SimplyTapp, PromptNow and TIS Cooperate to push HCE mobile payments to Asia Pacific banks
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Payments
SimplyTapp, PromptNow and TIS have created the Asian Payments Cloud initiative to bring the first end-to-end, cloud-based payments solution to the banking and financial services community in the APAC region.
48 Hours, 4000 People – Axios Systems shapes the future of IT Service Management
- 9 years 7 months ago
20 years on from the first industry conference on IT Service Management (ITSM) has the field truly evolved? For the past 24 months the number one focus for CIOs has remained unequivocal (i): to ensure IT fully supports new business needs. CIOs now fully realize that their role is to be the catalyst for transformation, ensuring they deliver disruptive technologies, accelerate insights and develop effective relationships with CMOs, CFOs and COOs...
#1 Personal Finance Portal in Singapore, MoneySmart.sg Will Launch Personal Finances Tools With eWise
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Accounting
eWise, the leading international provider of Personal Financial Management (PFM) and Account Aggregation solutions, announce that MoneySmart.sg will launch in the second half of 2015 an advanced Personal Financial Management tool using the eWise Money Management solution.
Thomson Reuters to Champion Higher Industry Standards for FX Trading
- 9 years 7 months ago
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the publication of proposed operational procedures for trading protocols on its FXall platforms, including a codified Provisory Liquidity protocol that governs participants’ use of ‘last look’ liquidity.
Lmax Exchange Won Best Margin Sector Platform for the Third Year Running
- 9 years 7 months ago
LMAX Exchange, the leading FCA regulated MTF for global FX and the UK’s fastest growing technology firm, has been named ‘Best Margin Sector Platform’ for the third year running at the 2015 Profit & Loss Readers’ Choice Awards in New York. The Profit & Loss Readers’ Choice Awards, which are based on reader votes, recognise excellence within the FX industry throughout the previous year.
IBM To Launch New Predictive Analytics Suite
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Retail Banking
IBM today announced 20 new industry-specific solutions with pre-built predictive analytics capabilities that will make it easier and faster for organizations across industries like retail, banking, telecommunications, insurance and others, to uncover and act on critical business insights.
SunGard Named Best Corporate Actions Vendor in the Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Awards 2015
- 9 years 7 months ago
SunGard has won the 2015 Inside Reference Data Award for Best Corporate Actions Vendor for its XSP solution. Hosted by Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data, the awards recognize industry excellence in market data, reference data and enterprise data management.
SNL Financial Ranks the 10 Largest Banks and Building Societies in the UK
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Trade Finance
SNL Financial has released a new report exploring the state of the U.K’s banking system.
SWIFT Announces That The KYC Registry Is Open
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Banking
SWIFT announces that The KYC Registry is now available to fund distributors and custodians. In response to an identified need within its Community, SWIFT is extending the reach of The KYC Registry beyond correspondent banking to support Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance requirements for funds distribution and custody services.
Tech Data Corporation to Acquire Signature Technology Group, Inc.
- 9 years 7 months ago
- M&A Deals
Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq:TECD) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Signature Technology Group, Inc. ("STG"), a leading provider of data center and professional services throughout North America. STG's services will be offered through Tech Data's Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) division, the company's data center business in the Americas.
Equens launches PSP proposition for banks, acquirers and PSPs
- 9 years 7 months ago
Equens has announced the first go-live of its new white-label PSP proposition for banks, acquirers and payment service providers (PSPs). This new proposition is part of the omnichannel solution Equens has brought onto the market. It creates a one-stop-shop model for banks, acquirers and PSPs both for offline and online retail payments across Europe. The first client Equens is serving with its white-label PSP solution is a European acquirer who...
Contactless Transactions Rose By More Than 49%
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Brits have gone contactless crazy according to data from Worldpay, which today revealed that it has processed over £2 billion of contactless payments since January 2012. This surge is even more incredible as it was only in October 2014 that the company reached the £1 billion milestone.
Linux Foundation Announces New Conference to Support Collaboration Among Open Source Big Data Communities
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Data
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development, today announced Apache: Big Data, a new event that brings together leading committers of Apache Big Data projects to advance the technologies driving the way we capture, assess and store the plethora of data in the world today.
Citi Announces Top Innovations from Citi Mobile Challenge
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Infrastructure
Global Financial Technology Challenge showcases new FinTech solutions fueling innovation and inclusive finance Today Citi announced the top innovations from the Citi Mobile Challenge in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This global initiative launched in EMEA in February and invited developers to build solutions based on Citi’s digital platform and present concepts at events in Jerusalem, London, Nairobi and Warsaw.
Alternatives versus Traditional Investing in Boston
- 9 years 7 months ago
- Investment
When coming to Boston, a lot of investors are intrigued by the depth of talent in the traditional mutual fund and increasingly the alternatives side as well. There have been transitions and migrations from Boston’s long-only establishments to the long/short side for many years. Especially since the financial crisis, clients have wanted more protection of capital or less volatility or less correlation with the markets overall, and this has...
