The consortium that consists of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in the payment and transaction services, and Conduent, was selected by Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) to build the central ticketing system as part of its Smart Navigo Ticketing Modernization Programme. Alongside IDFM’s other technical partners, the consortium has now delivered the first building block to give passengers in the Ile-de-France (Paris) region access to smartphone-based tickets.

 ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a leading provider of governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions, today launched ComplianceAlpha® 2.0. This next-generation risk and compliance management platform helps global financial services firms stay one step ahead of regulators’ increasingly advanced technological capabilities to detect insider trading, market abuse, and other potential misconduct.

The enhanced platform was designed and developed by the industry’s largest team of former regulators, financial technologists, and cybersecurity professionals.

Objectway, a leader in the Digital Wealth, Investment & Asset Management sector, and vdk bank announced today that they agreed to implement two components of Objectway’s WealthTech Suite: Portfolio Manager will provide portfolio management, branch-based advisory and execution-only capabilities; whilst Investor Portal will enable web apps for end-clients for self-directed investment management at a later stage.

Ahead of its Finastra Universe Community Markets event in Chicago, US, this week, Finastra has announced the launch of two new applications built on its 

iPipeline® – a leading provider of next-generation solutions and services to the life and pensions market – today announces that The SimplyBiz Group, has adopted its award-winning protection sourcing solution, SolutionBuilder®.

SolutionBuilder® is an intelligent protection research, quote and apply tool that allows advisers to easily compare all protection needs within a simplified and responsive user interface. It enables advisers to share and review their options with clients – rapidly and simply.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that DUCA Financial Services Credit Union Ltd. (DUCA), based in Toronto, has selected Fiserv for core account processing to

A new report from Juniper Research found that the cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to over $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%.

Al Rayan Bank has announced the appointment of Peter Wren as its new Head of IT. The position will be based at the UK’s largest Islamic bank’s Operational Headquarters in Birmingham.

Peter brings with him over 20 years’ experience working in IT roles for companies in the financial services and pharmaceutical sectors. He was most recently programme director at Birmingham-based financial mutual society, Wesleyan, where he was responsible for implementing new tools and technology into the business to improve services.