Technology applied to finance or Financial Technology or FinTech is the application of software, and modern technology, processes and/or business models to deliver financial services. The goal of a typical FinTech company is to provide convenient and reliable alternatives to traditional financial methods. Consumers may often be unaware that a simple mobile payment service they use is FinTech.

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced an official partnership with Ping Identity, a leader in Identity Defined Security.

AutoRek, the leading financial controls, regulatory reporting and data management platform, is delighted to be awarded ‘Best Insurance System’ in this year’s bobsguide awards.

Announced on Monday 24^th June, the bobsguide awards have been judged based on the strength of tech updates and their impact on the client experience and how the systems stand out in the marketplace. Several rounds of evaluation were carried out by the judging panel including user and market engagement.

StockX​, ​the world’s first ‘stock market of things’, has closed on a $110 million Series C funding round from investment firms DST Global, General Atlantic, and GGV Capital. The company also announced today the appointment of Scott Cutler as CEO. ​Cutler succeeds co-founder Josh Luber, who will continue to serve on the executive leadership team and board of directors. ​The raise, in which current investors GV and Battery Ventures also participated, represents the largest in Michigan VC history to date and values StockX at over $1 billion.

 Players of mobile AR combat game Reality Clash can now buy and sell limited-edition weapons and earn real money via OpenSea, the world’s largest general marketplace for crypto collectibles.

Crypto collectibles are a fundamentally new type of digital good. Unlike traditional in-game DLC, which is ultimately owned and controlled by a game’s publisher, blockchain-enabled crypto collectibles can be traded directly between players for profit, independent of the game itself.

SIA, the leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, through its wholly-owned subsidiary New SIA Greece, has reached a five-year agreement with Market In, one of Greece’s leading retailers, to provide a new payment technology infrastructure and to manage the processing of card transactions.

The infrastructure developed by SIA further strengthens Market In’s client-oriented vision by combining services quality with fast, efficient and secure transactions, aligned with the global market’s latest trends in digital payments.

The White Paper ‘The Digital Identity Problem – Solving the issue of trust’ published today, Goode Intelligence (www.goodeintelligence.com) reports that the question of how we effectively and securely identify people online to enable them to perform digital tasks in a safe and secure manner is one of the fundamental ones of our time.

Called the BBVA Open Innovation Acceleration Program, the project is aimed at giving businesses a targeted helping hand on the road to success. Over the course of nine-months, those selected for the program will receive expert guidance and support from senior leaders at the bank on a range of topics.

nexo standards, the global industry association dedicated to enabling fast, interoperable and borderless payments acceptance, today announces the results of its fifth annual General Assembly.

Board of Directors elected

WeGift, the digital rewards platform, has secured £4 million in Series A funding, led by Fred Destin at Stride.vc, who also joins the Board of Directors, and other high-profile investors including