Saxo Bank, the leading fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, today announces the appointment of Stig Christensen as Chief Sales Officer. Stig has served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Saxo Bank since 2016 and will continue to hold this position as well until a permanent replacement is found.  His appointment follows the departure of Damian Bunce who has stepped down as Chief Commercial Officer.

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Hg, Europe’s leading software investor, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire stakes from Keensight Capital and Pléiade Venture in smartTrade Technologies (“smartTrade”), a leader in multi-asset electronic trading solutions, headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France.  David VINCENT, CEO & co-Founder, and the smartTrade management team will remain invested in the business alongside Hg.

The International Compliance Association (ICA), the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community, today launched the ICA Specialist Certificate in Money Laundering Risks in New Technology;  a course designed to focus on the increasing impact of technology and the advantages it brings but also the ways in which it can be exploited by criminals.

Cross-border payments are a part of your daily life. Banks and non-bank payments institutions want to help you to make those payments. So, what does the USD231bn cross-border payments services market look like?

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry and Deutsche Ba

RS2 Group, the global payments processing and technology provider, has entered into a partnership agreement with MOViiRED Colombia. As part of this partnership, RS2 will launch its new direct acquiring business for the first time anywhere in the world. RS2’s direct acquiring service will have the capacity to acquire transactions in an omnichannel environment, including e-commerce, MOTO and point of sale transactions. Colombia is one of Latin America’s fastest-growing markets, and widely seen around the world as a market with outstanding potential.