EPA Advisory Board launches Project Europe to bring the FinTech community together, working as a powerful force that can impact policy, regulation and legislation post Brexit

Tony Craddock, Director General of the EPA comments;

‘New strategies and modes of working will need to be adopted to cope with the uncertainty of the transition period as we make our exit from the EU. The EPA is already putting in place support and advisory groups that will work with members, plan for change and seize new opportunities.’

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of Bitcoin transactions is expected to exceed $92 billion this year, up from less than $27 billion in 2015. The research found that transaction volumes continued to be concentrated overwhelmingly on the exchanges, with Bitcoin now trading at values almost 50% higher than at the beginning of the year.

Path Solutions, announces today that BOK International (“BOKI”) first overseas branch office for Bank of Khartoum (“BOK”) in Bahrain has completed successfully the implementation of iMAL across its operations.

Gregory L. Schlegel, CPIM, CSP, Jonah and VP Business Development for SherTrack LLC has co-authored a new book on supply chain risk management with his Department Head, Dr. Robert Trent at Lehigh University. Greg teaches supply chain risk management in Lehigh’s MBA and adult education Certificate program. Greg also teaches ERM, Enterprise Risk Management at Villanova University in their EMBA program. The book, “Supply Chain Risk Management: An Emerging Discipline”, from CRC/Press, is a survey book describing an emerging end-to- end approach to supply chain risk.

Lexmark International, Inc., a global technology leader, has been recognised for ‘Best Process Improvement and Innovation’ at the SSON Shared Services & Outsourcing Excellence Awards. The awards identify shared service centres and service delivery teams who have exceeded industry standards in their shared service and outsourcing initiatives. Lexmark was presented the award last month at a gala during Shared Services & Outsourcing Week in Dublin, Ireland.             

Gemalto won an international tender to supply CENI, the National Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 22,000 mobile biometric voter enrollment kits to support a comprehensive update of the country's national voter register.

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, is hosting The eCommerce Disruption Opportunity, an executive summit held in Paris on July 5.

 As technology companies mature from startups through growth-stage to global corporations, they need strong partners that can support their growth and understand their rapidly evolving business needs. 

WEX Inc. completed its previously announced acquisition of Electronic Funds Source LLC ("EFS"), a provider of customized corporate payment solutions for fleet and corporate customers with a focus on the large and mid-sized over-the-road ("OTR") fleet segments.