Vasco Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ: VDSI), a global leader in digital solutions including identity, security and business productivity, announced today that Raiffeisen Switzerland has implemented VASCO’s CRONTO® technology to secure its e-banking customer transactions. CRONTO technology is often referred to as PhotoTAN in Switzerland and Germany.

Oragroup announces successful completion of its IT system overhaul and standardisation programme, in partnership with Sopra Banking Software.

Just a few weeks ago, Tesco Bank became the latest financial services firm to suffer a cyber-attack, with £2.5 million stolen from 9,000 customer accounts. However, this problem isn’t limited to Tesco; a Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed that all of the UK’s major banks and lenders have suffered a data breach since 2013.

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is supplying its LinqUS On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) Subscription Management solution and the GSMA compliant Embedded SIMs (eSIMs) to China Mobile.

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, today announced that it has signed an agreement to provide global, full-service payment processing to Scalefast, a fast-growing eCommerce platform provider for the video game and entertainment industries, leveraging its eCommerce and cloud-based mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions.

This comprehensive partnership will enable Scalefast to provide its customers with an integrated, multi-channel payment solution that allows them to accept payments both in-store and online.

 British AI-powered information intelligence company, Signal Media, has announced it has raised a further £5.8m ($7.4m) in funding from UK and US VCs to take their award-winning UK business into new industry verticals, expand into the US during 2017 and strengthen the existing product. The announcement brings total investment to £8.3m ($10.5m).

Lombard Risk Management plc (LSE: LRM), a leading provider of integrated collateral management and regulatory reporting solutions for the financial services industry, has extended its partnership with one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe, for a further five years.

Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform security, today announced that PayU, the leading online payments service provider, has implemented Irdeto Cloakware for Payments & Banking solutions to prevent theft and fraudulent transactions for its customers. The secure service is now live in one of PayU’s key regions.

Canada is not often mentioned as a tier one Fintech nation however that does not mean there aren't people and organizations who are dedicated to fostering and engaging the community. On the contrary: here are 5 organizations which are contributing towards the betterment of the Fintech ecosystem nationwide.

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IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced it has added CME Clearing to its netting synchronization service from MarkitSERV, the trade processing platform for OTC derivatives.  The service provides a single source of electronic messages from multiple clearinghouses to help banks and asset managers update risk management systems when trades are netted or compressed at the clearinghouse.