ANZ has announced that Mark Whelan would join the Group Management Board taking on broader responsibilities as Managing Director Global Commercial Banking.

Compass Plus, an international provider of innovative retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced that it has successfully completed the implementation of its open development payments platform TranzAxis with Klarna, a leading European online payment provider.

Newly launched start-up Cadoil Trading SA, created by a team of seasoned professionals with strong sector track records and established relationships throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has selected Aspect Enterprise Solutions leading cloud solution AspectCTRM as its trade and risk management platform.

Nasdaq  (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the trading in Christian Berner Tech Trade AB (shortname: CBTT B) shares commenced on First North at Nasdaq Stockholm. Christian Berner Tech Trade belongs to the Industrials sector and is the 35th company to be admitted to trading on First North’s Nordic markets (Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland) in 2014.

The FCA recently published a list of considerations for firms thinking of using third party technology banking solutions. This has attracted widespread commentary from within the industry – mostly from advisers or end users – but what does this mean for suppliers of critical technology solutions to regulated firms?

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has been judged Best Execution Management System at the Financial News Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology. Presented at a gala dinner in London on Wednesday, the award is testament to Fidessa's ongoing programme of development of its Investment Management System (IMS).

 MasterCard and Zwipe have announced their partnership for the launch of the world’s first contactless payment card featuring an integrated fingerprint sensor.

 The launch of the card comes after a successful live pilot with Norway’s Sparebanken DIN, aligned to the Eika Group, as an answer to the complex challenge of providing a fast, convenient payment solution that does not compromise on security.

Lombard Risk Management plc, a leading provider of integrated collateral management, regulatory compliance and reporting solutions for the financial services industry, announced its latest release of COLLINE—the company’s award-winning collateral management, clearing, inventory management and optimisation solution.

Numerix the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has announced the receipt of the award for Best Innovation by an ISV Regulatory Change in the annual FOW Awards for Asia held in Singapore on September 25. This marks the second consecutive year Numerix has won this award for the Numerix CrossAsset product Suite.

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced that it has won ‘Best KYC and Client On-Boarding Solution’ at the second annual Data Management Summit Awards 2014, hosted by A-Team Group.