Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has won a third party inspection procurement contract for the South Oil Company in Iraq, a national Iraqi company responsible for all the oil and gas projects in southern Iraq. The multi-year agreement was recently signed. It is the first time SOC has appointed a third party inspection company to help ensure the quality and safety of all their projects, which are contracted to various oil and gas companies.

 Gresham Computing plc, a leading provider of real-time financial transaction control and enterprise data integrity solutions, today announced the appointment of Damian Canning as Sales Director for North America. Based in Gresham’s New York City office, Canning will be responsible for continuing the strong growth of Gresham’s Clareti Transaction Control (CTC) platform in North America.

 Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced that it will examine the feasibility of implementing blockchain*¹, the distributed ledger technology supporting cryptocurrency exchange, and other new technologies in the securities industry this month, in efforts to begin facilitating open innovation. 

delivery.com, one of the nation's leading online ordering platforms and delivery services, recently announced that it will begin offering Visa Checkout on its website and mobile apps. The online checkout service will provide delivery.com customers with another fast, easy and secure way to pay for food, alcohol, groceries and laundry services without worrying about re-entering shipping and payment information.

Path Solutions, a pioneer and worldwide provider of cutting-edge Islamic core banking systems is proud to announce that it has been named “Best Islamic Finance Technology Provider” for a third time at the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) 2015. 

Launched in 2011 at the ‘First Oman Islamic Economic Forum’ in Muscat, the GIFA awards recognize and celebrate success and contributions of individuals and institutions in the Islamic financial services industry. Their objective is to highlight best practices and key milestones in this extremely competitive sector.

Increasing global financial connectivity and complexity of financial products have driven central banks and regulatory bodies worldwide to enforce a variety of risk and compliance mandates. A common highlight in most mandates is the emphasis on automation, demand for quality data and building agility for future changes. Meanwhile the SBV has embarked on a Basel journey to establish a stable and stress-free financial ecosystem in Vietnam by launching a pilot implementation phase for 10 banks - to be eventually rolled out to all banks.

Revolutionary UK FinTech company, Hello Soda today announces its expansion into the United States with the opening of a New York office and recruitment of two new heads of sales.

The US office and hiring of experienced new recruits, Layton Brooks and Oliver Peckham, will enable Hello Soda to push further into the US market and develop an established brand presence in the North-American market.

essDOCS, the leading enabler of paperless trade, announced today the launch of its consulting arm, essDOCS Consulting, as part of focused efforts to expand and optimize usage of digital transaction documents and FinTech solutions by banks and their corporate customers across the globe.

essDOCS Consulting is set up to support:

JetPay Solutions is now fully operational in the UK - and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. JetPay has been prevalent in global credit card processing - especially in the Card-Not-Present market and eCommerce for over 25 years in the US.