Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting (FRR) business has signed its first client for its recently launched software-as-a-service (SaaS) Regulatory Reporting solution. BNG Bank, which is partiually owned by the State of the Netherlands, will use the solution to automate its regulatory reporting processes and to better ensure reconciliation of reporting between the bank’s own functional departments.

Specialist RegTech provider Shield is proud to announce the launch of Shield for small to medium sized (SME) investment firms, a dedicated new version of its cloud-based, cross-regulation and comprehensive eComms compliance platform that specifically caters for the needs of small and med

 Nutanix , a leader in enterprise cloud computing, has appointed Cyril VanAgt to lead its Channel and OEM activities in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Mr. VanAgt will oversee all of Nutanix's go-to-market relationships with resellers, distributors, regional system integrators and technology partners in the EMEA region, providing them with the capabilities needed to apply the company's cutting-edge technologies.

Equiniti Business Payment Services (formerly EQGlobal), the international payments division of Equiniti Group, is delighted to announce that it has partnered with SWIFT, the global provider of secure financial messaging services.

The partnership is announced at a time of significant investment for Equiniti Business Payment Services, a leading global business payment platform provider, as it enhances its customer experience though fast, flexible and reliable payments technology which operates with unrivalled accuracy.

Banks are technology companies with a banking license ! This claim and similar claims can be read more and more in articles on trends in the financial services sector and is often used as an argument that banks will soon be replaced by Fintechs and Silicon Valley tech giants. It is certainly true that IT is crucial for a bank and its importance can hardly be underestimated, but risk management is equally important as a bank’s core business.

Objectway, a leading provider in the Digital Wealth, Investment & Asset Management sector, announced they have ranked #79 on the 2019 IDC FinTech Rankings.

This is the fifth consecutive year Objectway have appeared on this prestigious list.

The Fortune 500-style ranking categorises and evaluates the top global providers of financial technology based on calendar year revenues from financial institutions.

ICICI Bank UK PLC has announced the launch of a digital account opening facility that allows customers to open a personal current account instantly using the Bank’s mobile application. The first-of-its-kind service by an Indian bank in the United Kingdom (UK), it enables Non-Resident Indians (holding an Indian or British passport) and expatriate Indians (holding an Indian passport) and moving to the UK for work, to open a current account.

SWIFT is expanding options for customers moving to the cloud, announcing today both an initiative to smooth their migration to large public cloud providers such as Microsoft and Google Cloud, as well as the next generation of SWIFT’s own private cloud platform.

SWIFT already has a proof of concept in place with Microsoft, building on work that started last year with the technology company’s treasury operations establishing a prototype SWIFT connection on Microsoft Azure and the successful testing of payment transactions.

Cyber security provider F-Secure has launched a new consultancy unit bringing the company’s research-led cyber security services to organizations all over the world. F-Secure Consulting’s global team of cyber security consultants use technical research to secure current and emerging technologies, defend organizations from attacks, and drive the cyber security industry forward.