Overbit.com - the cryptocurrency trading platform, went live on Feb. 18, 2019. It is the world's first all-in-one platform, offering the ability to place positions on cryptocurrency and various financial products with Bitcoin (XBT). Users will be able to buy and sell cryptos, currencies, global indices, gold and silver.

As part of the launch campaign and for a limited time only, Overbit gifted 0.01 Bitcoin to each user that could be used as margin. After a few trades, the balance can be withdrawn.

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced that it has shipped 30,000 fingerprint sensors to Tactilis Pte. Limited.

This is the second call-off under a larger purchase order for 250,000 sets of fingerprint sensors and ASICs, adding up to a total of 60,000 sets of fingerprint sensors and ASICs delivered to Tactilis to date.

Doconomy and Mastercard announce their joint effort to combat climate change by enabling DO – a free and easy-to-use mobile banking service that lets users track, understand and reduce their CO₂ footprints through carbon offsetting. The launch of DO sets a new standard for purpose-driven payment services and is a major step in Mastercard’s commitment to drive innovation for a sustainable future.

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Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, today launched seven new solutions, and two new features for the international markets at the Mobile World Congress. The launches range from serverless computing, data analytics, global networking, high performance storage, and enterprise database that let customers easily and reliably derive actionable business insight to thrive in the age of intelligent business.

Various national government initiatives, mandating E-Invoicing and realtime tax controls, pose a big challenge for many corporates within their future digitization strategy. However, innovative technologies such as blockchain, robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) are at the ready to provide completely new perspectives for the whole E-Invoicing sector.

Sliding quietly into the Making Tax Digital (MTD) discussion recently was news from HMRC: it announced an extension to the MTD pilot, so all eligible businesses mandated to use the MTD service from April 2019 are now able to access the public pilot.

During the first stage, only certain types of business could join, so firms based overseas, partnerships, those submitting annual returns, and those making VAT payments on account were not able to use it. These restrictions have now been lifted.

Style Analytics, the provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, announces the opening of new offices in Paris and Shanghai.  

The Paris office will be run by Zenja Sabah Randjelovic who joins as Sales Director for Continental Europe. Zenja has over 20 years in selling financial software solutions. Zenja will be based in the new office located at 6 rue Duret, 75116 Paris and will focus on extending the Style Analytics footprint throughout Continental Europe. 

The combination makes CACEIS a leading asset service provider in the Netherlands and allows KAS BANK to export its expertise in servicing institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies to all the European markets CACEIS is currently servicing. CACEIS’ pan-European ambition is therefore confirmed, with a reinforced position in the Netherlands, a major country in Europe for financial activities, that will serve its clients’ international development strategy. The acquisition is expected to create value through substantial potential synergies.