Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the data solutions leader that helps innovators build a better world with data, has expanded its global presence with the opening of a new European Research & Development Centre in Prague, Czech Republic. The opening marks further significant investment in the EMEA region and demonstrates Pure’s continued commitment to innovation.

Pure was founded with innovation at its core, with a customer-first mind-set. This new EMEA hub is designed to fuel Pure’s innovation engine, and further accelerate time-to-market.

Today Pendo Systems is proud to announce a key strategic technology alliance with WSN. WSN is a global consulting and resourcing company with over 150 employees across the U.S., UK, and Europe. They provide consulting services, resourcing services and business process automation solutions to a diversified client base including banks, brokers, hedge funds and insurance companies. 

WSN is led by Alex Ciccotelli in the U.S. and Gary Keane in the UK. The firm is actively helping its financial services clients through the digital transformation process. 

Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today announced the launch of Chainalysis Kryptos, new software designed to help financial institutions better understand the risks associated with existing cryptocurrency activity and opportunities for investment. Built on the reference data standard already trusted by government agencies across the world and more than 115 leading cryptocurrency businesses, Kryptos enables financial professionals to connect the dots between traditional financial transactions and cryptocurrency markets.

Identitii Limited (Identitii, Company) (ASX:ID8), the FinTech reducing last mile payment hold ups for banks and corporates, announces it has partnered with Symphony Communication Services, LLC (Symphony) to integrate its Overlay+ platform that enables secure and auditable data sharing, with Symphony’s leading global markets collaboration platform to

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, announced that it has deployed the FactSet workstation on OpenFin, the financial industry’s operating system.

Traditional banks are under pressure from regulators and customers to provide a seamless customer experience. The benefits and innovations offered by new digital challenger banks are attractive, with consumers making the switch from traditional banks at a rapid rate – nearly 230,000 customers switched bank accounts in the third quarter of 2019.

IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that Western Asset Management Company, LLC, the $450 billion global fixed income asset manager based in Pasadena, California, has selected its Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solution delivered as a managed service.

 DriveWealth, LLC, a U.S. based leader in global digital trading technology, today announced a partnership with Bamboo, a digital investment platform that gives Nigerians real-time access to invest in or trade over 3,500 stocks listed on the U.S. stock market or their local exchanges, directly from their mobile phones or computers.

Banking Circle has been named as a Gold winner in the Juniper Research Future Digital Award for Payment Innovation: Best B2B Payment Platform. Banking Circle is a next-generation provider of financial services infrastructure that is leading the rise of a super-correspondent banking network and increasing financial inclusion.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced the winners of the largest Temenos Innovation Hackathon to-date, which used the extensive ecosystem of open APIs available on its Developer Portal. The winning team was recognized for its highly innovative offline payments app out of 157 participating teams made up of almost 800 participants from Temenos development teams across offices in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.