Path Solutions, the global Islamic banking software company, today announced that Jaiz Bank Plc., Nigeria’s premier non-interest (Islamic) bank has successfully upgraded its Islamic core banking platform iMAL R14.1 version. The upgrade is to enable innovation that will meet evolving customers’ needs as it expands into new markets.

Solactive announces that Australian ETF provider BetaShares released its new BetaShares India Quality ETF (IIND). The ETF tracks the Solactive India Quality Select Index (SOLINQSN), which includes the top 30 of India’s domestic companies based on a weighted ranking of the following key factors – high profitability, low leverage, and high earnings stability. The ETF is tailored to investors, who believe that the fast-growing Indian economy keeps its momentum and continues in long-term and stable growth.

Cyber security provider F-Secure is advising organizations using F5 Networks’ BIG-IP load balancer, which is popular amongst governments, banks, and other large corporations, to address security issues in some common configurations of the product. Adversaries can exploit these insecurely configured load balancers to penetrate networks and perform a wide variety of attacks against organizations, or individuals using web services managed by a compromised device.

EZ365 today announced its plan to launch the world’s first blockchain-based ecosystem that combines a digital asset exchange, a cryptocurrency casino and a blockchain education portal. 

EZ365 is comprised of three integrated and complementary platforms: 

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced it was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise BI Platforms (Vendor-Managed), Q3 2019 by Forrester Research.

Ping Identity, the leader in Identity Defined Security, today announced its successful completion of the Financial-grade API (FAPI) conformance testing, as part of the process defined by Open Banking Ltd.

Last week, investors in Neil Woodford’s flagship investment fund received more bad news. They are likely to remain trapped until early December after the frozen fund extended its suspension to sell holdings and pay for customer withdrawals. Ironically, they’ll be able to see Disney’s much-anticipated Frozen sequel, before they see their funds again. Demonised in the press and subject to investor fury, Mr Woodford has certainly eaten his share of humble pie. However, should he be the only one under scrutiny?

Trov (www.trov.com), a global leader in insurance technology, is launching a portfolio of end-to-end digital, white-labelled insurance products designed to be rapidly deployed by financial organisations and insurers. Lloyds Banking Group, the UK's largest retail financial services provider, with around 26 million customers and a centuries-old history, will partner with Trov. Later in 2019, Trov and Lloyds Banking Group will release an innovative insurance product designed around the evolving lifestyle of modern, connected UK consumers.