MoonX today announced the launch of its new trading technology in the UK, offering a full suite of financial software and hardware systems for exchanges, brokerages, hedge funds, financial institutions and traders.
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Finastra today unveiled Fusion Treasury Essential – a packaged solution designed for smaller banks that don’t already have a dedicated treasury system, but are looking to automate and modernize the treasury function.
New research from JGOO, the next generation mobile payments platform, reveals that of those companies currently marketing goods and services in China, 67% say sales in this market have grown over the past 12 months. Furthermore, for those that don’t trade with the world’s second largest economy, one in five companies (20%) are now considering doing this.
Over the next five years, the findings reveal that 40% of British businesses think that the Chinese market will become important for the companies they work for.
ICS Financial Systems (ICSFS), the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions, and a Gold level member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), announced the adoption of the latest Oracle technologies for production use-cases in the banking sector.
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is a not-for-profit organization created by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in 2014 to support the implementation and use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). The LEI is a unique code that can be used universally to enable the clear and unique identification of legal entities. With its primary use to identify participants in financial transactions, the LEI has global relevance for businesses across sectors.
Commission-free stockbroking app Freetrade has closed a $15m fundraising round, comprising a $7.5m Series A investment from Draper Esprit and an equity crowdfunding rise of $7.5 million completed earlier this year.
The UK-based company is currently working on the development of a new investment platform that will give users the option to purchase fractional shares in UK and European stocks, ahead of a wider push into the EU market.
Paidy, a Japanese instant credit startup, has raised $83 million in a Series C extension joined by PayPal and secured an additional $60 million in debt financing.
Paidy launched its post-pay credit account for ecommerce in 2014, helping Japanese consumers make online purchases without credit cards.
As much as 13% of banks’ payments revenue in China, or US$61 billion, is likely to be displaced by the growth of digital payments and competition from non-banks, as payments become more instant, invisible and free, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
Crypto taxes can be heavy on the pocket; especially when you aren’t prepared for them. Since there isn’t too much awareness around crypto taxes yet, most of us tend to end up with a heavy crypto tax liability come tax season. However, in the past few years, there’s a lot more awareness around crypto taxes, and the IRS has cleared up a lot of the ambiguities surrounding the issue.