JCB Co., Ltd. held the 16th JCB World Conference in Ko Olina, Hawaii on 16 and 17 October. First held in 1988, the JCB World Conference is a biennial event where JCB partners from all over the world share JCB business strategy and strengthen partnerships. In the past the conference has been held in such locations as Tokyo, Kyoto, Vienna, San Francisco, Bali, and Taiwan. A total of 500 people representing around 150 partner companies, primarily JCB brand card issuers and merchant acquirers, from 27 countries and regions around the world gathered at the conference this year.

Driving licenses, transport cards, employee access control, health services… governments and associated bodies across the world are faced with a number of ID solutions to be developed, managed and delivered. And in an increasing effort to streamline, centralize and formalize more services and operations, demand for new and advanced solutions has never been higher.

But for the agencies responsible, it’s a brave new world. Faced with numerous strategic and technical considerations, finding the right partners to help define and deliver these projects is challenging.

Planixs, the leading provider of real time, intraday cash, collateral and liquidity management solutions, today announced the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its existing product suite.

New research from JGOO, the next generation mobile payments platform, reveals the fall in Sterling could see a surge in Chinese citizens buying British goods online and visiting the UK.

JGOO’s research with Chinese citizens reveals that of those currently buying British goods online, 85% intend to purchase more because of Sterling’s fall in value.  15% intend to increase their expenditure here by over 10%, and 4% plan to spend over 20% more.

Financial IT speaks with Manish Garg, Founder & CEO of Reflow at PayExpo 2019, London. During the interview, Manish Garg highlights the importance of open banking, PSD2 and instant payments.

Finboot is pleased to announce that it has been recognised as one of Europe’s 25 most promising Deep Tech growth companies by the Tech Tour and the International Venture Club. Finboot is the SaaS company behind MARCO, a unique, enterprise-grade suite of blockchain applications and middleware solutions for value and supply chains.

Ebury, one of Europe’s largest fintech companies, is pleased to announce its first acquisition: Frontierpay, an international payroll payments provider with offices in the UK and Singapore.

Ebury’s strategy

Fast-growing Ebury, has acquired the payroll payments business as part of its expanded technology investment programme.

Today, leading cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer has announced the launch of the bitFlyer app across Europe and the USA. The app, available for free on both iOS and Android, will allow users to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Monacoin (MONA) and Lisk (LSK).

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions with operations in Costa Rica since 2004, will bring together local developers to create technology for a cause during its sixth annual Programathon®. The event, which takes place October 26-27, is expected to include over 100 developers who will compete to develop a mobile app to benefit the nonprofit Fundación DEHVI.

Regarded as the backbone of Germany’s economy, German Mittelstand companies are known for their economic robustness and for holding a longstanding historical record of business. It is not just their medium-sized market-capitalization between EUR 5 and 100 million that brands these companies as “Mittelstand” but also the incorporation of a constitutive ideology to sustain the business for generations to come.