Opus Bank reports that Tom Bowers, Chief Operating Officer of Starwood Capital Group, has been appointed to the Opus’ Board of Directors, effective June 23, 2016, and appointed a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Bowers replaces Marcos Alvarado, formerly Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Starwood Capital Group, who concurrently resigned from Opus’ Board of Directors, effective June 23, 2016. Opus’ board membership remains at nine.

If you’ve picked up the paper or read the news in the last few months, then you’re probably aware of the impending IT skills shortage the UK is facing.Business leaders state their main concern is reducing the IT skills gap within their company, and have initiated plans to prioritise this issue in the near future.

Financial inclusion pioneer Accion reports the appointment of financial service industry leaders Raza Dean and Nick Talwar to the organization's board of directors.

"We are thrilled to welcome Raza Dean and Nick Talwar to the Accion Board of Directors," said Accion Board Chair Diana Taylor. "Both individuals bring unique and extensive experience in the financial services industry. This experience, combined with a global perspective developed over years of living and working abroad, will be instrumental in advancing Accion's effort to foster financial inclusion around the world."

CIBC has teamed up with MagnusCards, to help produce free step-by-step visual guides that help individuals with special needs bank on their own. 

WISeKey helps secure Internet of Things (IoT) devices with SAP, the world’s largest provider of enterprise applications. The collaboration aims to allow the integration of WISeKey’s Managed Cryptographic Root of Trust secure IoT Edge Device with devices leveraging SAP HANA® Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things (IoT).

The United Kingdom, Europe and the world woke up this morning to a new reality. With the majority of the population voting to leave the European Union, Britain has started today its road to separation.

With sterling plummeting to its lowest level in 31 years and the stock market falling sharply this morning, what lies ahead? What will be the impact on companies and markets? What can be done to mitigate potential repercussions that Brexit will inevitably bring? Even more importantly, how can companies adapt to the important changes coming our way and identify new opportunities?

Equiniti has provided Visa Europe with share registration services for over ten years. In this transaction, Equiniti provided digital support for the processing of legal documentation, via a secure portal, and managed the cash payment, on completion, of over €12Bn.

Basware, the global leader in providing networked purchase-to-pay solutions, e-invoicing and innovative financing services, announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of its latest Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites* report. This was the second consecutive year for Basware to be recognized as a Leader in this report, now published for the second time.

At the end of the day, the bloodiest battleground in banking is "real-time analytics for relevance in the financial relationship, and the partnerships that go into that relationship that allow that to happen." This observation by Chris Skinner, founder of The Financial Services Club, is absolutely on point.

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of four new palm contracts to its suite of agricultural products, to begin trading on July 11, 2016, pending all relevant regulatory review periods.