Exactpro, a leading software testing provider for financial market infrastructures, has today announced the launch of th2, its new, next-generation test automation toolkit for functional and non-functional testing of complex financial systems. 

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transaction services, is proud to achieve “Platinum” level recognition Medal by the independent non-financial rating agency EcoVadis for the fifth year. With a 3-point improvement on its global ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) performance compared to 2019, Worldline has recorded an overall score of 86/100 in recognition of the continued progress made through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach.

QuantHouse, the global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure products and part of Iress (IRE.ASX), today announced that InfoReach Inc. (InfoReach) has integrated QuantHouse's API to power their Trade Management System (TMS) with high performance, global market data across equities, options and futures. 

Virgin Money has announced its API integration with technology experts Twenty7tec. The partnership will streamline the search and application process for intermediaries by removing the need to re-key data in multiple places.

The integration will be the first of its kind from a top 10 lender. Users can not only apply for a Decision in Principle from Virgin via this integration, but also submit a full mortgage application and make payments without needing to visit the Virgin Money portal.

Railsbank, the leading global open banking platform, today announced the appointment of Louisa Murray as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) for UK and Europe, effective immediately. The announcement follows the recent appointments of Dov Marmor as COO for North America and Justin Xiao as COO for Southeast Asia.

Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI), a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, has partnered with Temenos, the banking software company, to launch the Digital Banking Platform, powered by Temenos technology to modernize legacy core banking systems, in the Nordic region. The platform enables financial institutions to be more agile and scalable while reducing operating costs. Banks will also be able to leverage the platform to launch new products and services faster.

Mastercard and its partners, TSYS, a Global Payments company and Extend, today introduced a mobile virtual card solution that enables virtual corporate cards to be easily loaded into a mobile wallet for fast and secure contactless payments. 

A majority of senior fintech professionals say Covid-19 has had a negative impact on the industry, but many are more optimistic about the future now than they were at the start of the pandemic, according to a report released today by research and content agency Pensar Media.

95% of tier 1 and 2 banks plan to invest more in derivatives post-trade operations over the next three years than in the last three, a major study by Acuiti has found.

Almost half of tier 1 and 2 banks are expecting to invest more than $5m over the next three years in long-awaited upgrades to post-trade processing capacity.

Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers, has revealed insights into the most popular payment methods used this Black Friday. The data, which provides a year-on-year comparison of 2019, shows that payment methods allowing customers to pay flexibly - like ‘pay later’ service Klarna - has more than doubled in 2020. The study spans 101,000 merchants across Europe, primarily from Germany, U.K., France, the Netherlands and Belgium.