Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have continued to move from the fringes of the investing world to a priority topic. Most recently, ESG has become vitally important to investors and fund managers in the private markets. 

In 2018, IHS Markit explored the impact of ESG across private market investments and fund types, including multi-strategy groups, institutional advisors and fund of funds. 

OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), a global leader in software for trusted identities, e-signatures and secure transactions, today announced it has joined the National Cyber Security Alliance as a Champion of Data Privacy Day, an annual, international effort to raise awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust. 

Curve, the smart card that lets users keep all their credit and debit cards on a single card, today announces Amex support in Beta. 

Discover and Garmin International, Inc., today announced that Discover cardmembers can now make payments using Garmin PayTM, a contactless payment solution for people on the move. 

 NICE Actimize, a NICE business (Nasdaq: NICE) and leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management, today announced IFM-X, its next-generation Integrated Fraud Management (IFM) platform that leverages automation and machine learning to optimize effectiveness while reducing the total cost of implementing and operating an enterprise fraud risk management system.

Aliant Payments, a U.S. based provider of merchant services and payment processing, announced today that it will begin offering cryptocurrency processing free-of-charge to qualifying U.S. and European-based merchants that sign up for credit and debit card processing. 

M1 Finance, the free, automated banking and investing platform, today announced M1 Spend, the checking account and debit card that enables customers to fully experience the best of digital money management. The new checking account and card will launch later this year.

Micro Focus today announced a critical milestone in a years-long effort to create and deliver solutions that help organisations transform their business in accordance with rapidly evolving IT requirements.

FIME has strengthened its transport offering to deliver end-to-end support for smart ticketing projects.

Rewards Network, a leading fintech company providing marketing, loyalty rewards programs, and capital for the restaurant industry, has recently announced a new addition to its executive team.