Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Bolsa de Valores de Panamá (BVP) have announced that BVP has successfully gone-live with its new trading system.

Confluence, the global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, today announced that a more efficient and cost-effective response to CPO-PQR reporting, is now available within its Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting platform. 

MYPINPAD, the global leader in payment acceptance and customer authentication solutions, has welcomed experienced payment industry professional, Nigel Dean, as its new Head of Marketing.   

Santander is just the latest in a series of high street banks to announce multiple closures of their branches, following the footsteps of NatWest and HSBC in recent years. Traditional banks are facing increasing competition from the more agile and consumer-focussed digital-only competitors, which offer the features and personalisation that consumers desire. To compete and stay relevant, every bank and building society needs to start innovating and offering differentiated features.

UnPAY founder and CEO, Zhang Zhenghua, has received another feather in his cap with the latest win at the 2018 Golden Shell Award. Zhenghua was named as the Payment Industry Pioneer, for his innovative creation of a global one-stop payment technology service model. 

The Payment Industry Pioneer award is a new category created by the Golden Shell Award. It was established to recognise corporate leaders who have made great strides and innovations in the year, contributing to improvements in the payment industry.

Dash Financial Technologies, the industry’s leading capital markets technology and execution provider, today announced the addition of Scott Patrick as Chief Financial Officer. Reporting directly to CEO Peter Maragos, Mr. Patrick will be responsible for leading financial operations and strategic planning for the firm.

Solactive is pleased to announce the launch of the Taiwan Sustainability Index (TWNSI), which tracks the performance of companies that are identified as top corporate sustainability practitioners in Taiwan. The index’ development is the first cooperation between Solactive and a higher education institution, the National Taipei University College of Business, which approached Solactive with a proprietary index concept.