Discretionary investment manager PortfolioMetrix has expanded its team with the addition of Gordon Butchers to the newly created role of Global Marketing Manager, reporting to Distribution Director, Dave Chessell.
Based in the UK the role has been created to support the firm’s UK growth plans plus its expansion within and outside the existing territories of UK, South Africa and Ireland during 2017.
Silicon Valley analytics software firm FICO today announced that it has been accepted into the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program, which requires FICO to agree to comply with EU data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States. Effective December 7, 2016, this voluntary self-certification declares FICO’s cooperation with the privacy program adopted jointly by the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Trustmarque Solutions Limited (part of Capita PLC) has completed a project with Family Building Society (FBS) to develop a cloud-based intranet based on Microsoft SharePoint.
Tradovate, LLC, an online brokerage firm for active, self-directed futures traders, and financial services firm VeloxPro today announced that they have partnered to bring the new web application of VeloxPro’s Bookmap xRay to the Tradovate platform.
S&P Global (SPGI) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Quant House SAS (QuantHouse) to a company owned by Pierre Feligioni, one of QuantHouse's original founders. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
QuantHouse provides end-to-end systematic trading solutions including ultra-low latency market data, algo trading development frameworks, proximity hosting and order routing to hedge funds, market makers, proprietary desks, brokers and sell-side firms.
The Cheque and Credit Clearing Company (C&CCC) - the organisation that manages the country’s cheque clearing system - has announced the appointment of James Radford as its new Chief Executive Officer, with effect from Tuesday 3 January 2017.
USA Technologies, Inc. a payment technology provider of cashless and mobile transactions in self-serve retail, today announced it plans to integrate its MORE. loyalty and payroll deduct platform with Apple Pay, for use at up to 300,000 machines nationwide.
As the government keeps announcing it's long list of " digital to do" for banks, financial institutes and aam admi, one wonders as to where is this finally going to stop and who will be it's biggest beneficiary? While, at the outset , it looks to be the wallet companies, some fintech startups, one never knows who will have the last laugh?
10 Nepalese banks join nearly 600 users of the hosted utility service for sanctions compliance
10 Nepalese banks will utilise SWIFT's Sanctions Screening service to support their sanctions compliance. The 10 banks will join the nearly 600 firms currently using the service, which was launched in 2012 as the first solution in SWIFT's financial crime compliance portfolio. The success of the offering validates SWIFT's vision that compliance services are most efficiently and effectively delivered via a hosted utility model.
Three fintech solutions have won Proof-of-Concept projects within Mahindra Finance
Leading Indian NBFC, Mahindra Finance, is delighted to announce three winning solutions from their recent Global Fintech Challenge. All three solution providers will continue with Proof-of-Concept projects within Mahindra Finance with a view to roll out and implement their technologies.
The winning solutions as aligned to three (3) SME-focused categories are:
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