Xura, Inc., a leading provider of digital communications services and innovator in Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) technology, is today pleased to announce its partnership with Wikot, a leading digital marketing agency. Specializing in creating innovative communication and digital experiences for businesses and consumers based on IP technology, Wikot's app development expertise, combined with Xura's real-time web and mobile engagement technology, will deliver tomorrow's click-to-communicate interactive solutions to industries such as the financial sector.

Misys, the leading financial software company, is competing for the title of ‘UK National Public Champion’ in this year’s European Business Awards. 32 UK National Champions are going head-to-head as the awards opened to public vote this week.

Nadeem Syed, Chief Executive Officer, Misys says: “As the only member of the FinTech industry in the awards the public vote means a great deal. The FinTech sector represents a vibrant source of innovation and talent in the UK and we are looking to our customers, partners, employees and the wider industry to support our success.”

Sapient Global Markets, a leading global provider of business technology and consulting services for the capital and commodity markets, today announced the launch of CMRS^SM Portal, delivering the proven trade reporting capabilities of CMRS as a fully outsourced solution.

NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) business and the largest and broadest provider of financial crime, risk and compliance solutions for the financial services industry, was selected by SunTrust Banks, Inc. for its Enterprise Risk Case Management (ERCM) solution to consolidate the firm's financial crime investigations processes.

Alpha Payments Cloud, a global leader in providing third party payment, risk and commerce solution access to international banks and merchants, has today announced a partnership with Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions. The partnership will provide Australian banks with a simpler and faster way to process payments in Australia while also generating significantly more value through the addition of overlay services through the AlphaHub Payments as a Service platform. 

Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that it has agreed to acquire Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Near Field Communication (NFC) assets in hardware and software from Stollmann Entwicklungs und Vertriebs Gmbh (“Stollmann”) in Hamburg, Germany. Stollmann is a global player in the Bluetooth and NFC business, designing, developing and manufacturing cutting-edge, low-power Bluetooth modules and highly sophisticated software solutions for short range wireless communications.

Markit, a global diversified provider of financial information services, has adopted Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help expedite its product and business innovation. The deal will also optimise the performance and scaling capabilities of Markit products and services including enterprise data management (EDM), thinkFolio, WSO, indices and processing.

Informatica, the world’s number one independent software provider focused on delivering transformative innovation for the future of all things data, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Anil Chakravarthy as chief executive officer for Informatica.

Newgen Payments is entering in the Dutch market, kicking off at Webwinkel Vakdagen in Jaarbeurs Utrecht on January 20-21 2016.

FD, a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of QuantumKDB (UK) Limited (“Quantum”) for total consideration of up to £2.2m. The acquisition provides the Group with complementary consultancy expertise to support the growth of its Kx business and is expected to be earnings enhancing in the first full year following acquisition*.    

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