azultec, provider of an eco-friendly concept for cloud computing, kicks off its ICO (Initial Coin Offering). This is to further optimize the production of water-cooled rendering workstations as well as to finance the development of the world's largest decentralized cloud computing network. The ICO is managed from Germany.

FinTech Sandbox is pleased to announce today a partnership with Euromoney TRADEDATA, a leader in providing trusted reference data solutions to the global future and options industry. Euromoney TRADEDATA will provide data to promising startups selected by FinTech Sandbox for use in the development and testing of a wide range of exciting and transformational products and services.

NTT Security Corporation (Tokyo) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-owned WhiteHat Security, the leading application security provider committed to securing applications that run enterprises’ businesses. Post-acquisition, WhiteHat Security will operate as an independent, wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT Security Corporation.

Global Asset Exchange (GAX) is an institutional-grade trading exchange for buying and selling regulated securities (STOs) globally. Today, at Hong Kong Blockchain Week hosted by Nexchange Group, Skrumble Technologies President & Co-Founder Eric Lifson announced contract to build GAX. GAX will host and securely facilitate the trading of verified tokenized assets, beginning a new era of corporate finance with greatly improved accountability to individual shareholders and less brokers or intermediaries.

iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX | FRA: TA8) (“The Company”) is pleased to announce that its two wholly owned technology subsidiaries, Probanx Ltd and UAB Baltic Banking Service (BBS), are now cooperating to deliver seamless CORE Banking (‘CorePlus’), SEPA and SWIFT interbank network technology (“CoreConnect”) to prospective customers.  

Asia is a small word for a huge region. The largest and most-populated continent on the planet, its influence extends well beyond any geographical border - though as China grows in economic power, Asian companies are increasingly looking to deal with their near neighbour. It’s a complicated picture; OPEX has a role - but how does it fit in?

There are really three main questions:
How does the Asia region differ from the rest of the world?

What trends have had a big impact recently?

What are the threats to growth?

OneSpan™ (NASDAQ: OSPN), a global leader in software for trusted identities, e-signatures and secure transactions, today announced the release of The Future of Adaptive Authentication in the Financial Industry, a report prepared by the Information Security Media Group.

Paxful (www.Paxful.com), a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, announced on February 21, 2019 at 9am,  an integration onto BitMart, a premier global digital asset trading platform in the cryptocurrency market with over 600,000 users worldwide. This partnership comes at a pivotal time for the crypto community and serves as a step the two entities have taken together in the hopes of increasing liquidity and scalability.

It’s a challenging time to be an established insurance provider. As digital technology transforms the industry by increasing customer expectations, people want to quickly receive a quote, take out a policy and make a claim, while being able to access policy details and premiums at any time. Customers expect services and experiences tailored to their increasingly digital lives, leading the latest wave of ‘insurance technology’ disruptors to cater to these needs and ‘steal’ customers from established providers.

BNP Paribas today announced the launch of the BNP Paribas MGI Systematic Currency Alpha Index using artificial intelligence through machine learning. The index, created by BNP Paribas in partnership with Millennium Global Investments (MGI), went live in Q1 2019.