IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced it has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a global trade association that promotes the understanding, acceptance and use of digital assets and distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain technology.

As our APAC hub, our Singapore office will allow us to work even closer with our customers across the region. We’re building a team within Singapore's growing FinTech scene, focussed on bringing TransferWise’s fast, fair money transfer services to Asia Pacific.

The Singapore government’s commitment to FinTech makes it a prime location for innovation. We’re looking forward to contributing to the flourishing FinTech ecosystem.

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Samsung Electronics today celebrates the continued growth and enthusiasm for Samsung Pay around the world by expanding in four markets over two days. Samsung Pay officially launches in Sweden and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and enters early access in Hong Kong and Switzerland.

The Western Union Company (WU), a leader in global money transfer and payments services, is teaming up with the Department for International Trade (DIT) to host 16 ‘RegTech’ industry leaders in a ‘RegTech’ Lunch and Learn session in New York.

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has been appointed by MASECO Private Wealth to provide client and advisor portals to its clients in the UK and the US. InvestCloud will deliver comprehensive client communication and reporting capabilities, including the automation and consolidation of client reports online.

Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit announced today it has partnered with Millicom’s subsidiaries Tigo Money to open up new remittance routes to El Salvador and Guatemala, enabling Salvadorans and Guatemalans abroad to send money transfers instantly to more than one and a half million Tigo Money users in those countries, directly from the WorldRemit app.

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, announced today the acquisition of the payment activities of its Ukrainian partner BKC (BANCOMZVJAZOK JSC).

In response to increasing customer demand for its payments, gift, loyalty and membership card services,Thames Card Technology has invested £2m+ in state of the art personalisation equipment. The equipment increases Thames’ card personalisation capacity by 60%, brings loyalty keyfob encapsulation in-house and delivers greater efficiency. The investments follow success in 2016, where Thames doubled its budgeted profit expectation. 

In recent years, we have seen an increasing number of regulatory requirements that firms need to comply with, in particular when it comes to trade and transaction reporting. Many financial institutions have, so far, complied with various reporting regulations using siloed systems; however, with regulations constantly evolving and incoming new legislation, this is not a sustainable long term solution.

The “head down generation” – so named for the way they are permanently glued to smartphones and tablets – are the latest influx of employees to enter the workforce. They are digitally savvy and hugely demanding when it comes to technology.