Facilitating the flow of legal entity and counterparty information between banks and data providers to counteract financial crime, bribery and corruption is critical. Fenergo, the leading provider of digital Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions, has partnered with Refinitiv, global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure, to enable customers to more efficiently identify risk.

The downfall of banks has been predicted several times throughout history. In the 1990s it was said that “banking is necessary, banks are not” and for banks these gloomy forecasts have gained renewed traction in recent years. Fintechs delivering a relevant and razor-sharp digital customer experience make banks look dusty and foot-dragging. At the same time, tech-giants such as Apple, Tencent and Alibaba are moving rapidly into areas usually associated with more traditional financial institutions.

Finastra has announced the appointment of Mark Miller as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective May 13, 2019.

While British consumers expect their banks to ensure that the latest technology is available, consumers’ rate of adoption does not necessarily meet the rate of innovation. Nearly a third (30 percent) of Brits say their bank is over-ambitious introducing additional services on different devices, saying they do not need or want more ways to interact. At the same time, over two-thirds (69 percent) expect their bank to be delivering the latest technology to them and a third (34 percent) say that since they started using devices to manage their money, their financial goals are clearer.

The hacking of WhatsApp’s messaging service is a classic example of a Buffer overflow attack.

Buffer overflows aren’t new, but you don’t often see them these days and this attack is particularly clever because it uses this flaw to gain access to a phone without the user even answering.

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, announced today that it has been selected by Uber to be its initial solutions provider for3D Secure (3DS).

Three in ten (28%) British adults ran a ‘deficit budget’ in the past month, spending more during the month than they received in income, according to new research from R3, the insolvency trade body, and ComRes.

One in six British adults (17%) spent up to £100 more than they received in income over the past month; 7% spent between £100 to £300 more; and 3% spent over £300 more.

Cascavel and Paranaguá are the cities chosen to begin the expansion in the Brazilian state of Paraná of Cities of the Future (Cidades do Futuro in Portuguese), a Visa program in Brazil whose objective is to encourage the use of electronic payments in places where the use of paper money still predominates, seeking local development.

PPRO, the leading global e-payments specialist, has partnered with HighRadius, a fintech enterprise software-as-a-service company, specialising in automating the order-to-cash and treasury management processes, to offer merchant clients a faster and easier way, and more options, to accept payments from their buyers. The integrated offering from HighRadius and PPRO allows for the discovery and support of local payments in key markets.