Digital Asset announced the acquisition of Elevence, a technology firm that has developed an expressive language for financial institutions to model and execute agreements with certainty and finality. This technology complements Digital Asset's existing software by providing a new, verifiable way for parties to a transaction to prove updates to a distributed ledger while preserving data confidentiality.

Fiserv announced  an agreement with Cisco that help financial institutions enhance internal collaboration and drive customer engagement. The partnership enables integrated communications capabilities essential for financial institutions to execute their branch of the future strategies, including virtual interaction with remote experts and secure wireless access that supports a universal banker model.

SWIFT announces today the availability of a new paper investigating how Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) could be used in financial services. Published in collaboration with Accenture, the paper is based on an in-depth technology assessment by SWIFT of DLT usage across financial institutions, highlighting the opportunities as well as the challenges for industry wide adoption. 

Fenergo, the leading provider of Regulatory Onboarding, Entity Data Management and Client Lifecycle Management software solutions for institutional, corporate and private banks, has today announced that the ICBC Standard Bank has selected its award-winning Client Lifecycle Management platform.

By implementing Fenergo’s Client Lifecycle Management solution, ICBC Standard Bank will benefit from a highly optimized process that ensures global compliance and improves operational efficiencies.

Volante Technologies is pleased to announce support for the ISO 20022 Real-Time Payments Group (RTPG) global market practice guidelines which were published on 18th April 2016 on the ISO 20022 website. 

VirtusaPolaris, the market-facing brand of Virtusa Corporation and Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd., a leading worldwide provider of information technology (IT) consulting and outsourcing, today announced the launch of VirtusaPolaris BankConnect. The solution, powered by Adobe Marketing Cloud, is designed to create more personalized customer banking experiences across authenticated bank environments.

Bloomberg BNA today announced that it has appointed Christina Correira as chief human resources officer and Dan Fine as chief operating officer. Both report to CEO and President Greg McCaffery. 

Fidessa published paper in its series on innovation in capital markets in which it introduces the concept of 'Natural Innovation' for the larger firms in this space. With so many of them investing in fintech incubators, innovation labs and startup committees, the paper points to a new way that leverages one of the most creative forces of all time.

SWIFT announces its plans to launch SWIFTSmart, a new innovative eLearning platform that administrates, documents, tracks, reports and delivers a full catalogue of digital courses and social learning.