Money may be recognised as a universal language, but new research has found seven in 10 Brits (70 per cent) aren’t sure what the different slang terms for it actually mean. The research from money-sharing app Pingit revealed a further 59 per cent become confused over the denomination each slang term refers to, perhaps thanks to the more than 80 different words used to describe currency.

Fintech solution provider, Path Solutions, today announced that it has successfully deployed and tested its latest iMAL R14.1 technology on Azure, Microsoft’s trusted and intelligent cloud. Currently used by over 100 Islamic banks, iMAL is a multi-award-winning core banking and investment platform.

Senior claims officers from two leading insurance carriers, USAA and Esurance, will participate in a live, free webinar, hosted by Insurance Nexus, on the transformative effect of Connected Claims. These leading executives will explore how they expect the new era of connected claims to deliver unprecedented business efficiency and superior customer experience.

Portabl, the insurtech startup designed for freelance, gig and self-employed workers around the world, has been picked by the Plug and Play innovation platform to join its Insurtech Batch of innovative companies.

The accelerator identifies high-potential startups and supports their growth and success through introductions to mentors, potential business partners and investors.

Portabl is designed to provide a new wave of insurance, benefits and savings products for the fast-growing number of freelance, gig and self-employed workers around the world.

Global payments experts Renovite Technologies has appointed Rod Bungey as sales director for its cloud-native testing solution Reno-Test in North America, significantly strengthening the company’s position in the software testing market across the region.

The FinTech cloud race is in full swing, but the million-dollar question for many is ‘how cloud-native should we go?’.

The answer is not straightforward. And it’s further complicated by the fact that nearly everyone you talk to has a different idea about what cloud-native means. Some people believe it’s all about containers and cross-platform portability, but that excludes serverless approaches. Others assume any application purpose-built for the cloud is inherently cloud-native. But what if it fails to fully exploit the platform’s functionality?

We are excited to announce that SWIFT and SEPA withdrawals and deposits  have already been implemented and fully functional in the Exscudo  Channels App. The function is available worldwide with the exception of the US and select countries. Thanks to the SEPA and SWIFT support our customers are able to top up their Channels balance by making a bank transfer in Euro, USD or any other fiat currency.

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, today announced that QuantHouse and ARQA Technologies have been awarded ‘Best Alliance or Partnership’ at the 2019 Waters Technology Sell-side Awards.

KKR announced that it has become a founding signatory to the Operating Principles for Impact Management, a new market standard for impact investing introduced by the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. KKR joins 59 other signatories, collectively representing over $350 billion in assets invested for impact, in their commitment to managing their impact investments in accordance with these Principles, which are meant to bring greater transparency, credibility, and discipline to the impact investing market.

Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, announces that it has launched its EU operations in Dublin. Liquidnet EU Limited (located in Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre), has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as a MiFID II investment firm and MTF operator. This new entity acts as an agency broker, ensuring Liquidnet continues to provide services to its Member community based in the European Economic Area (EEA).