Working in association with Mastercard and Accomplish Financial, The Royal Mint has today announced production of the world’s first hallmarked precious metals payment card. The solid gold payment card is designed for individuals who wish to access the exclusive benefits of a Raris account and for those who value high quality luxury items that make a statement.

The prestigious 18kt gold Raris card is personalised for each Raris accountholder, with their name and signature directly engraved into the precious metal.

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, today announces that BNP Paribas has built and deployed their single dealer FX platform, Cortex LIVE, on OpenFin OS.

Cortex LIVE offers users more intelligent execution methods, greater transparency and enhanced controls. The platform features a real-time market intelligence portal, Insight LIVE, data visualisation and the FX industry’s first real-time digital trading assistant, ALiX.

Forrester-owned SiriusDecisions has recognized cyber security provider F-Secure’s Global Partner Program as the Channel Marketing Program of the Year. The distinction validates F-Secure’s achievements in providing industry-leading support for business-to-business (B2B) resellers’ efforts in developing the know-how and expertise needed to deliver more mature security capabilities, such as those offered by detection and response solutions, to organizations.

Featurespace, the world-leader in fraud detection, risk prevention and Anti-Money Laundering monitoring, announced the addition of Dena Hamilton as the company's newest Fraud and Financial Crime market expert.

An interview with Dmitry Tokarev, CEO at Copper

Dmitry Tokarev has over ten years of experience in software and financial engineering and was most recently CTO and Partner at Dolfin Financial. He is a graduate of Imperial College London, and a passionate believer in the decentralizing role of cryptocurrencies and the opportunities they present to retail and institutional investors alike.

Information technology and telecommunications are fundamental to service delivery in financial institutions today. Firms are increasingly reliant on IT networks to deliver core services but this can leave them vulnerable to ever-expanding security threats.

That’s an especially serious problem in the world of finance where cyber-attacks are frequent, and becoming more sophisticated. Phishing, social engineering and malware attacks have become particularly prevalent, and hacking software easily available.