd, anticipates profound long term impact:
RiskFirst: Nearly a third of US pension plans are now within striking distance of a buyout
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Risk Management
Latest figures from RiskFirst reveal that approximately 30% of US pension plans may now have a funded status of 95% or more, making a buyout or significant risk-transfer deal a feasible option.
Back to the Future – Virtusa Creates Tech Trend Almanac to Help Companies Improve Investment ROI
- 8 years 1 month ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Virtusa xLabs, the global consultancy’s digital innovation hub, has identified the top 10 tech trends likely to impact business within the next five years. The xLabs team analysed 40 reports from leading analysts, futurologists, consultants, and industry influencers – including the likes of Gartner, Fast Co, and Forrester – and correlated the data to identify the top themes and innovations that will impact digital transformation within...
EXMO partners with Mistertango for faster payments and transfers
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Cryptocurrencies
Mistertango, the first crypto-friendly fintech company, today announced a partnership with one of the biggest European crypto-exchanges, EXMO, with average daily trading volumes of around $50, allowing users to trade, exchange and store their assets with ease. This partnership enables traders on the EXMO platform to make instant deposits and withdrawals in Euros for the first time.
Cross-border commerce Flow adds Bitpay to support cryptocurrency
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Flow, a leader in next generation cross border commerce, today announced the expansion of its international payment options to support cryptocurrency payment processing through BitPay, the pioneer and most experienced company in bitcoin and blockchain payments. BitPay, which securely processes cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, will join more than 60 different payment methods across 200 countries on Flow’s platform.
Newly Approved Target-Date Retirement Funds to Become Available on Ant Fortune Platform
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Wealth Management
Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial” or “the Company”) today announced that 14 newly approved target-date retirement funds will be made available on the Company’s wealth management platform, Ant Fortune.
Abacus Group Appoints Viktor Tadijanovic as Chief Strategy Officer and Paul Ponzeka as Chief Technology Officer
- 8 years 1 month ago
- People Moves
Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, today announced two key senior management appointments. Viktor Tadijanovic, formerly Chief Technology Officer, has been appointed to a new role as Abacus’s first ever Chief Strategy Officer; and Paul Ponzeka, formerly Managing Director of Engineering, has been appointed as the company’s next Chief Technology Officer.
Finicity and Capital One Sign Secure Data Exchange Agreement
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Security, Data
Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) and
AU10TIX Announces Korean Language Support in Its 2nd Generation ID Authentication & Onboarding Service
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Authentication Technology
AU10TIX 2nd generation ID authentication and onboarding platform that already supports Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese now also officially supports the Korean language content in ID documents. AU10TIX continues its expansion in APAC (and LATAM) offering service providers in and from these markets forensic-level ID authentication and deeper support to local ID documents and languages as well as biometric face-matching and KYC verification and...
