ING announced today that Ann Sherry will resign per 14 September 2017 from the Supervisory Board of ING Group.

Ann Sherry was appointed to the Supervisory Board on 25 April 2016. Ms Sherry has decided to resign because of personal circumstances. In her role as ING Group Supervisory Board member, she was also a member of the ING Group Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. Ann Sherry stays on as member of the Supervisory Board of ING in Australia.

Nowadays blockchain and cryptocurrencies are all over the place. Even mainstream personalities such as Floyd Mayweather and rapper The Game are promoting ICOs. It was just a matter of time before such technologies entered the real estate realm. Historically, real estate is a fairly conservative environment in most jurisdictions; however several organisations are trying to shake things up.

Buying property in Bitcoin

At the beginning of the year, we made a bold announcement declaring 2017 as the year of instant payments. It was much more than a marketing tagline but rather a commitment to driving the payments industry forward. Why should payment participants settle for faster payments when the technology and systems exist for instant payments?

As technology continues to advance, today’s organizations cannot afford to ignore the implications on their respective data analytics roadmap. With emerging technologies reaching maturity and Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Process Automation entering the mainstream, the most successful  organisation’s will be those who align their business architecture, IT and respective analytics strategies  for one common purpose.

Path Solutions, the market leading provider of Islamic financial software solutions and services, announced today that Bank of Khartoum Group signed a license to acquire the new ground-breaking version of iMALIslamic core banking system for its newly established branch in the United Arab Emirates - BOK International UAE.

Whether you’re going Dutch on a date night dinner, or ordering takeaway for 10, there are plenty of times when you need to divvy up the cost of a meal. 

After the launch of Android Pay for credit transactions in Belgium in May 2017, Mastercard is bringing mobile payment to another level in the country.

Ten years on from the introduction of contactless cards in the UK, Visa’s annual Digital Payments study released today reinforces the country’s leading position in driving contactless payments. The study of 2,000 consumers in the UK shows that two-thirds (66%) of Brits have used contactless cards to make a payment since they were introduced in September 2007. 

Accenture has launched a new business analytics service for investment management institutions to help them benchmark, analyze and improve the performance of their business processes and technology.