Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions,has announced that it has migrated BPP, a Brazilian prepaid card issuer, to the Compass Plus Processing Centre in just two months – its first processing customer in the Americas.

Swarm (www.swarm.fund), the blockchain for private equity, today announced the release of its Market Access Protocol (MAP) for tokenized security trading. Currently, there are several qualifications that must align for security tokens to be traded compliantly.

Finastra has joined Bahrain FinTech Bay. With one of the most diverse and dynamic networks across the Middle East and Africa, the Fintech hub brings together key financial services players, from financial institutions, banks and investors to Fintechs, developers, industry bodies and academics, to drive innovation and create new opportunities for growth.

Earthport, the global payments specialist, today announces three high-profile additions to its executive team. Within 60 days of her tenure as CEO, Amanda Mesler has put in place a new CFO, COO and CTO, significantly expanding the breadth of experience at the C-level.

BanQu has developed the first-ever, blockchain economic-identity technology solution that enables a secure, immutable platform and creates economic opportunities for small-scale farmers in Africa. Leading brands looking to improve supply chain management, and enhance ROI through asset provenance, have leaped at the company's for-profit/for-purpose blockchain-as-a-service software.

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced it has shipped more than 5 million fingerprint sensors to-date to customers worldwide.

Robo-assistants are slowly becoming an integrated part of our lives. Asking Siri, Alexa or Cortana for information or just teasing them with random questions has become a natural way of interacting with technology. While these are the flagships of AI, other chatbots, which are presumably simpler are still useful, and we can expect to see more of them soon.

CoinCorner, one of the UK’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, today launches free GBP withdrawals for customers trading in pound sterling.

Available with immediate effect, this feature will allow customers to easily and securely withdraw up to £1,000 per day directly to a card in their name at no cost, with larger amounts available on request. GBP card withdrawals typically appear in a customer’s bank account within 24 hours*.