‘Platform’ is a lovely, polysemous word – it projects lots of meanings.

Whilst the general public may think of flares and big shoes (or is it me?), IT and operations experts will think about hardware, while for developers it may conjure up programming environments, for media types perhaps games and viewing formats, and bankers are more likely to think about mobile device types or communities of users.

- RIMES, the leading provider of managed data services for the buy-side, will host its third annual Data Governance Conference in London on the 24^th November. It is the only event exclusively dedicated to data governance for asset managers and asset owners.

The conference gives industry professionals an opportunity to share insights and discuss trends as a result of the increasing data management challenges facing the buy-side community. The conference delivers a combination of presentations and opportunities to engage in discussion on key industry topics with peers.

Stratus Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of availability solutions, today announced the next generation of its everRun^® software and ftServer^® platform solutions to meet growing customer demand for always-on availability.

Telstra today announced the latest addition to its Global Financial Trading Solutions portfolio - Telstra Trader Voice. This intelligent IP-enabled voice trading solution now completes Telstra’s offering of both electronic and voice based trading for its customers.
 
Trader Voice runs on Telstra’s reliable, low latency network, which recently received the highest product scores from Gartner¹, in two out of four use cases, High Capacity Network and Low Latency, within Asia Pacific.
 

TransferTo, a leading global mobile remittance hub, is making remittance faster, cheaper, simpler and more secure with the launch of its Mobile Money hub. Unveiled today at Finovate Fall in New York, the Mobile Money hub enables mobile operators and financial institutions to offer real-time money transfers to mobile money accounts.

BT today announced the global launch of “BT Assure Ethical Hacking for Finance”, a new security service designed to test the exposure of financial services organisations to cyber-attacks.

The wealth of valuable and sensitive personal data held by financial organisations, such as retail and investor banks and insurance companies, makes them among the most attractive targets for malicious hackers and cyber-criminals. This risk has intensified in recent years as more and more retail financial services move online and electronic trading is on the rise.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, is spotlighting several new industry initiatives and achievements within its Transaction Bankingportfolio, which offers end-to-end processing for commercial treasury management and 

Customers who have an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or Apple Watch will be able to add their M&S Debit and Credit Cards into Passbook, and use Apple Pay at contactless terminals in the same way they would use a contactless card.

At the start of the year, Deloitte’s Banking Outlook report predicted that in 2015, banks may finally be at the point of boosting profitability, and stepping out of the turbulence of the past six years. With new flight plans set and underway, the banking sector has continued to focus on working faster and smarter to deliver much needed efficiencies.