Ahead of the Derivative Sales and Trading Transformation Conference , we spoke with Cyril Cottu, Global Head of Digital and eCommerce at BNP Paribas about how banks and their clients can maximise the benefits of chat platforms and infrastructure and also how they can benefit from working with external providers.

Less than a third (31%) of UK SMEs claim to have a clear picture of business spend at the end of each month but little visibility on a day-to-day basis, according to a new report commissioned by fintech provider Fraedom.  

The report also revealed that this lack of visibility is leading more than half (57%) of the sample to spend more than two hours per week on expense or financial management tasks, while 22% admitted having to regularly ‘spend significant time and money investing who spent what’. 

More than half (59 per cent) of respondents to the latest social media poll conducted by Infosecurity Europe 2019 – Europe’s number one information security event – believe that an attack on the UK’s critical national infrastructure is likely this year.

Identitii Limited (“Identitii” or the “Company”) (ASX: ID8), an Australian FinTech enabling the secure overlay of transaction-level detail on top of financial messages using a private blockchain, is pleased to announce it has joined the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN).

Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, has signed a global Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Angaza, a leader in last-mile distribution technology, which will see the two companies partner to rollout an efficient digital payment solution that increases access to affordable necessities, like solar home systems and water pumps, for people and businesses in emerging markets across the globe.

Omnio Group, a global banking and payment services provider formed by the £70 million merger of Payment Cloud Technologies (PCT) and Tuxedo Money Solutions, celebrated the launch of its new-look brand with a prestigious knowledge-sharing and networking event last night. 

The celebrations at the Tower of London were attended by over 250 of the biggest influencers and experts in the global banking and payments industry, including 20 thought leaders from Italy’s financial service sector.

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 the FastMatch consolidated central market data product, the FX Tape®, is available on the QuantHouse API Ecosystem store. 

Fonetic, a global leader in voice processing, compliance and surveillance technology, has made two major hires across Europe and North America in response to burgeoning demand for voice surveillance systems.

A.T. Kearney, a leading management consulting firm, has appointed Simon Kent as Global Head of Financial Services.  Simon joined A.T Kearney as a Partner in its London headquarters in 2013 from Navigant, where he served as Head of Financial Services. With over 25 years’ experience of advising financial services clients, Simon will be tasked with growing A.T. Kearney’s footprint in the financial services sector globally and leading the firm’s investment into the sector. 

Dimelo, a RingCentral Company, the leading cloud-based digital customer engagement platform, announces its integration with the WhatsApp Business solution that allows businesses to interact with customers in a fast and simple way directly through WhatsApp.