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The 2015 level of VC investment in bitcoin companies exceeded investment in 2014

9 years 5 months ago
Cryptocurrencies, Investment

The recent deal that saw $20 million of venture capital invested in Amsterdam-based bitcoin mining company BitFury pushed the 2015 total to $357 million thereby overtaking the $350 million raised during 2014. The cryptocurrency has enjoyed a steep rise in capital investment in recent years. But despite the fact that investment continues to grow, figures suggest that the growth is decelerating.

PwC and High-Tech Bridge announced a joint business relationship

9 years 5 months ago
Infrastructure

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Switzerland and High-Tech Bridge have announced a joint business relationship to bring a new and innovative set of web application security services to their clients. The joint business relationship will provide clients with access to High-Tech Bridge's innovative ImmuniWeb® application security testing service as part of PwC's market leading Threat and Vulnerability Management services.

Micropross to release new product, to test contactless smart cards and NFC devices

9 years 5 months ago
P-Cards

Micropross, the leading supplier of test equipment for the smart card, RFID and NFC industries, announced the release of their new product, allowing to test contactless smart cards and NFC devices according to the brand new ISO 10373-6:2015 standard. The latest version of the ISO 10373-6 standard brings for example:

SS&C’s Advent Selected as “Best Accounting System Provider” in the 2015 Waters Rankings

9 years 5 months ago
Investment

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced that its Geneva® portfolio management solution was named "Best Accounting System Provider" in the 2015 Waters Rankings. The winners were announced during a luncheon reception at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on July 16th and will be featured in the August 2015 issue of Waters magazine.

VersaPay Closes office in US

9 years 5 months ago
Payments

VersaPay Corporation (VPY.V) ("VersaPay" or the "Company"), a leading provider of cloud-based invoicing, accounts receivable management and payment solutions, today announced a change to the Company's US strategy and staffing.

Numerix Announces Plans for Expansion and Job Creation in Ireland

9 years 5 months ago

Numerix (www.numerix.com), the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, announces today its plans to expand into Ireland with the opening of a new office.

Misys awarded “Premium Operating Practice” Status

9 years 5 months ago

Misys, the leading financial software company, has received the highest SWIFT Certification for its SWIFTNet Service Bureau, being recognised as a Premier Operating Practice.

Lloyds Bank To Launch Online Life Insurance

9 years 5 months ago
Banking, Infrastructure

Lloyds Bank has today launched My Life Insurance; its first online protection service which offers customers life cover up to the value of £500,000. Customers can meet their protection needs by going through just six simple steps, with the innovation removing the time consuming barriers that can discourage customers from accessing quality products they so vitally need. A simple, online service

Huddle Desktop Makes Cloud-Collaboration Easier than Ever

9 years 5 months ago
Cloud

Huddle, the leader in secure collaboration tools for enterprise and government, today announced general availability of its desktop app, Huddle Desktop.

CHAPS Payment System Welcomes BNP Paribas as 22nd Direct Participant

9 years 5 months ago
Payments

CHAPS Co. (CHAPS), the UK’s same day high-value electronic payment system, has announced the addition of BNP Paribas as a Direct Participant onto its system. As a Direct Participant, BNP Paribas can now directly send and receive irrevocable, guaranteed sterling payments with same day finality, rather than through a third-party. Its customers will also benefit from enhanced payment security and mitigation of settlement risk.

SailPoint to Acquire Whitebox Security to Secure and Manage Unstructured Data

9 years 5 months ago
M&A Deals

SailPoint, the leader in identity and access management (IAM), today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Whitebox Security, a provider of data access governance solutions that identify and protect sensitive data against internal and external threats. The Whitebox Security suite of solutions will continue to be available from SailPoint and will be rebranded as SecurityIQ.

TradingScreen Launches Buy-side Designed Crossing Platform For Fixed Income Corporate Bonds

9 years 5 months ago
Infrastructure

TradingScreen, the leading independent provider of electronic trading solutions, and a group of 15 of the largest long-only asset managers in Europe have launched TradeCross,the first buy side-designed crossing platform for fixed income corporate bonds. With the support and collaboration of these asset managers, TradeCross enables participants to uncover and unlock hidden liquidity from buy-side inventories along with other new sources of...

OptionsCity To Launch Cloud-based Trading Platform

9 years 5 months ago

OptionsCity Software, a global provider of electronic trading solutions for professional futures and options traders, today announced its cloud-based futures trading platform, CityTrader.

PGGM chooses SimCorp’s Data Warehouse solution

9 years 5 months ago
Investment, Infrastructure

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, today announced that Dutch PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V. (PGGM) has selected SimCorp’s Data Warehouse solution to improve operations with detailed and near-real time information on performance, analytics and benchmarks.