BTON Financial, the independent outsourced dealing desk for asset managers, has announced the appointment of Emmett Cawley as Head of Data Science and Algos and Justin Hudson as Head of Sales, to lead the firm’s expansion strategy. Emmet and Justin will be instrumental in delivering BTON Financial’s mission to support asset managers in taking advantage of the emerging liquidity and execution opportunities while also ensuring regulatory compliance.

Founded in 1923, Vantage Bank Texas (Vantage) — the family-owned community bank operating across Texas and Mexico — today announced that it has selected Backbase’s digital platform to develop dynamic user journeys across its entire client base.

Path Solutions has revealed its new Intelligent Digital initiative roadmap with the launch of Path Digital and Path Intelligence platforms which will enable forward-thinking banks to maintain competitive advantage by providing their customers with a consistent and seamless intelligent digital banking experience while harnessing the full potential of data.

Masthaven Bank has launched a digital development programme for its female leaders which aims to hone their leadership skills, develop as professionals and help them build stronger peer support communities at work.  The announcement follows research from the bank which suggests brokers feel that gender diversity - while still an issue for the financial services sector – has improved over the past five years.

Following a competitive tender process, Ikano Bank, an international consumer finance bank, has chosen Nets, a European payment services provider, to provide a full-scale lending platform, issuer processing and related services. The four-year contract significantly extends Nets’ existing card processing relationship with Ikano Bank and reflects Nets’ continued expansion to support banks and issuers across Europe.

Equifax, the business and consumer insights expert, is partnering with CreditLadder.co.uk, the UK’s largest rent reporting platform, to include rental payment data in Equifax credit assessments.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that it had been selected by Virgin Money Australia, a division of Bank of Queensland (BOQ), as its digital banking technology partner to propel its growth strategy. 

To enhance the electronic payment sector throughout Saudi Arabia and reduce the dependence on cash, HPS has been appointed by Saudi Payments, a fully owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority (SAMA), to provide a unified QR code platform to enable banks, wallet providers and FINTECHs to interact seamlessly within an interoperable platform. This initiative is based on the joint partnership between the two parties, and it aims to support the continuous development of the electronic payments environment in the Kingdom.

As merchants prepare for new regulatory requirements to employ Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) by December 31, 2020  in the European Economic Area and by March 14, 2021 in UK, FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, launches its new 3D Secure (3DS) authentication service, 3DS Flex.

The Philippines is about to welcome its first digital-only bank. TONIK Digital Bank Inc, founded in 2018, received its banking license from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Philippines’ Central Bank) in January 2020. Preparing for its launch, TONIK has selected BPC as its exclusive payment partner, leveraging BPC’s payments processing centre and its SmartVista solution.