Welcome to Virtusa xLabs’ second Trend Almanac. It goes without saying that a lot has changed in the year since we published our predictions for 2018. Looking back, our hit rate was fairly good. We did see increased interest in the ethical aspects of AI. Over the past year, we have noticed that our conversations with tech and business stakeholders moved beyond how to setup platforms and access the right datasets to consider how biases could end up constraining insight or elicit claims of prejudicial treatment.

Virtusa xLabs, an innovation practice within Virtusa, has identified the 10 most influential technology trends that industry, business, and tech leaders need to know as they strategically plan their investments over the next 12 months. Virtusa xLabs collaborated with senior technologists and business leaders to identify the most influential technology trends that will help businesses to stay competitive and drive growth in 2019. 

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital Client Lifecycle Management solutions (CLM) for financial institutions, has announced the appointment of James Follette as the Global Head of Commercial and Retail Banking.

iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX | FRA: TA8) (“The Company”) is pleased to announce that it has made preparations for BREXIT for its 100% owned EEA operating entity, iSignthis eMoney Ltd (the ‘Firm’).

Emirates NBD, a leading financial institution in the Middle East is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Calypso Technology Inc., the standard for treasury and capital markets software, to deliver one of the world’s most comprehensive implementations of its flagship Calypso treasury platform to date. 

Overbit.com - the cryptocurrency trading platform, went live on Feb. 18, 2019. It is the world's first all-in-one platform, offering the ability to place positions on cryptocurrency and various financial products with Bitcoin (XBT). Users will be able to buy and sell cryptos, currencies, global indices, gold and silver.

As part of the launch campaign and for a limited time only, Overbit gifted 0.01 Bitcoin to each user that could be used as margin. After a few trades, the balance can be withdrawn.

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced that it has shipped 30,000 fingerprint sensors to Tactilis Pte. Limited.

This is the second call-off under a larger purchase order for 250,000 sets of fingerprint sensors and ASICs, adding up to a total of 60,000 sets of fingerprint sensors and ASICs delivered to Tactilis to date.

Doconomy and Mastercard announce their joint effort to combat climate change by enabling DO – a free and easy-to-use mobile banking service that lets users track, understand and reduce their CO₂ footprints through carbon offsetting. The launch of DO sets a new standard for purpose-driven payment services and is a major step in Mastercard’s commitment to drive innovation for a sustainable future.