Accenture has been positioned as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation Service Providers for Utilities 2017 Vendor Assessment1. Accenture was recognized for key strengths, including a platform approach and as-a-service model for digital transformation, improving utilities’ capability, speed and cost, as well as a superior blend of industry knowledge, experience and technical competence.

Accelya, the leading solutions provider to the airline and travel industry, announced today that Malindo Air, CAPA’s 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Airline of the Year, has selected Accelya's VIVALDI Payments Management solution to streamline its card management process.

Gemalto, the world-leading provider of digital security solutions has won the 2016 IoT Evolution Connected Home & Building Award for its Cinterion LTE Cat. 1 wireless module. The award from IoT Evolution honors organizations delivering the most innovative solutions that are advancing the smart home and building industry. The first-of-its kind Cinterion module was selected for delivering highly efficient Cat.

I am glad to be with you today to hear firsthand about the latest innovations in consumer financial services. These innovations seem to be generating considerable interest and optimism about the future. They are driving new services for consumers and transforming how they conduct their finances. At the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, we want to help channel these cutting-edge approaches in positive directions. Our goal is to put consumers first and provide them with more tools to take control of their financial lives. And we want you to share this vision as well. 

Irish Funds today announces that it has, in collaboration with Deloitte and participants from leading global asset servicing and fund management institutions including Deutsche Bank, Metzler, Northern Trust and State Street, successfully completed its blockchain proof of concept for regulatory reporting, “RegChain”.

Gini has chosen data-aggregation specialist eWise to deliver Hong Kong’s first ever customer relationship management platform to create customer loyalty programs through the secure aggregation of end-user’s credit cards and bank accounts.

As referenced in my R3 fake news last week, there are various camps out there fighting for the cryptocurrency crown. The lead runners are bitcoin and Ethereum, and both have serious backing. However, it’s still early days.  I keep stressing that we need to remember we are experimenting here, and the end game is still a ways away. The end game is that there will be a digital currency we can all buy into. Whether it’s bitcoin or bityuan or ekrona or ether or monero or any of them, who knows … it could be all. Eq

TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has acquired a minority equity interest in Interswitch, an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Global Alternatives, an owner-operator of marketplaces for alternative investments, has announced the appointment of Brendan Bradley as Non-Executive Chairman as it prepares to launch Prop-X, a cross-border property trading exchange.