FICO today announced Harry-Brot, Germany’s largest producer of baked goods, has won a FICO Decisions Award for its use of advanced optimisation technology to reduce costs.

Harry-Brot produces roughly 1,000 varieties of baked goods that are distributed to 9,300 German stores. The baker runs 73 different production lines across nine sites; each production line is restricted to a specific set of products, speed of production, and capacity.

According to Reuters: “Japan’s financial regulator said on Friday it had ordered all cyrptocurrency exchanges to submit a report on their system risk management, following the hacking of over half a billion dollars of digital money from Coincheck.”

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, will showcase itsUP Real-Time Payments solution at the #TIPsapp Challenge Event at the European Central Bank in Fran

F-Secure is today announcing a sharpened strategy focused on meeting the cyber security needs of midmarket companies and on continuing to accelerate F-Secure’s strong growth. This includes the elevation of new roles to the company’s Leadership Team.  

Last month the first edition of the UK Government's new ‘name & shame’ report on late supplier payments was published. Alongside the news of Carillion’s collapse, the report paints a grim picture and the problem appears to be worse than it looks – not least because "lateness" is being measured against the buyer's own self-imposed terms, which may be very long already.

Alipay, the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform, operated by Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”), together with Valoot Technologies Limited (Valoot) today announced the launch of a campaign that aims to further promote electronic payments in Hong Kong taxis, and which will be made available from February 8 to March 31, 2018.

Traydstream – has announced the executive appointment of Jayan Menon as Country Head for India. Traydstream’s recently incorporated India entity (Traydstream Pvt Limited)  is a fully-owned subsidiary of the UK company, designed to knit together Traydstream’s capabilities across Technology, Trade and Client Servicing, creating a new breed of organisation that marries Trade and Technology professionals.

Ethoca, along with partners Capital One UK and TSYS, announced today that it has been highly commended for Best Industry Innovation of the Year at The Card & Payments Awards held in London, UK.

For two days this March, YPO, the global leadership organization for chief executives, will host 2,000 business leaders and innovators from more than 130 countries at the YPO EDGE in Singapore.

Each year, YPO EDGE, the largest gathering of CEOs from around the world, brings together thought leaders, creators and visionaries who are providing new perspectives insights, ideas, technologies and innovations.