FSS, a Payments and Fintech leader, today, announced the launch of FSS eFinclusiv, a second-generation financial inclusion solution that leverages the India Stack to promote financial deepening among underbanked customers.

Fonetic, a global leader in voice processing, compliance and surveillance technology, has selected three industry veterans to create a new product advisory board.  Nick Child, Sandy Broderick and Oliver Blower will provide Fonetic with expert advice on regulatory compliance, surveillance and technology.

The purpose of the advisory board is to ensure each solution that Fonetic develops has industry relevance and leverages each board member´s market exposure and regulatory and trading floor expertise.  

In the wake of the TSB IT debacle, the Bank of England (BoE) and the FCA have given financial services firms three months to explain how they would deal with technology failure. The discussion paper outlines the importance of operational resilience and warns that banks could face fines if service disruptions lasts longer than two days.

  Hassan Suffyan joins Excelian Luxoft from Coutts as a Director & Head of Wealth Practice in the UK

Excelian, Luxoft Financial Services, the financial services division of Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), today announced that Hassan Suffyan has joined as a Director & Head of its Wealth Practice in the United Kingdom.

Earlier this year, Starling Bank and Monzo became the top two banks in terms of customer satisfaction in the UK, knocking incumbent First Direct from the number one spot[1]. Interestingly, this news coincided with a decline in interest in app-only start-up banks, with lack of trust being one of the key deterrents.

nexo standards, the international industry association dedicated to enabling fast, interoperable and borderless payments acceptance, today announced that Discover Global Network has joined its membership as a Principal Member. 

The Ethos Bedrock platform will be integrated with Payroc’s payment gateway platform, enabling a simple “Pay with Crypto” button to be placed on merchant websites, giving consumers the option of paying with cryptocurrency in addition to traditional payment forms. The companies made their partnership intentions known late last week during Digital Currency Con in Park City.

Out of 900 applications from 64 countries 60 startups were invited to pitch for Swiss Kickstart Accelerator.

Girls4Tech™ comes to Washington Nationals Youth Academy and DREAM Charter School in New York with curriculum that has reached 50,000+ girls 

Mastercard recently teamed up with Major League Baseball and the Washington Nationals Youth Academy to bring its signature Girls4Tech STEM program to Washington, D.C.

Eventus Systems, Inc., a provider of innovative regtech software solutions for the capital markets, has just launched a new, enhanced website, www.eventussystems.com. The site features a deep dive into the firm’s capabilities and market-specific features that have attracted clients to Validus, the company’s premier solution for comprehensive surveillance and trading risk management.