GIMAC, the regional electronic money transfer platform of Central Africa and TerraPay (www.TerraPay.com) the world’s first mobile payments switch have signed a strategic partnership agreement that will strengthen the remittances ecosystem in CEMAC region.

On October 9, 2018, Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Switzerland will take place for the second time in Geneva, the European fintech hub. The event is dedicated to blockchain and cryptocurrencies uniting blockchain project developers, investors, analysts, financiers, specialists in marketing and legal support of business. The first Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Switzerland was held in February and gathered more than 300 participants.

Background, topics, experts

Jumio, the leading AI-powered trusted identity as a service provider, today announced a partnership with Backbase, the omni-channel digital banking platform leader. 

Illumio today announced its Adaptive Security Platform is now compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 1 security certification and is in the evaluation stage for Common Criteria certification.

Smith & Williamson, the UK-based financial and professional services firm with £20.1 billion1 in funds under management and advice, has selected Avaloq to help enhance the delivery of investment management services to its clients and support the continued growth of the business. The move increases Avaloq’s footprint in the UK wealth management industry, a key growth market for the fintech firm.

UK freelancers and micro-business owners throughout Britain are suffering from chronic late payments from clients, new research reveals.

The research from cloud accounting software company FreeAgent - who provide award-winning software for freelancers, micro-businesses and their accountants - has revealed that UK-wide, just 52% of invoices sent during the 2017 calendar year were paid on time or within three days of their payment deadlines.

AxiomSL, the leading provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, announces today that it has widened its United Kingdom liquidity risk calculation and reporting suite with the launch of its PRA110 solution. The solution provides treasury teams a powerful tool that automates the calculation of maturity mismatch and ensures that the final PRA110 template that is reported to the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) is reconciled, timely and accurate.

The ai Corporation (ai), an FCA approved expert in payments, fraud and risk management, today disclosed that it has secured a $2.5 million investment from its principal existing shareholders, to support its next stage of growth. 

Market Synergy GmbH, a Swiss-based organisation which offers institutional standard cryptocurrency connectivity and security for banks, brokers and hedge funds has been selected by Bitfinex, the world’s leading cryptocurrency trading platform, to provide robust, high performance connectivity for institutional clients.