Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced that it extended the easy, efficient, and secure backup and recovery capabilities of Acronis Backup to SAP HANA data. Acronis’ innovative data imaging solution now seamlessly protects the entire database without requiring any deep knowledge or expertise in SAP HANA.

RiskFirst has appointed Torgeir “Tor” Helgevold as Principal Technical Architect as it extends its presence in the US with the establishment of a New York City software development office. Tor will head up the team, which will focus on product innovation and supporting RiskFirst’s drive to bring the benefits of leading-edge technology to asset managers.

TransferGo, one of the world’s fastest growing money transfer companies, today announced that it has launched an ‘extended hours’ service, enabling customers to make same-day international payments on weekends, with transactions taking as little as 30 minutes. Both its Today and Now services will become available during the weekend, between 10:00 and 18:00.

An industry first, the extended hours service will enable people to send money to Romania, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia upon launch, and it will soon open up to other markets including the UK and Poland.

 d1g1t Inc., the first provider of an enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics and risk management tools, today announced that it has received an additional CAD$3 million in strategic financing from Illuminate Financial Management as an extension of their Series A round bringing the total raised to over CAD$12 million. The funding will be used to accelerate product innovation for its industry-leading wealth advisory platform and further d1g1t’s commercial expansion into the United States market.

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM^®) solutions provider, today released a white paper to inform financial institutions of the regulatory pressures imposed on intraday liquidity requirements. This has now moved beyond reporting positions to actively managing and controlling intraday liquidity, all in an effort to reduce costs and increase profitability.

People who support themselves and their families with incomes from gig and hourly work often have to stitch together earnings from various sources to pay bills, budget for savings and manage financial emergencies.

SIA, the leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, has signed a strategic partnership with HPS, a leading payment software company, to increase its card payments processing in Greece and other European countries through an innovative digital platform.

Telecommunications provider aetka has entered into a cooperation agreement with Concardis, the provider of comprehensive digital payment services. Through Concardis, aetka partners now have the option of renting a range of fixed or mobile payment terminals on attractive terms, making it possible for them to accept all standard cashless payment methods.

At the end of last month, two major technology events took place in Asia. The first was Seamless Asia, which focused on the future of finance and commerce. The second, MWC Shanghai, centred around ‘Intelligent Connectivity’ – bringing together topics from 5G to AI. The events may have had different focuses but the key trends in fintech echoed across them. So, what can we take away from two of the biggest technology events in Asia?

Mobile payments – the sky’s the limit

A surge of innovation means over two thirds (68%) of UK insurance firms active today were incorporated in the 21^st  century, outnumbering older incumbents by more than two to one according to new analysis by Policy Expert, the digital home insurer.

Its study of Companies House data shows two in five (40%) insurance businesses in the life and non-life insurance sectors have emerged in less than a decade since 2010. An additional 28% were founded between 2000 and 2009.