Xignite, the leading provider of market data cloud solutions for financial services, today introduced Xignite CloudAlerts—a next-generation market data API that lets fintech developers alert  investors and users by automatically notifying them of real-time market events and conditions, such as price movements or volume breakouts.

Today Numerix is proud to announce that Dr. Alexandre Antonov, Senior Vice President of Quantitative Research and 18 year veteran of Numerix has been named Quant of the Year in the 2016 Risk Awards. The Risk Awards are the longest running awards of their kind and are widely recognized as the most prestigious.

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today is announcing new members from across the industry, a formal open governance structure and technical updates to the new Hyperledger Project.

 freemarketFX, the London based currency exchange announces the appointment of Rich Ricci as Chairman.

“Rrrrrrr”. No, I am not cold or angry. I’m teaching Siri to pronounce my name: Jeroen Aumand. After a few attempts, I settle for second best – an anglicised [Jeron] instead of [Yuron]. Then the app asks for help with my last name and I feel a sense of doom creeping upon me. We are told constantly that speech technology will revolutionise financial services, but beyond turning the lights on in the office, how can we use it in finance?

With the banks’ reporting season underway, the banking sector is under pressure to cut costs and become more agile than ever before. Fierce competition from disruptive, innovative players, an ever-complex landscape of regulations, and more demands from digitally-savvy consumers are all putting pressure on traditional banks to transform their businesses.

OpenLink, the global leader in trading and risk management solutions to the energy, commodities, corporate and financial services industries, announced today that Romande Energie has chosen its energy trading risk management, optimization, and regulatory reporting solution.

 Islamic banking leaders and dignitaries from across Africa and the Middle East gathered today at the 2nd annual International Forum on Islamic Finance (IFIF 2016).

 ​Xero, (@Xero) today unveiled strategic partnerships and integrations with Barclays and Microsoft in front of 1,300 accountants and partners at Xerocon*,  UK's largest fintech conference, giving small businesses and their accountants easier access to the services and funds they need to manage and grow their business.

 Fiserv, Inc., announces that Tandem Bank has selected Agiliti™ from Fiserv as its technology platform. Tandem Bank selected Agiliti to bring a new banking experience to market due to the solution’s comprehensive service set, ease of implementation and the proven experience of Fiserv. Agiliti is a hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) retail bank technology solution, modular in its approach, offering a comprehensive software and infrastructure.