With much of the new financial regulation being passed and implementation for most of it in full swing, supervision is likely to gain more attention in the coming years. Since investment firms and infrastructure providers are largely supervised by national competent authorities, it raises the question who watches the watchmen?

Wolters Kluwer has launched its Enterprise Credit Solution for China.

Swift India announced  that Barclays  selected it as a channel for payments, cash management, trade finance and treasury transactions for their corporate customers.

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.