The payments industry is on the move. As new regulations come into force a flow of new digitised payment technologies, business models and stakeholders are gaining serious traction in the market. This new school of payments is threatening to beat conventional banks at their own game. Few anticipate a wholesale demise of the banking industry as we know it, however; huge customer volumes shield most banks from serious threat. Nonetheless, it’s fair to say that banks’ grip on the market, and on their previously uncontested relationships with customers, is loosening fast.
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FIME has enhanced its support for the payment acceptance ecosystem’s migration to nexo standards.Now a Board Member of the organization, its expanded services offer unrivalled end-to-end support for nexo standards projects to payments acceptance stakeholders.
Riverbed®, The Digital Performance Company™, today announced the appointment of Remco Postma as Channel Director for Northern Europe. In his new role, Remco will be responsible for Riverbed’s regional channel strategy and expanding Riverbed’s partner landscape in Northern Europe to drive growth, in-line with the company’s global channel ambitions. He reports to Paul Higley, Vice President, Northern Europe.
NatWest is to launch a new video banking channel which will allow their business customers to hold a secure, pre-arranged video call using a mobile device, tablet or PC. Customers can hold calls with multiple participants using the new feature, allowing additional members of staff to join the conversation, or for their NatWest Relationship Manager to join for continuity.
Integral (www.integral.com), the technology partner trusted by leading banks, brokers, and asset managers to help them outperform their competition in the foreign exchange market, reported today average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totaled $36.4 billion in June 2019. This represents an increase of 19.3% compared to May 2019.
Avaloq, the leading cloud platform and service provider for banks, wealth managers and investment firms, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Zurich-based Derivative Partners AG, the number one independent information and data provider for Structured Products and Derivatives in Switzerland. Derivative Partners has been providing highly valuable market information, tools, research and calculations for complex financial products for its clients in Switzerland and Europe for over 15 years.
ICAP Information, part of TP ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer broker, has launched a new, comprehensive market data service for the Indian OTC market.
The new service will allow participants to access information based on real-time bids and offers, rather than having to rely on indicatives – providing a uniquely accurate, reliable and independent insight into market activity for the first time.
Solactive announces the release of its new Solactive Clean Water Index (SOLWATR). The index tracks companies actively engaged in the international clean water industry through the provision of technological, digital, engineering, utility, and/or other services. Today, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) adds another ETF to its suite of passive products by launching the new L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF tracking the Solactive Clean Water Index. The ETF will be traded on the LSE under the ticker GLUG.
Equiniti ICS, the leading provider of case and document management solutions for the public sector, is delighted to announce that it has been approved as a supplier for the Government’s G-Cloud 11 framework for a seventh year.
Equiniti ICS will be able to provide 32 digital products and services – such Microsoft CRM and SharePoint software – in order to meet the complex and unique needs of public sector organisations through the digital marketplace.