The Valuation Center of the National Securities Market Association (the NSMA Valuation Center) became accessible to a wide circle of users via a network of local and global information distributors unifying the information channels of the Moscow Exchange, National Settlement Depository (NSD) and a number of news agencies – Interfax, Cbonds and Thomson Reuters.

As a long serving employee in the City and a former member of the London Stock Exchange I have been watching the many changes that has forged todays Stock Markets. I can not say in all honesty that todays stock markets are better or offer listed companies, investors or society what is expected. The name Casino has been levied at todays Stock Exchanges and having given it some deep thought I have to concur.

 Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading next-generation security and compliance company, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Proofpoint in the leader’s quadrant of its “Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways”⁽¹⁾ for the seventh consecutive year. Proofpoint was positioned farthest and highest respectively on the “completeness of vision” and “ability to execute” axes.

Visa Europe Collab and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants are opening a digital innovation hub in Berlin-Kreuzberg in Autumn 2015.

The Broadridge Mobile solution will enable Cetera Financial Institutions to rapidly deploy a distinctively branded, unified advisor and client experience while leveraging a proven enterprise mobile technology platform. It is designed to increase collaboration, optimize data management and deliver an integrated experience to financial advisors and investors on a single global platform.

Bank of China, through its Hungarian branch, has issued a €500 million bond listed in London as part of a wider bond issuance programme by the bank to provide funding for China's 'One Belt, One Road' projects. The project aims to boost links and commerce between China and countries along the old land-based and maritime silk routes.

Brits have gone contactless crazy according to data from Worldpay, which recently revealed that it has processed over £2 billion of contactless payments since January 2012. This surge is even more incredible as it was only in October 2014 that the company reached the £1 billion milestone.

Solucom announces acquisition of Arthus Technologies (www.arthus-tech.com), a consulting firm based in Geneva (Switzerland).

Arthus Technologies a specialised ICT consulting firm

Founded in 2002, Arthus Technologies is a consulting firm specialised in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The company provides tailored solutions, ranging from strategic sourcing through to transformation management, designed to accompany its clients' international ICT projects.

Lloyds Bank trials are exploring how the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) and contactless technology can improve the registration process for those setting up mobile banking.

The ‘tap to bank’ technology has so far been tested on over 125 people, enabling them to use their Lloyds Bank contactless debit card as a way of securely authenticating their identity when setting up the mobile banking app.