Almost two thirds of 18-24 year olds would find it inconvenient or impossible to provide a paper copy of a utility bill if asked during a financial application (64%), according to new research carried out by YouGov on behalf of Hello Soda.

 BroadSoft, Inc. a global market leader in cloud business software for unified communication as a service (UCaaS), and provider of collaboration and contact center as a service (CCaaS), announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc.

• 75 per cent of global CEOs confident about their digital strategy
• 86 per cent of CEOs challenged by their infrastructure
• Biggest barriers are inflexible technology, lack of technology skills and security concerns

DigitalTown, Inc., a leading provider of smart city portal solutions, announced today the launch of a Blockchain-based Distributed Ledger for managing shared ownership of each city in its global network of city portals. The unprecedented move heralds a new era for empowering public-private partnership in the development of thriving local economies.

While an increasing number of the unbanked across the globe are getting access to more formal financial tools, many are not using them very frequently and are instead continuing to rely on cash.

Investoo Group, one of the world’s biggest FX and financial affiliates, has acquired the leading social trading comparison site SocialTradingGuru.com for an undisclosed fee.

 IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that Robeco, a EUR 147 billion international asset manager, has signed for its Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Warehouse. By providing a central warehouse to store, access and report on portfolio information, the new solution is expected to improve business efficiency and data integrity at the firm.

FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced the appointment of Bruce Wolf as Head of FX Business Development.

Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced that it has joined Hyperledger to design and develop open source-based blockchain solutions for enterprise-grade blockchain deployments. Hyperledger is a global open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies across sectors such as finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chain, manufacturing and technology.