Wishworks reaches consulting & reseller gold partner status with hortonworks
- 9 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
WHISHWORKS, the global IT services company that designs, builds and supports technology for the data-driven enterprise, has achieved gold reseller and consulting partner status with Hortonworks, a leading innovator of the connected data platforms that allow customers to create actionable intelligence for business transformation.
Supermicro unveils latest IT building blocks for software defined data centers
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Infrastructure
Super Micro Computer, Inc., the world leader in computer, storage and networking technologies, including green computing, announces participation at World Hosting Days, the global event for cloud services and internet infrastructure providers being held in Europa-Park, Germany from March 25 to 31. Supermicro will showcase enterprise and data center solutions in the Arena exhibitor space, Booth #F09.
ThinkMarkets Cuts Latency on ThinkTrader Mobile App with Neumob Solution
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Trading Systems, Infrastructure
ThinkMarkets, an advanced financial services provider of forex, CFDs and financial spread betting has enhanced its ThinkTrader mobile trading app through the implementation of Neumob’s SDK, an app acceleration framework, to significantly reduce latency for global forex and CFD traders.
SDK.finance: Release of RESTful API
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Data
SDK.finance is proud to announce a white-label RESTful API release. SDK.finance offers payments and transaction management solution which allows banks & other financial institutions accelerate their digital growth.
Gemalto releases findings of 2016 Breach Level Index
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Security
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today released the findings of the Breach Level Index revealing that 1,792 data breaches led to almost 1.4 billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase of 86% compared to 2015. Identity theft was the leading type of data breach in 2016, accounting for 59% of all data breaches.
Brits Vote: Biometrics Is More Preferable to Passwords
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Mobile Banking, Security, Authentication Technology
Research from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, shows that 56% of people online would prefer to use a biometric security method over traditional options like passwords to log into their financial accounts online. The online survey, conducted by YouGov, found that a third (33%) of people would prefer to use fingerprint recognition as a security method to access their accounts. A further 13% would like to use iris scanners, 7%...
BT Unveils Tech-packed Innovation Showcase for Financial Services Firms
- 9 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations, Technical
BT today announced the opening of a new customer experience showcase for its financial industry clients. Located at its Adastral Park research and development hub in the UK, it demonstrates how digital innovations can be securely adopted throughout a financial services organisation to improve efficiency and customer experience while creating a platform to drive growth.
Mizuho and Marubeni Initiate Asean Fintech Partnership
- 9 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (President & Group CEO: Yasuhiro Sato, “Mizuho FG”), Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Nobuhide Hayashi, “Mizuho Bank”), and Marubeni Corporation (President & CEO: Fumiya Kokubo, “Marubeni”) have agreed to start exploring for opportunities to provide new financial services utilizing FinTech in the ASEAN region.
Starling Bank Teams Up with Current Account Switch Service
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Mobile Banking
Starling Bank, one of the new breed of mobile-only banks, has joined the Current Account Switch Service, bringing numbers up to just shy of 50 in just three and a half years, covering almost 100 per cent of the UK’s current account market. Starling Bank, which aims to meet the banking needs of a generation of mobile users, is the newest brand to sign up to the service, which has successfully switched more than 3.5 million current accounts since...
D+H Moves European Instant Payment Testing To the Cloud
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Cloud
DH Corporation (DH.TO) ("D+H"), a leading provider of technology solutions to financial institutions globally, today announced that it is offering a cloud-based instant payments testing environment for the European market.
MoneyGram Announces Confidential Talks with Euronet
- 9 years 3 months ago
- M&A Deals
MoneyGram (MGI) today announced that it has entered into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with Euronet Worldwide, Inc. ("Euronet") (EEFT) so that it can further consider Euronet's unsolicited proposal made on March 14, 2017 to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MoneyGram Common Stock and Preferred Stock for $15.20 per share in cash on an as-converted basis (the "Euronet Proposal").
A2B Internet Selects Juniper Networks vMX as the First Virtual Network Function Service in its Next-Generation Network Platform
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Security, IT Innovations
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), an industry leader in automated, scalable and secure networks, and A2B Internet, a Dutch internet connectivity provider, today announced that A2B Internet has selected Juniper Networks® vMX Virtual Routers as the first Virtual Network Function (VNF) for its next-generation network platform.
First Islamic core banking deal for Path Solutions in the Americas
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Banking
Suriname-based Trustbank is taking a big leap after signing a new licensing deal with Islamic software vendor Path Solutions to implement iMAL Islamic Banking & Investment System as its new core banking platform. This is a major breakthrough for the Kuwaiti vendor, as it’s the company’s first Islamic core banking software deal in the Americas. Path Solutions was selected after a comprehensive assessment of leading global solution providers...
UK Banks Can Learn from their U.S. Counterparts in Response to PSD2
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Infrastructure
Banking executives will gather to discuss the challenges of PSD2 implementation at a Congress in London tomorrow. Early signs point to a battle between financial services institutions and technology firms over the new legislation’s customer data access requirements.
International Islamic Bank Selects ICS BANKS® ISLAMIC System from ICSFS
- 9 years 3 months ago
- Islamic Finance
ICS Financial Systems Limited (ICSFS), the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions, announced that International Islamic Bank (IIB), a newly established bank in Iraq, has selected the multi-awards winning system ICS BANKS® ISLAMIC.
