Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), a leading cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, announced today that David Damato has joined as its Chief Security Officer. Damato will lead Gemini's security program as it continues to deliver the most secure exchange and custody solution in the cryptocurrency industry. He brings more than 20 years of security leadership experience and will report directly to Gemini's Chief Executive Officer, Tyler Winklevoss.

Built using the latest security standards, the ETHIX Digital Solutions range can be integrated into any core banking system to allows banks to serve, communicate, and market to their customers fast and cost effectively. The software suite enables financial institutions to offer an exceptional online banking experience whilst improving operational performance.

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the Middle East, has partnered with SAP, a market leader in enterprise software, to become the first bank globally to implement SAP Financial Services Data Platform. It is powered by SAP in-memory data platform, SAP HANA and can now deliver customer intelligence across all Emirates NBD Group market segments, entities and countries.

Financial IT interviewed Gabriel Moynagh, CEO at Sysnet Global Solutions.

Sysnet is one of the fastest-growing providers of cybersecurity and compliance solutions in the world.

Headquartered in Dublin, it provides solutions that enable international banks and payment service providers to support their business customers in being PCI compliant and safe from cybersecurity threats.

Now available in the UK, Oracle Banking Enterprise Originations solution will help banks and building societies transform residential, buy-to-let and SME mortgage origination. Using design principles of open architecture, progressive data decisioning and complete process automation the solution will enable lenders to process mortgage applications far more efficiently by utilising best-in-class digital technologies.

Almost three-quarters *(73%) of respondents to an MHR Analytics Twitter poll revealed they are not confident about their data and numbers on month-end closes and audit submissions.

The findings from the survey of 1,000 respondents underline the increasing pressures facing finance teams.

A separate **survey showed the new IFRS 16 lease accounting legislation to be taking its toll, with 30% of respondents calling it ‘complex,’ 17% ‘resource heavy’ and 24% ‘time consuming.’

The 21-century payments industry is part of a sector that has come to reward FIs prepared to push the boundaries by finding new, innovative ways of making money management user-friendly and convenient. Similarly, it does not suffer fools gladly. Mistakes are not easily forgiven.

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC derivatives, has today announced the results of their second 2019 industry consultation, revealing a significant appetite for further analysis on functionality that may be helpful in delivering improved data quality, standardization and automation as well as further strengthening th

JCB International, Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., today announces a partnership with EVO Payments to enable JCB payment acceptance across the UK and Ireland.

The enabling of the EVO merchant portfolio increases JCB acceptance at small-to-medium sized businesses, particularly merchants utilizing integrated payments, and grants JCB additional access to ISV providers who are especially active in the UK. The UK and Ireland partnership follows a successful trial in Poland in 2017 when JCB acceptance was enabled for existing EVO merchants.

BrickVest, the London-based online real estate investment platform, has launched its second Employee Participation Fund (‘EPF’) in partnership with BEOS, the German commercial property specialist, part of the Swiss Life Asset Managers family since August 2018.

Belonging to the BrickVest Solutions product family, the innovative EPF is a co-investment fund that offers BEOS employees the opportunity to invest in their employer’s existing real estate deals alongside institutional investors securely through BrickVest’s pan-European platform.