Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced that QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has selected the TCS BaNCS™ Global Securities Platform (GSP) to support the digital transformation of its capital markets operations.

National Settlement Depository (NSD) has begun to provide SWIFT gpi (global payment innovation) services. The first gpi transaction was conducted by NSD in late September 2019; the depository announced this at SIBOS, the annual international forum organized by SWIFT (which this year are holding in London).

NSD is the first CSD to provide its clients with the gpi service which lets them conduct cross-border real-time payments and track the status of payments.

PXP Financial, the global experts in acquiring solutions, has teamed up with Travelpack Marketing and Leisure, providing the package holiday experts with frictionless payment services.

AxiomSL, the leading provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, today announced completion of The Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II audit of RegCloud that confirmed the effectiveness of the firm’s internal controls for compliance and data protection.

Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology that helps make business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced that new financial services entrant, Vive, is set to deliver real-time payments to its future customers on day one of trading.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that the acquisition of Kony Inc, the fast growing US #1 digital banking SaaS company has now closed.  The acquisition will accelerate Temenos’ US presence and strengthen Temenos Infinity, the breakthrough digital banking product. Thomas E. Hogan, Chairman and CEO of Kony, is appointed President of Temenos North America and joins Temenos’ Executive Committee, with immediate effect.

Deutsche Bank Securities Services has successfully piloted a solution using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to enable further automation of custodial services.

The solution addresses the transparency requirements within many custodial services, such as around the tax processing of asset holdings at an ultimate beneficial owner level, and streamlines complex data and reconciliation processes for both the bank and its clients.

ShieldIOT, a leading Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity software company, today announced that it had raised $3.6M in a Series Seed funding round.

The round was led by innogy Innovation Hub, the accelerator and venture capital arm of innogy SE, a leading German energy company. The round was joined by additional new and existing investors including Janvest Capital Partners, Danmar Capital, Minvest and private investors.

RBR’s industry-leading Branch Transformation 2019 conference and expo returns to London on 19^th and 20^th November for its tenth edition, offering an opportunity to learn from some of the world’s most innovative banks

Santander, Citibank, ING, Lloyds Banking Group, BNP Paribas and Sberbank will be among the institutions sharing their insights and expertise with delegates at the Branch Transformation 2019 conference in London this autumn.

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