PanXchange, an OTC exchange and price discovery platform for physical commodities, today announced that it will distribute its proprietary pricing data for hydraulic fracturing proppants, better known as frac sand, through Quandl, a leading provider of financial and alternative data for financial professionals.

Tinkoff introduces Оleg, the world’s first voice assistant created in Russia for finance and lifestyle-related tasks. His mission is to help users navigate within the Tinkoff ecosystem, make customers’ lives simpler and become a friend who is always nearby. Oleg is the first voice assistant built by a financial institution as a proprietary solution.

Who is Oleg

Refinitiv has partnered with Napier, a leading anti-money laundering (AML) and intelligent compliance software provider, to offer a next-generation transaction monitoring solution designed to help corporates and financial institutions tackle money laundering and combat emerging threats in financial crime.

The partnership offers Napier’s advanced analytics, automation and transparent artificial intelligence, backed by Refinitiv’s World-Check Risk Intelligence data, to meet an evolving range of AML compliance requirements.

 PPRO, the cross-border e-payments specialist, is today announcing the acquisition of Latin American payments provider allpago to create the world’s leading platform for local payments. allpago is the preeminent provider of payment and gateway services in Latin America covering 90% of the market ^[1].

Worldline and subsidiary equensWorldline, European leaders in the payments and transactional services industry, have signed a strategic partnership with Nordic Finance Innovation (NFI), the largest fintech executive network in the Nordics. NFI, led by Chris Skinner (Chairman) and Iren Tranvåg (CEO), aims to boost Nordic innovation and collaboration trough joint Nordic and international initiatives and projects. The goal is to strengthen the position of Nordics countries within the global ecosystem.

Establishing new partnerships

Banking Circle, the ground-breaking financial utility, has been announced as a finalist in three PayTech Awards categories: Best E-commerce Initiative, Best Corporate Payments Initiative and Top Paytech Innovation. The second annual PayTech awards from FinTech Futures recognise excellence and innovation in the use of IT in the global finance and payment industry. Winners will be announced at a Gala lunch, hosted by comedian Jo Caulfield, in London on 5th July.

SafeCharge (AIM: SCH) - the payment service partner for the world’s most demanding businesses - today launched SafeCharge Smart 3DS Service, an acquirer-agnostic solution will allow merchants to take advantage of the 3D Secure’s approach to Strong Customer Authentication. Many merchants are concerned that the rules may lead to a significant loss of revenue. The solution is available to any business, regardless of its acquiring partner. It minimises the risks and enhances the user’s payment experience.

Minna Technologies - the leading subscription management platform for retail banks - announces a strategic partnership with Visa. The global payments leader will work with Minna to scale its platform to Visa’s European retail banking clients, allowing them to drive more customer value by solving an everyday issue for many today: managing a growing number of subscriptions.

Core Capital and Fortech announce the launch of their global joint venture AIPERION – a consulting, technology and scientific research firm specialized in risk management solutions. The organization elevates a decades-long relationship, broadening combined service capabilities to give investors more visibility and control over their multi-asset portfolios.

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced new and enhanced capabilities for TIBCO Spotfire®, one of the industry's most comprehensive analytics platforms.