TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced the appointment of Matt Quinn as chief operating officer (COO). Quinn previously served as executive vice president (EVP), products & technology, and chief technology officer (CTO). In addition, Nelson Petracek has been promoted to fill the role of global CTO. Both Quinn and Petracek provide TIBCO and its customers unmatched industry and technological expertise.

Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP), a leader in business spend management (BSM), today announced its first major cloud platform update of the year.  Coupa’s Release 20 (R20) helps customers spend smarter by providing additional visibility and control of spending for business services and with the expanded use of community intelligence for supplier insights.

Exactpro Systems today announces that it was engaged by Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) to deliver functional and non-functional testing for Astana International Exchange (AIX), the nascent new high-tech exchange platform in Kazakhstan. The new exchange was created within the AIFC in cooperation with a shareholder and strategic partner from among the leading stock exchanges - Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). AIX is based on best international practice and powered by Nasdaq Matching Engine under a technology deal between the AIFC and Nasdaq.
 

Cisco today announced powerful assurance innovations across its intent-based networking portfolio that will help IT teams shift from reactive to proactive. It will address the 43 percent of time IT spends troubleshooting, while making IT operations more proactive, agile and automated. The software innovations represent significant advancements in mathematical modeling and contextual insights, accelerating Cisco's strategy to reinvent the network for the digital era.

From today, the registration for Santander’s hackathon: Building Banking Your Way, is open for applicants. The event will take place in Shoreditch, London, over two days in March. The activity aims to offer all start-ups, students, tech enthusiasts and creative minds in the FinTech industry, the opportunity to develop innovative software solutions that will help people and businesses prosper.

Participants will access a sandbox of emulated data to bring their ideas to life and will choose one of four core challenge tracks to build a solution around:

The Tech Partnership and Lloyds Banking Group have announced they are leading a consultation that will improve the way that the UK measures the Basic Digital Skills required for adults to thrive in a digital world. The final framework created will be used to shape the Government’s Digital Skills Entitlement programme, which will make training in basic digital skills free for adults in the UK lacking relevant qualifications. 

EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV® Specifications, has announced its tenth annual EMV User Meeting will be held in San Diego, USA on 20-21 June, 2018. The two-day event, which takes place at Marriott San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, provides a forum for payment industry stakeholders to gain insight into EMVCo’s mission, structure and current technical activities, as well as directly engage with the technical body’s subject matter experts. 

Keychoice, the insurance distribution business owned by SSP, has partnered with Plum Underwriting to enable its broking community to meet the needs of policyholders with non-standard homes.

The partnership makes it easier for Keychoice members to process non-standard risks that they might otherwise have not been able to place. This includes houses that are built from non-standard materials, affected by subsidence or flooding, or unoccupied for extended periods, as well as cases where the owner has criminal convictions, has been declared bankrupt or has an adverse claims history.

Signicat, the first and largest identity assurance provider in the world, has secured phase two funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the framework for funding research and innovation. The funding will be used to further develop Signicat’s IDAaaS (Identity Assurance as a Service) toolbox for use across Europe—helping to create a single digital identity market for Europe, one of the European Commission’s priorities for the latter half of the decade.

Temenos, the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces that Finabank, the fourth largest commercial bank in Suriname, has signed for Temenos T24 Core Banking, Channels, Business Intelligence and Financial Crime Mitigation. This combination will help propel Finabank’s efforts in business, retail and platinum banking, as part of Finabank’s objective to lead the financial services industry in Suriname.