PDQ Enterprises Names Don Ross as CEO

• 10 years 1 week ago
• People Moves

PDQ Enterprises, operator of a U.S. equity trading platform that utilizes a patented on-demand auction trading process, announced today that the Board of Managers appointed Donald Ross, III, as CEO. Don Ross will succeed D. Keith Ross, Jr., whom the Board elevated to executive chairman. As chief strategy officer, Don Ross headed PDQ Enterprises’ research and development division where for the last two years he oversaw the creation of an advanced...

TMD Security’s Card Protection Plate Protects from ATM ‘Deep Insert’ Skimming

• 10 years 1 week ago
• ATMs, Security

TMD Security, the global leader in anti-skimming for ATMs and SSTs, announced today that its patented Card Protection Plate (CPP) is actively protecting cardholders from ‘deep insert’ skimming, a new type of skimming attack that is spreading fast from Europe to North America and Asia Pacific.

Major European Bank selects Temenos UniversalSuite

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Banking

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces that a major European bank has selected UniversalSuite, its front-to-back solution for retail, commercial and corporate banking.

Prime of Prime Brokerage, Stater Global Markets is Formed

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Trading Systems

Ramy Soliman has been appointed CEO of new London-based Prime of Prime Brokerage, Stater Global Markets. Ramy is a well-known industry figure, with over a decade of experience in senior sales roles at Citi, IG and Integral. Backed by Stater Holdings in New Zealand, Stater Global Markets offers clients institutional access to the FX market. The FCA-regulated brokerage launches with direct access to top tier bank and non-bank liquidity, market...

GFT appoints David Collins as Head of Financial Services with pan-Atlantic remit for marketing, sales and delivery

• 10 years 1 week ago
• People Moves

 GFT, the leading provider of business, design and technology consulting to the financial services community, has appointed David Collins as Head of Financial Services across the GFT Atlantic Region, a senior hire that marks a key milestone in GFT’s strategy to service clients in the UK and North America.

Multifonds Delivers New Single Investment Accounting Platform for Great-West Life

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Investment Management

Multifonds, the leader in single-platform, multi-jurisdictional investment fund software, has today announced the ‘go live’ of its partnership with The Great-West Life Assurance Company, a leading Canadian insurer, with over C$400 billion in assets under administration.

Eurogiro and TransferTo to link mobile money with 500,000 bank and postal branches

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Payments

TransferTo, the leading B2B mobile payment network, and Eurogiro, a global payments network, have connected to provide access to Eurogiro members to transfer money to mobile money and bank accounts through the TransferTo payments network.

Bill Wrest Joins The B2 Group as Director, Strategy and Business Development

• 10 years 1 week ago
• People Moves

 The B2 Group, provider of cloud based payments, FX and funds STP software and consultancy solutions to administrators, transaction banks and corporates across the globe today announced the appointment of Bill Wrest to the position of Director, Strategy and Business Development.

OTAS Technologies Partners with ExtractAlpha to Provide Enhanced Trading Factor Analytics

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Trading Systems

OTAS Technologies (OTAS), a specialist provider of market analytics and trader intelligence, today announced it has partnered with ExtractAlpha the independent fintech research firm to provide unique, actionable trading factor analytics. The content will be available to buy-side and sell-side clients including quants and asset managers.

Blockchain in Financial Industry and Business

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Blockchain

On November 10, for the second time this year, Moscow will host the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Russia – a conference dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based services. The main subject of interest will be blockchain in banking sector, management and different business areas. Bitcoin, Ethereum blockchains, and individual blockchain implementations interest not only the major banks, but medium enterprises as well. Implementation...

Silicon Valley Bank Expands its Presence in San Francisco

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Banking, IT Innovations

BitScan Introduces an ICO for Its 'Incent' Blockchain Loyalty Rewards Token

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Blockchain

 BitScan announces the launch of its crowdfunding initiative for the new blockchain loyalty token, Incent through an ICO.

Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Kiev 2016: Results and Impressions

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Blockchain

Friday, September 23, the major blockchain event – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Kiev 2016 – took place. It is major not only due to the amount of participants and guests amounting to around a thousand but also due to the range of blockchain and cryptocurrency topics.        As the program promised, the audience was divided into three sections: for newcomers, experts, and developers. The Pro block consisted of three sections: Fintech,...

AIG Appoints Hugh Tamassia as Chief Enterprise Architect

• 10 years 1 week ago
• People Moves

American International Group announced that Hugh Tamassia will join AIG as Chief Enterprise Architect on October 3, 2016, with responsibility for designing an enterprise architecture to effectively drive AIG’s IT priorities and company-wide strategic plan. Mr. Tamassia will report to Philip Fasano, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer.

Newest Version of Sigma CPQ available on Salesforce AppExchange

• 10 years 1 week ago
• Infrastructure

Sigma Systems, the fastest path to creating, selling and delivering digital products and services, recently announced the launch of its newest version of Sigma Configure Price Quote (CPQ) for Salesforce on the AppExchange.