Banking by smartphone and tablet has become the leading way customers manage their finances, as mobile banking overtakes branches and the internet as the most popular way to bank, according to the British Banking Association.

BCSG, the award-winning cloud application marketplace provider, has today announced the appointment of Simon Lunn to the role of Chief Operating Officer.  Simon will be responsible for the deployment and delivery of new products and services to the telecoms and financial services markets and for meeting many of the challenges that come with BCSG’s growth.

 Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced that Portigon Financial Services, an international portfolio service provider with branches in Dusseldorf, London and New York, is now live on Broadridge's global post-trade processing solution for both its German domestic and international businesses across exchange-traded derivatives and securities.

MANGOPAY, a white label payment solution for marketplaces and crowdfunding platforms, today announces it has handled €200 million per year worth of payments for 500 businesses across Europe. The success of the company comes just six months since the company opened a new office in London. MANGOPAY now boasts 50 British based clients, including, Crowd2fund,Banktothefuture, Liftshare, Farmdrop, Propertymoose, InvestUp and Sponsorise.me.

Intelligent Environments has launched an emotive alternative to PIN-only passcodes with a system that enables consumers to log into their banks using four emoji characters.The firm's ‘Emoji Passcode’, which it has integrated into its Android digital banking app, allows consumers to choose from a bank of 44 different graphics. 

A survey conducted with the global fintech community by Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation and part of the global Startupbootcamp network, finds that London has further increased its position as the world’s leading city in fintech. 63% of respondents selected London compared to 51% that chose the city in 2014.

Thailand's fourth-largest bank, Kasikornbank is to shut down all services for two days as it upgrades its banking platform.

Ipreo, a leading global provider of market intelligence and productivity solutions to corporate and financial services professionals, is announcing the launch of a new Corporate Governance solution that combines institutional data and analytics with workflow tools that will enable better collaboration between the corporate secretary and the investor relations function at public companies.

 Traxpay, pioneer in business-to-business (B2B) Dynamic Payments, today announced that its CEO, John Bruggeman, was awarded with the “Best CEO in the Financial Technology Industry” by the reputable quarterly magazine European CEO. With C-suite readers in over 28 European countries, the publication annually seeks out and awards exceptional chief executives who have “raised standards across their respective industries” and who are “setting benchmarks and leading the way.”

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has launched a new Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) reporting solution to help institutional clients navigate the new UK SORP reporting requirements.