F1F9, one of the UK’s most successful spreadsheet modelling and training companies, has partnered with ClusterSeven, the leading global supplier of strategic spreadsheet management software, to offer an extended model review service to its customers.

Barings Alternative Investments, part of Barings LLC, one of the world's leading financial services firms, announced today the expansion of its aircraft leasing platform on behalf of the firm's institutional fund clients through Genesis Aircraft Services Limited. To facilitate new aircraft acquisitions on behalf of Barings' clients, Genesis will increase existing capabilities to now include all commercial, technical, portfolio and legal management functions required of a full-service premier owner and lessor of commercial aircraft.

Travelex today announced that it is hosting a landmark event on the future implications of Open Banking, titled “Open Banking: Innovation Disguised as Regulation”. The event will take place from 6pm on the 28^th March at the National Theatre. The event will explore how Open Banking is expected to change the financial services landscape by hearing from companies that will potentially have the largest transformative effect.

Cinnober is pleased to announce that it has appointed Hans Sjöberg as new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Taraneh Derayati as new Head of Sales. 

Close on the heels of the collapse of construction giant Carillion Plc, Conviviality is yet another company that is now on the verge of bankruptcy due to spreadsheet error.  With 60 per cent wiped off its stock market value, the company is scrambling to raise £125 million or potentially go bust. Material discrepancies in the financial forecasts caused by spreadsheet error is a major cause of the problem that this UK drinks retailer finds itself in.

Corlytics has developed a solution that streamlines the process of mapping complex financial regulatory information and data to a regulated firm’s legal structure, businesses, products and control frameworks. Extracting risk intelligence directly from all regulatory notices and enforcement actions then categorising for global comparison to make the data relevant to any financial institution. 

GFMI will host the 2^nd Annual Consumer Lending Optimization Conference, June 6-8, 2018 in New York, NY. This conference will provide traditional and alternative lenders with the insight and techniques required to develop effective strategies to maximize profits in their consumer lending portfolios. The latest trends and opportunities within the consumer lending marketplace will be explored, as well as how to compete in the digital lending landscape.

Sponsorship and delegate registrations are open for IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition that will be held on 08 - 09 May 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. With 900+ attendees, attendance from 15+ countries, 30+ speakers, 30+ speaking sessions, IFINTEC 2017 was organized very successfully. IFINTEC is a global and niche conference with its focus on Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Payment Systems, Banking Technologies, Banking IT Solutions, Finance Technologies and Banking Solutions. IFINTEC is one of the biggest events in EMEA region in its category.   

Berlin based fintech Penta is taking a big step in its bid to further help businesses save time on their banking. The fintech startup today unveiled “Compass”, a platform that helps businesses who are incorporating to deposit their share capital and open a bank account in under 24 hours in Germany, shortening the overall incorporation process by several weeks.

What is the product?

One of the products Talentia Software offers is an easy-to-use financial system that consolidates, manages reporting, budgeting, as well as forecasting. The software package has a modular design, which allows a company to select a transition to one financial process at a time suitable to the corporate performance management system or streamline and automate the processes in one go.