TSYS announced today that it has extended its commercial payments agreement with Degussa Bank in Germany. 

investFeed, a community-powered stock trading network, is making the ambitious move to drop U.S. equities from its platform and to replace them with high-performing, highly-liquid digital currencies. 

Amid all the street-noise about an “Open Banking” revolution in the UK, there is one group of people who need to be listened to far more effectively – the customers.

The industry stands on the brink of significant change as it addresses the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Open Banking recommendations. These have been drawn up to inject more competition, to increase the use of advanced technology and to generate far greater transparency about services and quality standards for the benefit of customers.

MarketInvoice, the online business finance company, has added € and US$ capabilities to its confidential invoice discounting product MarketInvoice Pro. 

EPAM Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services, today announced that it has been named censhare's first Global Premium Partner. Through the partnership, EPAM and censhare clients can manage digital assets and product information and integrate them with existing systems to provide a comprehensive, end-to-end digital marketing solution with better interoperability.

Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd., a leading solution provider in the global video surveillance industry, today announced the launch of a system of extended Power over Ethernet (ePoE) devices including cameras, network switches and network recorders. Dahua ePoE IP system supports up to 800 meters between the ePoE camera and the ePoE network switch or ePoE NVR with embedded switch.

Black Duck, the global leader in automated solutions for securing and managing open source software, today announced it is a Google Cloud Technology Partner. Through the collaboration, Google customers can use Black Duck solutions to accelerate production use of the cloud and containers as well as increase security and productivity with automated intelligence, visibility and control as they move workloads to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Mambu, the SaaS banking engine powering innovative loan and deposit products, today announced that they have been named the European Growth Excellence Leader for Native Cloud SaaS Banking and Lending by research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

The commodity derivatives ancillary test is easily one of the most complex pieces within MiFID II, making the double volume cap in equities look more like an amuse-bouche. The new test determines whether a firm’s dealing in commodity derivatives is merely an ancillary activity, allowing it to stay out of scope for MiFID II. Trying to summarise the test in a few simple slides highlights its convoluted nature.

Technology has completely transformed the way we bank. Consumers and businesses are demanding immediate transactions on the move and the use of mobile banking apps is sky-rocketing. 

In recent months, we’ve seen a rapid shift towards a new breed of digital-only banks such as Monzo and Tandem, which are meeting expectations for real-time payments, detailed insights on spending and fast customer service. They are forcing traditional banking providers to rapidly pick up the pace of digital transformation and overhaul their customer offers.