Global network transformation services company, Xalient, has announced the appointment of Mike Shishman as Vice President, Americas.

In this role, Mike is responsible for leading and building Xalient’s team in the US to meet growing regional demand. He will also assume immediate leadership of three of Xalient’s flagship US-based accounts, Keurig Dr Pepper, Kellogg’s and Mondelez, based out of Xalient’s Chicago office.

 Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of technology and software as a service to accelerate digital transformation and modernization in financial services, was named 

Financial IT speaks with Ed Medcalf, VP Business Development at Konsentus at Sibos 2019, London about the importance of Banking and  RegTech for financial institutions.

Refinitiv today announced it has launched its leading global electronic trading Matching service in Vietnam, as emerging markets in the Asia region continue to develop their financial markets and digitize FX trading capabilities.

The launch represents Vietnam’s first electronic marketplace for the trading of VND. Matching trades on a T+1 basis which is the most commonly traded value date.

Hardly a day passes without there being a new report on shrinking manufacturing output, increasing costs to business and fears of an emerging global recession. UK manufacturing activity is at its lowest level since July 2012; sales to the EU have dipped as European purchasing managers look closer to home in Brexit uncertainty; and US and Asian orders are falling, too, as signs of a global slow-down emerge.

The impact of these macro events flow down the supply chain to businesses across all UK SME sectors.

Riverbed®, The Digital Performance Company™, today announced that industry veteran David Murphy has been appointed interim CEO, to drive continued momentum for the Company’s Digital Networking and Digital Experience Management businesses.  Murphy is the former President and COO of Blue Coat Systems and the current Riverbed Chairman of the Board and a Thoma Bravo Senior Operating Partner. A search is underway to find a permanent CEO.

SquareBook, the FCA regulated firm offering a transparent, fair and automated way to IPO in modern markets, today announced the appointment of two senior executives to their management team. Senior Banker Barry Wingate joins as Director and will be responsible for helping corporates and their advisors find the most suitable investors by using the SquareBook platform to manage the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. Fred Huibers, a leading authority on primary market issuance, joins as Advisor, working with issuers to design an auction that works best for their firms.

An interview with Joël Schrevens, Global Solutions Director, China Systems at Sibos 2019

Over half of UK financial services business leaders (56%) are worried their organisation could miss out on the benefits of technological innovation because they haven’t planned radically enough for it, according to Fujitsu’s ‘Driving a Trusted Future in a Radically Changing World’ report.