The increasing mobile data and cloud computing traffic and the rapid development of technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things significantly increased the volume and complexity of data sets, driving the growth of the big data and business analytics market.

Councils that embed social value strategies into their procurement processes can add a minimum of +20% value says Eastbourne-based security print company Zunoma.

The Local Government National Procurement Strategy shows that councils embedding social value add a minimum of +20% value at no additional cost by providing genuine additional benefits for local communities.

In a recent review conducted by the Local Government Association, only 23% of 343 councils had published a social value strategy, with 44% having no mention of social value online.

• Pensionhelp will deploy Comentis’ vulnerability assessment technology
• The leading provider of DB transfer advice will be utilising Comentis’ Cognitive Assessment Engine to detect vulnerability and direct customers to appropriate support

Monneo, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a virtual IBAN and corporate account provider, has enlisted cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, in a move that will enable payment of invoices in a range of cryptocurrencies. The new service will be available for B2B invoice settlement and is supported by two of Monneo’s partner banks.

Coinbase, a secure online exchange platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital currencies is a leader in the cryptocurrency industry.

• Record number of participants in Bybit's World Series of Trading (WSOT) 2021 drove up total prize pool to a historic $4.09 million, up from last year's $1.27 million
• 매억남 secured No.1 title as captain of top troop 유튜브매억남 with a staggering 2,044.90% P&L, followed by 금융인 강은호 (1,774.84% P&L) and PepeCup Army (1,417.15% P&L)
• A star-studded cast from the esports world: gaming legends from four elite esports clubs dabbled in competitive crypto trading

PRNewswire/ -- Investment Control Systems (ICS) today announced that Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) the UK's largest digital wealth management service has selected ICS as their partner for investment data management, analysis and reporting.

Following a rigorous vendor evaluation and peer-review which commenced in early 2021, HL with assets under management in excess of US$185B and 1.645 million clients will be looking to extract business value from the ATHENA platform kicking off the project immediately.

Jeff Dworin has been appointed Sales Executive, Americas at United Fintech, the rapidly growing firm launched by Christian Frahm to help banks, hedge funds and asset managers to accelerate their transition to a digital world through access to fintechs specializing in capital markets.

Jeff Dworin joins United Fintech from State Street where he worked for over five years in New York and Boston, latterly as Assistant Vice President, FX Connect Sales & Relationship Management. His career also includes business consultancy and sales roles at Eze Software Group, and FXCM.

Cabital, a leading digital assets institution, today announces that it has added the European Union’s Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) to its growing list of payment methods, enabling customers to seamlessly change between euros and cryptocurrencies and generate high-yield passive income. 

Finalto takes the complexity out of Non-Deliverable Forwards with a revolutionary NDF offer that does away with the product’s associated issues, providing a streamlined forex solution that can slot smoothly into any existing infrastructure.

For too long, clients have struggled with the complexities NDF pose, with problems cropping up trying to trade NDFs vs spots that stop trades dead, problems like:

Global brokerages are facing an increasingly competitive environment, with the exponential rise in retail trading interest during the pandemic. On the other hand, thousands of retail investors entering the market is attracting the scrutiny of regulatory bodies. Regulators are especially concerned regarding misinformation, and risky trading practices. In the United States, a change in political leanings has made data transparency, listing rules, and tax issues gain prominence for financial market participants.