BPCE, the leading French banking group, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Meniga, the global leader in digital banking solutions. The agreement will see BPCE deploy Meniga’s technology across BPCE’s Banques Populaires and Caisses d’Epargne in France.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, today announced that it has appointed Emily Steele as President in North America, effective immediately. A seasoned executive in the North American market, Steele previously served as Temenos’ Chief Operating Officer (COO) in the region. In her new role, she will be responsible for the region’s P&L and lead the company’s North America field revenue and go-to-market efforts. Steele reports to Jean-Michel Hilsenkopf, Temenos Chief Revenue Officer and member of the Executive Committee.

FIME, a partner of Alhamrani Universal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has been selected by mada, the domestic payment scheme, to develop a state-of-the-art, bespoke cloud-based testing platform and certification process. 

On March 28, Tel Aviv will host Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Israel, a large conference dedicated to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICO. Speakers will discuss the future of the crypto industry, and blockchain companies will present their new developments.                                                               

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Econocom UK & IRL, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions, has appointed Ruth Glennon as its new Digital Strategy Director, signifying another positive step forward in the company’s ambitious growth plans. 

Digital performance management company, Dynatrace, today announced the findings of an independent global survey of 249 CIOs in the financial services sector, which reveals that 75% of organizations think IT complexity could soon make it impossible to manage digital performance efficiently. The study further highlights that IT complexity is growing exponentially; a single web or mobile transaction now crosses an average of 38 different technology systems or components, compared to 26 just five years ago.

Vocalink, a Mastercard company, has announced a partnership with Shieldpay, to use Pay by Bank app, its market leading mobile payments services as a new deposit method available to Shieldpay customers.

Anaqua, Inc., a leading provider of Intellectual Property (IP) management services and software, today announced that Diebold Nixdorf has selected the ANAQUA platform to manage its global IP portfolio from its operations in the U.S. and Germany.