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PLUS-Forum “Cards, Payments and Mobile 2016” enters the home stretch!

9 years 2 months ago
Payments, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations

On 7-8 June, 2016, the 7th International PLUS-Forum “Cards, Payments and Mobile 2016” will be held by the PLUS Journal in Moscow. The event is dedicated to the analysis of the current state of and prospects for the payment industry development in Russia and globally. PLUS-Forum is one of a few events growing in popularity even during the current period far from being very favourable one. Over 1000 participants from Russia and other countries...

Glory Unveils Ntegra Plus Sorter for Next Generation Australian Banknotes

9 years 2 months ago
Payments

Glory Global Solutions, a global leader in secure cash management solutions, today announced the launch of Ntegra™ Plus, an innovative desktop banknote counter/sorter that has been developed to enable enhanced processing of the Next Generation Australian banknotes. With Australian Payments Clearing Association estimating that there will be 9.4 billion cash payments in 2018 and with banknotes being used in around 90 percent of cash payments, the...

OT Welcomes New Regional President for Russia, Middle-East and Africa

9 years 2 months ago
Security, People Moves

OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, today announced the appointment of Muzaffar Khokhar as RMEA Regional President in addition to his current role as Business Director of the Financial Services Institutions business in the RMEA region.

Thomson Reuters FXall Named Best Multibank And Independent Platform

9 years 2 months ago
Banking, Infrastructure

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that its dealer-to-customer trading venue, FXall, has again been named “Best multibank and independent platform” in this year’s Euromoney Foreign Exchange Survey for the 14th consecutive year. This year, Euromoney’s annual quantitative and qualitative study of the FX markets is the result of a survey of more than 3,400...

20% stake of Transparency-One Acquired by SGS

9 years 2 months ago
M&A Deals

Transparency-One, the supply chain risk management platform, today announced that SGS, the world's leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, has acquired a 20% stake in the company. The company's financing is led by Jerome Malavoy, former founder and CEO of Trace One with participation from SGS. The investment coincides with the spinoff of Transparency-One from Trace One, the global leader in private label product...

China's First FinTech Angel Fund Goes Live

9 years 2 months ago
FinTech StartUps

China today witnesses the founding of FinPlus(www.FinPlus.vc), the country's first angel fund and accelerator that focuses on investing in startups that feature financial technology (FinTech). Fugel Holding, the company that is backing FinPlus, decided to make the move at this time as its management team sees now as the right moment to develop FinTech in China.

Credit Scorers Adopt Pioneering Technology to Fight Against Cybercrime

9 years 2 months ago
Security

A new cloud-based service, letting consumer lenders improve loan quality and acceptance rates through the use of big data, is leading the charge in the fight against cyber criminals and online fraud. Big Data Scoring - a tool used by banks and financial institutions to determine someone's creditworthiness based on data secured online - has introduced a range of new features to see if the user’s actions are legitimate.

Santander Pilots Blockchain Technology to Transfer Live International Payments

9 years 2 months ago
Blockchain, Payments, Banking

Santander is pleased to be the first UK bank to introduce Blockchain technology which facilitates international payments, through a new app. It is currently being rolled out as a staff pilot, with the intention to expand the technology at a later date.

Profidata Group Acquires the Entire Shares of Abraxas

9 years 2 months ago
M&A Deals

Profidata Group AG (Profidata Group) has acquired the entire shares of abraxas GmbH (abraxas), a business that makes a perfect match for the existing portfolio of Profidata products and services.

ERI Wins the "Portfolio Management" Category at European WealthBriefing Awards 2016

9 years 2 months ago
Management, Banking

ERI, with its OLYMPIC Banking System software package, has been crowned best in the "Portfolio Management" category for Europe, by WealthBriefing, the leading online journal and news website dedicated to serving the Private Banking and Wealth Management sector. Showcasing ‘best of breed’ providers, the awards recognise companies and teams which the judges deem to have ‘demonstrated innovation and excellence during 2015’.

New York Life Continues to Expand its Use of Workiva's Wdesk

9 years 2 months ago
Risk Management

Workiva, creator of the Wdesk cloud-based productivity platform for enterprises, today announced that New York Life Insurance Company continues to expand its use of Wdesk to modernize business data processes within its financial reporting and risk management teams and other finance functions.

Staffcare Selects Neyber to Provide Loans Across UK

9 years 2 months ago
Alternative Finance

Neyber, the leading provider of salary deducted loans, has been chosen by the employee benefit platform provider Staffcare to provide loans across its UK employee customer base.

MRC Unveils Results of the 2016 Global Payments Survey

9 years 2 months ago
Payments

Merchant Risk Council (MRC), a leading global trade association for eCommerce fraud and payments professionals, released comprehensive results of the 2016 Global Payments Survey at their European Congress in Seville, Spain.

Allegro Named Commodity Trading and Risk Management Software House of the Year

9 years 2 months ago
Commodity Trading Solutions, Risk Management

Allegro Development Corporation, a leading provider of commodity management software, announced today that Energy Risk Magazine’s editorial board selected Allegro as the Commodity Trading and Risk Management Software House of the Year in its 2016 awards, based on an evaluation of brand awareness, product innovation, ease of use, customer satisfaction and software delivery and support.