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Cherry Picking and Time Insensitivity - Challenges for Enterprise Work Management

“… the earlier riser gets first choice, but this will not be a true reflection on performance”

Humans are wired to select the path of least resistance, why expend energy if it’s unnecessary or inconvenient. If we’re given free choice, it’s only natural that we opt for the easiest route and the one that is most convenient for us, regardless of team or organisational requirements. 

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 10:43
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Supported by Mastercard and CDPQ AvidXchange Secures $300 Million Funding

AvidXchange, a leading fintech provider of accounts payable and payment automation for midsize companies, announced today its strategic partnership with Mastercard to deliver accounts payable and payment automation to small and midsize businesses. 

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 10:28
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Workday Is Ranked #3 As a Best Place to Work in Europe

Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that it ranked #3 on Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute’s list of the best workplaces in Europe.

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 09:53
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Stratumn Raises Largest Funding Round to Date in the European Blockchain and Data Security Ecosystem

Stratumn, a leading provider of network solutions securing processes between enterprises and their stakeholders through blockchain technology and advanced cryptography, announces today the raising of €7M in a series A funding from Open CNP, the Corporate Venture arm of CNP Assurances, Otium Venture, Nasdaq and Digital Currency Group.

Less than two years after its inception and one year after its seed financing, Stratumn has now accomplished the largest funding round to date in the European blockchain and data security ecosystem.

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 08:40
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Synechron Partners with Misys to Demonstrate Corporate Banking and Capital Markets Expertise

Synechron, a global financial services consulting and technology service provider, today announced that it will join the Misys InFusion Partner Program. Synechron will develop two Centres of Excellence focused on Capital Markets and Corporate Banking to support clients across the United States, Europe, Middle-East and India. 

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 08:35
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CardPay Acquires JCB Cards Across SEPA Region

JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB, is pleased to announce that CardPay, a global player and a European leader in e-commerce and transactional services, has signed a direct License Agreement to acquire JCB's e-commerce card transactions across the SEPA region. 

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 08:31
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ATM Security Team Changes Brand Name to Focus on Transaction Chain

The European ATM Security Team (EAST) is changing its name to the European Association for Secure Transactions (EAST). 

The announcement was made by EAST Executive Director Lachlan Gunn at the EAST Financial Crime and Security (FCS) Forum in The Hague. The name change is in line with a new strategic direction for EAST. 

EAST was formed in 2004 to focus on ATM security when card skimming was a rising issue in Europe. 

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 08:26
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Denmark Based OpenLedger Closes $1.6 Million Seed Funding

OpenLedger Aps, based in Pandrup, Denmark, has received seed funding to the tune of 11 Million DKK ($1.6 Million USD) from a group of a group of Chinese, American and European investors, allowing four major projects managed by OpenLedger, namely eDEV.one (EDEV, JOYY), GetGame (REALITY), Apptrade (APPX), and OCASH (OCASH) to start immediate production. 

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 08:22
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SumUp Welcomes Ryan O'Connor as US MD

SumUp, the leading mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) company, today announces Ryan O’Connor as Managing Director of the U.S., underscoring the company's commitment to accelerating growth in the United States and North America.

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 08:15
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Hewlett-Packard Hardware Partners with R3 to Bring Corda to HPE Systems

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership with R3 to bring Corda to Mission Critical HPE Systems. 

HPE and R3 will bring this leading Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), aka Blockchain, to workloads that must run at enterprise scale. 

A proof of concept created in collaboration with HPE Labs, HPE Mission Critical Systems and R3 demonstrates R3 Corda running on the HPE Integrity NonStop Platform, delivering the resiliency and scalability enterprise customers demand as they bring their DLT applications into production. 

Friday, June 9, 2017 - 08:07
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