Independent research firm Forrester has named F-Secure Consulting as a “Strong Performer” in their recent report, The Forrester Wave™: European Cybersecurity Consulting Providers, Q4 2019*. The evaluation is the first to assess F-Secure’s newly-formed consultancy unit. In it, Forrester recognized F-Secure Consulting for demonstrating “superior technical skills.”

The regulatory landscape is becoming increasingly complex on the buy-side, with the introduction and evolution of regulations like Solvency 2, PRIIPs and IFRS 9. On a yearly basis, CACEIS needs to produce over 10000 annual and semi-annual reports, for different business lines (Mutual Funds, Private Equity & Real estate Funds) for a dozen of jurisdictions, up to 250 pages long, with around 30 different contributors and in 4 or 5 different languages. The amount of time spent on these reports is not only time consuming, but time-sensitive.

The rapidly growing Finnish savings bank, OmaSp, has chosen Nets to enable mobile payments for its customers. Initially OmaSp will offer Google Pay for Visa Credit cardholders, with debit cards on the roadmap for 2020.

By partnering with Nets, banks can offer their customers the freedom to choose their preferred payment method.

Moorwand, a dedicated BIN sponsor that turns compliance into a competitive advantage, has today launched its online acquiring solution for customers – banks, fintechs, processors, PSPs and merchants – across Europe. Moorwand’s Merchant Acquiring provides a single payment gateway with access to multiple global payment schemes, and a multitude of payment methods, enabling businesses to process transactions, profitably.

Specialist Regtech provider Shield is proud to announce it has been awarded 'Fintech Innovation: Best Regtech Platform 2019' by Juniper Resear

NatWest today brings its business banking customers Apple Pay, which is transforming payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay. With Apple Pay on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac, customers can make fast and convenient purchases in stores, in apps and on websites.

NatWest has launched the new feature across its full range of VISA debit cards to its 1 million Business Banking customers, complementing the existing range of payment options for SMEs.

ACH Alert, an award-winning provider of electronic payments fraud prevention technology for financial institutions of all sizes, announced it is attending the 2019 Hawaii Payments University & Fraud Day for the second year, taking place November 5-7 in Honolulu.

FSS, a Payments and Fintech leader, today, announced it has won the prestigious 2019 Frost & Sullivan, India Best Practices Award for Leadership in Payments. FSS has been conferred the 2019 India Payments Technology -- Transaction Processing Services and Product Line -- Strategy Leadership Award for a proven track record for technology services and commercial model innovation. 

The global information security technology market is expected to grow to $151.2 billion by 2023. This would represent an increase of 57% compared to 2018. Meanwhile, in 2019, the market could reach $106.6 billion.

This worldwide spending on different security technology products and services is expected to grow thanks to the investment made by institutions and other companies in the market.

The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide informs that by 2023, the spending on this industry could surpass $150 billion.

Male IT workers are outnumbering their female counterparts two-to-one as the sector struggles to bring greater gender balance to its workforce and lacks digital strategies, a survey has found.

Almost 300 senior IT professionals were asked about the state of their business and their working environment by Reed Technology, finding that in addition to a gender imbalance almost a third - 29% - of businesses within the sector do not have a digital strategy and are struggling to find the skillsets to build one.