SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) today welcomed three new participants to Codify, the company’s new Regulation Technology (RegTech) incubator. Codify is the first London-based incubator designed solely for financial regulation technology developers.

SEI’s incubator provides participants crucial business resources and development opportunities:

Mastercard today commented on the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority’s decision that clears the way for the completion of the company’s planned acquisition of VocaLink Holdings Limited. The CMA gave final approval for the proposed set of remedies that address the competition concerns the CMA identified earlier this year. The deal is now expected to close in the coming weeks.

Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces that MainFirst, the independent German headquartered European financial services firm, specialising in equity brokerage, capital markets and asset management, has completed the migration to Torstone’s middle and back office platform, Inferno.

Today Starling Bank revealed its much anticipated Developer Portal and took the next step on its roadmap to building out its Marketplace Platform.

FSS, the fintech and payments leader has introduced FSS Aadhaar Pay, to support the digital payment initiatives of the Government. It is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India.  

Today Innovate Finance member Naqoda, financial software solutions and services provider, announced the release of its core banking software. Naqoda’s software will allow existing banks, challenger banks, retail entrants and others to quickly deliver an omnichannel banking experience to their customers and efficiently organise their day-to-day operations.

Growth Street is glad to annunce that the following appointments have been done. Specifically, April Nardulli was appointed as General Counsel and Chris Weller was assigned a position of Commercial Director. 

April’s previous experience within London’s financial technology industry, most recently at RateSetter, should accelerate Growth Street’s ability to expand on its initial product offering to its customers.

I blogged recently about American banks beating up the regulators to stop account access via APIs.  I heard this in various White House meetings in 2016, and assumed all banks and bank people felt the same way.  Well, they don’t.

Today Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, unveils that MainFirst, the independent German headquartered European financial services firm, specialising in equity brokerage, capital markets and asset management, has completed the migration to Torstone’s middle and back office platform, Inferno.