New survey - one year to GDPR: Seven out of ten are worried about Internet security and more than one out of ten have been subject to data breaches. A new survey commissioned by software and services company Tieto also reveals that eight out of ten people in Sweden and Finland and five out of ten in Norway would now consider erasing their customer data from companies´ data registers. However, only one out of ten is aware of the possibility provided by the new data protection regulation GDPR, which steps into effect exactly one year from now.

 Mergermarket Group, a BC Partners portfolio company, announced today that it has acquired TIM Group. Established in 2002 and headquartered in London, TIM Group specialises in the electronic delivery of equity trade ideas and investment recommendations through its independent distribution platform.

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that ABG Sundal Collier (ABGSC) has implemented Fidessa's workflow platform to support its brokerage services across both equities and derivatives. ABGSC has deployed Fidessa's platform for its Sales and Execution business across its operations in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London and New York.

AEVI has today announced a partnership with Australian-based technology company Tanda, to bring their industry leading cloud-based payroll and rostering solution to AEVI’s Global Marketplace; the B2B app store for smart Point of Sale (SmartPOS).

TransferTo, a leading B2B Cross-Border Mobile Payments Network, has appointed two industry heavyweights to bolster its senior executive team. This is a strategic move to help support current operations, and steer the company towards the next big phase of development and growth within the Mobile Airtime and Mobile Money markets.

Linedata (NYSE Euronext: LIN), the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, today announced that the Israel Discount Bank of New York (IDBNY) has chosen its best-in-class lending and leasing solution for credit decision makers: Linedata Capitalstream.

Poste Italiane and SIA have signed a deal that will allow holders of debit cards and Postepay cards to make savings on their shopping with the new Extra Sconti App.

Extra Sconti is based on an innovative digital marketing service developed by Ubiq, a start-up recently acquired by SIA, which uses a cash-back mechanism to credit consumers' postal current accounts for supermarket purchases of brands recommended by the Extra Sconti App.

RSRCHXchange, the MiFID II research solution and marketplace for institutional research, today announces a partnership with CorpAxe, a market-leading solution for corporate access management (inclusive of commission management, broker vote and regulatory compliance), to make research consumption data available to mutual buy-side customers.