NFU Mutual and Genpact announced a long-term partnership to deliver enhanced NFU Mutual advised and direct-to-consumer offerings, powered by Genpact’s OpenWealth business process as a service (BPaaS) solution.

Orange and Groupama have signed an agreement that aims to enable the development of an innovative, 100% mobile banking service. This agreement concludes the exclusive discussions that have been ongoing between the two Groups since January and paves the way for the acquisition by Orange of a 65% stake in Groupama Banque. Groupama will retain the remaining 35%.

VocaLink announced today that it has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 George Mitchell Payments System Excellence Award. The award is given annually by NACHA—The Electronic Payments Association®.

The award is named after former vice-chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, George Mitchell, an early proponent of electronic payments. It honors an individual or organization that has shown superior leadership in the development, implementation or advancement of domestic or international electronic payments. 

ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange (ISDX), a fully regulated UK based stock exchange owned by the ICAP Group, announces today that it has appointed Tom Binks and Michael Berkeley to the ISDX Board.

CA Advanced Authentication is a packaged offer that combines two authentication solutions - CA Strong Authentication (formerly CA AuthMinder) and CA Risk Authentication (formerly CA RiskMinder). The application provides authentication processing for a variety of applications in the organization of any size. The authentication methods include risk-based as well as multi-factor, strong authentication credentials.

Discussions around legacy payment platforms always generate heated debate. Whilst these antiquated systems were not built to fare the pressures of today, the fact that so many high-profile and successful financial institutions continue to build upon infrastructure first implemented in the 1970s can go far in illustrating the longevity of this technology.