Another day, another robo-advice headline. It’s a human truth: we love to dissect a new trend and debate its merits. Internet communication amplifies this and we risk developing a distorted view of priorities; in particular, how to fill the growing mass-market advice gap.

Here’s some context: type in robo-advice and Google returns over 900K entries. That’s nearly 300K more than the Sunset Clause, 400K more than MiFID II and over 500K more than the Financial Market Advice Review (FAMR).

Financial IT speaks to Sergey Metelskiy, International Sales Director, Diasoft at Sibos 2015.

Financial IT speaks to Sanela Hodzic, Head of Strategy and Marketing, Calypso Technology at Sibos 2015.

Financial IT interviewed Hans Tesselaar, Executive Director of BIAN.

Financial IT speaks to Michael O'Loughlin, Director Global Payment Solutions, CGI at Sibos 2015.

Financial IT speaks to Herve Lacorne, CEO of Trade Solutions at Sibos 2015.

 In a deal announced today, Rigby Private Equity (RPE), the private equity arm of Rigby Group Investments, has made a significant investment in specialist services distributor Zycko Ltd. The deal will allow Zycko to expand more aggressively throughout the EMEA region.

Financial IT speaks to Ian Kerr, CEO, Bolero at Sibos 2015.

Tyco (NYSE: TYC) today announced that it has made an additional investment in its Tyco UAE joint venture with local partner Suwaidi Engineering Group and, separately, has reached a definitive agreement to sell its fire detection and protection business in Australia to Evergreen Capital, L.P. 

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, continues to advance EMV adoption in the U.S. by offering customers a full range of EMV certified mobile solutions.