Two-thirds of insurers and aggregators neglect mobile and tablet users
- 9 years 1 day ago
- IT Innovations, Financial, Insurance
Dock9, an award-winning financial experience design agency, today unveils the findings of its annual Insurance User Experience (UX) report. After researching the major UK insurers and aggregators, it found out that more than 1 in 4 are neglecting mobile and tablet users (28%) by failing to design websites for these devices. Those that do, nearly two-thirds, are not touch-optimized (57%). This means customers have a longer quote-to-buy journey...
Gartner Report: Coupa is a Vendor to Watch
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Cloud, IT Innovations
Coupa Software is a major provider of cloud-based spend management solutions, today announced it has been recognized by Gartner, Inc. as a Vendor to Watch in a report titled “Market Opportunity Map: Enterprise Resource Planning, Worldwide.” Coupa was one of only five vendors named as a mega-vendor and emerging Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) provider.
EBA Offers Regulatory Technical Standards for Implementing Strong Customer Authentication
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Regulatory Standards
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has today released its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for implementing Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), mandated under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). At the heart of these changes to RTS is the fact that, through PSD2, European lawmakers have decided to allow non-bank competitors to access the payment accounts of banks’ customers, for the purpose of retrieving account...
CLEARSCORE LAUNCHES NEW UK HEADQUARTERS
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
ClearScore is the UK leading credit-checking service, today welcomed The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Minister of State for Digital and Culture, to officially open its new London headquarters. The new 8,500 sq ft facility in Vauxhall, has opened to accommodate ClearScore’s rapid growth. Around 4 million people in Britain now use ClearScore to stay on top of their money and thousands of people are joining the free service every day. ClearScore plans...
IRIS is determined to close UK digital gap
- 9 years 1 day ago
- IT Innovations, Accounting
HMRC’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ (MTD) moves closer gaining its momentum. In light of this issue, IRIS warns accountants they must act now to close the digital gap pestering UK small businesses. The initial deadline for MTD compliance remains April 2018 and there is work to be done throughout the industry to ensure businesses are prepared, regardless of their attitudes towards digital transformation. This comes on the day IRIS Software announces the...
InvestOps and SimCorp Release 2017 Benchmarking Report
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Investment Management
Today, InvestOps and SimCorp released their findings from the 2017 benchmarking report, titled – “Optimizing Front to Back Office Investment Operations.” The report explores the compression of the front, middle, and b
SETL establishes Paris office to support its Eurozone operations
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Blockchain, Payments, Infrastructure
SETL is the London based financial blockchain specialist. Today it has announced the opening of their Paris branch to develop its Eurozone activities. Pierre Davoust, formerly Deputy Head of the Financial Markets Unit at the French Treasury, who is appointed CEO France at SETL, will lead the new office.
Datcom Helps Homeless of Grantham Throughout 2017
- 9 years 1 day ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
A charity event that helps homeless people in Grantham has inspired Lincolnshire IT specialist Datcom to establish a fundraising challenge during 2017. The company, with offices in Grantham and Lincoln, has nominated Grantham Passage as its charity of the year, with the aim of raising as much money as possible.
BP partners with Workday to support global HR modernization
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
Workday, Inc. is a leader in providing enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Today the company announced that BP has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), including Workday Time Tracking, to replace its on-premise legacy HR system as part of a company-wide HR modernization programme.
Japan Exchange Regulation And Tokyo Stock Exchange apply AI to Market Surveillance
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Trading Systems
Japan Exchange Regulation ("JPX-R") and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. ("TSE") have decided to take the groundbreaking move of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to market surveillance operations. JPX-R and TSE have been examining ways to conduct more sophisticated market surveillance using AI technologies developed respectively by NEC Corporation ("NEC") and Hitachi, Ltd. ("Hitachi").
SafeCharge expands in Asia Pacific and becomes a member of UnionPay
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Payments
SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), a leader in advanced payment technologies, has opened an office in Singapore and a satellite office in Hong Kong. In addition to its new offices, SafeCharge has become a member of UnionPay International, a subsidiary of the fast-growing global payment network China UnionPay which is extensively used by Chinese shoppers domestically and internationally.
Asia-Pasific eclipsed North America in Fintech Investments in 2016
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Investment
Global investment in financial technology (fintech) ventures grew 10 percent in 2016, to US$23.2 billion, driven primarily by a wave of blockbuster deals in China, according to Accenture (NYSE:ACN) analysis of data from CB Insights, a global venture-finance data and analytics firm. “Alibaba and JD.com were two major fintech investors this year, as they focus on providing their customers with end-to-end services including payments and lending”
HID Global and Infineon Technologies: Enhance Card Flexibility for Smart Card Manufacturers
- 9 years 2 days ago
- IT Innovations
HID Global®, a global provider of trusted identity solutions, today reported that Infineon Technologies AG became a new partner supplying the chips for its ultra-thin Polycarbonate (PC) ePrelaminate inlay for electronic ID (e-ID) cards. The inlays are more than 30 percent thinner than alternatives enabling space for added security features. The solution uses patented HID DBond™ technology, which is available for high frequency (HF) systems. The...
Risk Ident Reinforces Partnership With Computop
- 9 years 2 days ago
- Payments, Security
Risk Ident, a specialist and leading provider of fraud prevention software within the European market, has strengthened its partnership with Computop, one of the leading payment service providers. The two companies have signed a partnership agreement and, in doing so, are strengthening the existing successful partnership, deploying ‘Device Ident’, a Risk Ident software product capable of identifying cases of online transaction fraud in real time...
Bolero ePresentation Advanced in Ore Shipment From Australia to China
- 9 years 2 days ago
- Trade Finance
Bolero ePresentation solution achieved a major savings in time and cost on a complex shipment of iron ore from Australia to China in November 2016 for Cargill, the worldwide provider of food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services. This transaction was handled by Cargill’s Metals business with operations in Singapore and China.
