AI Startup vPhrase Wins Temenos Innovation Jam Hong Kong
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Banking
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, announces that the audience of the Innovation Jam in Hong Kong has voted vPhrase the winner of the fintech competition.
Thomson Reuters Adds RiskMetrics to Eikon
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Risk Management
Thomson Reuters has enhanced its investment portfolio risk management solutions on its financial flagship desktop product, Eikon, through an agreement with MSCI. MSCI RiskMetrics® is now integrated within the Eikon platform, giving investment professionals access to market-leading, multi-asset class risk analytics alongside Eikon’s capabilities for portfolio analytics, market monitoring and idea generation, powered by Thomson Reuters data and...
Wolters Kluwer honoured with award for Financial Literacy Programme by OperationHOPE
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Regulatory Standards, Security
Operation HOPE, a US-based for-purpose organization working to disrupt poverty for low and moderate-income individuals and families, has honored regulatory and compliance technology firm Wolters Kluwer with its Longstanding Partnership Award.
Nasdaq Welcomes iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq: IQ) to The Nasdaq Stock Market
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq:IQ), the market-leading Chinese online entertainment service and video platform, rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square today in celebration of its initial public offering (IPO) on The Nasdaq Stock Market.
Magna Establishes Automatic Share Purchase Plan
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Infrastructure
Magna International Inc. today announced that it has established a pre-defined automatic securities purchase plan (the "Plan") with a designated broker to facilitate the purchase for cancellation of Common Shares under its current normal course issuer bid (the "Bid"). The Plan will be implemented effective April 2, 2018.
OK App rolls out in Netherlands
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Payments
In April 2018, the first retailers will start with the rollout of OK. The all-in-one solution replaces the overstuffed wallet and enables the consumer to use one and the same app on their mobile to pay everywhere, works on all types of smartphones and bank accounts, and includes an automatic loyalty program. The affiliated retail partners that are starting this rollout, together are good for more than 5,000 OK points and guarantee a nationwide...
FIATA and essDOCS launch project to digitise FIATA & NVOCC Bills of Lading
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Trade Finance, Supply Chain Finance
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with essDOCS to provide a framework for further cooperation in digitising Bills of Lading.
Saxo Bank welcomes ESMA’s measures in relation to margin trading
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Trading Systems
Saxo Bank, the leading fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investing, strongly welcomes ESMA’s recently announced measures in relation to the provision of CFDs to retail clients. The measures include caps on leverage which Saxo Bank considers fair and proportionate.
The world’s brightest brains in AI will gather in Amsterdam this October
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
World Summit AI returns with a bang this October, spotlighting a stellar lineup of speakers to explore the biggest ideas, opportunities and applications for artificial intelligence at the world’s leading AI summit.
Avaloq becomes founding partner of FinTech Scotland
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Banking
Avaloq, an international fintech providing services and digital solutions to banks and wealth managers, has become a founding partner of FinTech Scotland, a newly-established company tasked with promoting Scotland as a global fintech hub. Avaloq has had a significant presence in Scotland since 2012, with Edinburgh being home to one of its global Research & Development Centres.
Waves Launches Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway Framework
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Blockchain
Waves, a leading blockchain-based platform, today announced the launch of its new payment gateway framework for the Waves ecosystem. The framework allows developers to quickly and easily deploy gateways to integrate new cryptocurrency coins within their ecosystem. With that, users can then begin trading on the Waves Decentralised Exchanged (DEX).
WeSwap Launches Across All Global Currencies
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Peer-to-peer currency exchange platform WeSwap can now be used in ANY currency, anywhere in the world – marking the latest launch in a series of 2018 rollouts that help travellers get the most out of their holiday money. Today's announcement comes at a time where the nation is planning to spend - on average - £821 per person on their trips abroad in 2018, up from £726 per person in 2017 (WeSwap’s nationally representative 2018 Travel Index).
Japan Exchange Group Applies AI in Market Surveillance Operations
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Trading Systems
Japan Exchange Regulation ("JPX-R") and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. ("TSE") decided to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to market surveillance operations to detect such misconduct as market manipulation.
Accenture Launches Cloud-based Utility to Help US Banks Improve Risk Management
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Cloud, Data
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched a cloud-based data analytics utility to help U.S. banks improve and manage their risk-management and other activities more efficiently and cost-effectively than they could do on their own.
New Western Union Report on Foreign Exchange and international Payments Reveals the impact of the EU Referendum on UK Businesses
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Money Transfers
UK importers lost an average 12% in profits since the EU Referendum as a result of Sterling depreciation, according to new research* from Western Union as the countdown begins on a year to Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March 2019. The figures are part of the global payments specialist’s new FX Barometer, a special quarterly analysis of FX trends andinsights to help businesses and their advisors derive more value from their international...
