Financial markets have been on a rollercoaster for some time as first geopolitical tensions and then a global pandemic swept across the globe. Where has this left the online trading community and are there opportunities for members of the general public to get more involved? Financial IT caught up with Dáire Ferguson, CEO of online trading broker AvaTrade, to find out more

Acronis announced the release of Acronis Cyber Protect 15, a B2B solution which integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-generation antimalware, cybersecurity, and endpoint management tools into a single solution. The findings of the Acronis Cyber Readiness Report 2020 illustrate why organisations need a cyber protection solution that reduces complexity and improves security while remaining cost-effective. 

With the global economy racing to embrace digital payments, central banks also are looking to the future and investigating how to support innovation while maintaining monetary policy and financial stability as they issue and distribute currency.

BNY Mellon announced the launch of its Automated Medical and Dental Payments Solution, which facilitates the conversion of claims payments from checks to electronic payments and expedites and simplifies the processing of claims. In addition to generating payments, the new offering provides Explanation of Benefits (EOB) statement delivery, includes 1099 management and processing, is file-agnostic, and allows users payment information status and access through an online portal.

Comviva, a global leader in digital financial solution today announced that it has been certified by Visa as an Issuer Token Service Provider (I-TSP). Comviva was earlier certified as a Token Requestor Token Service Provider (TR-TSP) by Visa in June 2017.

Existing Planixs customer, Ghana International Bank (GHIB), has renewed its contract with the leading provider of real-time, intraday cash, collateral and liquidity management solutions, to continue to manage its cash and liquidity through Planixs’ Realiti® treasury software suite.

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today announced Karbon Platform Services, a Kubernetes-based multicloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) with automated system-managed security, to accelerate the development and deployment of microservices-based apps across any cloud. This offering provides software developers with a turnkey managed services experience, on-premises, in the public cloud, and at the edge, to build and run cloud native applications while enabling them to decouple applications from the underlying infrastructure.

CPP Group’s insurtech business, Blink Parametric, has announced that it will be working with Lloyd’s of London to design its first parametric proposition for commercial insurance lines.

Blink recently confirmed its selection onto the fifth cohort of the prestigious Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator programme. The 10-week programme started on Monday (7th September) with Blink having a specific focus on new insurance products and markets.

The world is moving ever closer to digital currency for all. Although investors have watched cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Zcash grow for years, national digital currencies are now starting to take hold in our payments ecosystem on a global scale.

FIS^® (NYSE), a leader in merchant and financial services technology, today announced its Access Worldpay gateway, a single point of integration for global merchants to quickly deploy a full range of advanced payment capabilities.