A newly formed group of major finance industry players announced today that they have joined an OpenFin-led initiative to bring universal connectivity and standards to all of the financial industry’s desktop applications. The group, known as the Financial Desktop Connectivity and Collaboration Consortium or FDC3, is committed to addressing the increasingly fractured software landscape of capital markets.  FDC3 standards will enable faster decision-making, improve productivity and streamline workflow.

Alaric Compliance Services, a leading compliance consultant and outsourced compliance services provider, has been named Best Compliance Firm in the 2018 Alt Credit Intelligence US Services Awards.   The award recognizes best-in-class service providers that have the specialized skills and market knowledge to support alternative credit managers, from direct mid-market loan servicers and business development companies to complex derivative valuations professionals.  

Clinc, the leading conversational artificial intelligence platform for financial institutions, today announced from Finovate Europe, the launch of Spotlight, its self-service AI platform that leverages Clinc’s novel machine learning infrastructure and technology and puts the power of world-class conversational design into the hands of banks for the first time.

A global leader in corporate and consumer foreign exchange solutions, OANDA recently released a new version of its trusted Exchange Rates API, which has been updated to include real-time currency rates. The rates available on the new API are updated every five seconds, providing a more accurate reflection of current market prices. In addition to providing live rates, the new API also offers 96 fixing rates daily – more than any other currency data feed on the market.

Leading core banking SaaS solution provider Ohpen has appointed Angelique Schouten (40) as Chief Commercial Officer. Schouten was the former CEO UK of Ohpen and becomes global Board Member of the organisation, focusing on building the commercial organisation emphasising on marketing, sales and PR.

Comviva and Cassava Fintech have jointly won the GSMA GLOMO award in the “Best Mobile Innovation for Women in Emerging Markets” category for the EcoCash Savings Club service powered by Comviva’s mobiquity® Money pl

European cybersecurity company Nixu published its 2017 Financial Results - Growth continued to accelerate with continuous services as the spearhead  

Comodo CA, a worldwide leader in digital identity solutions, today announced the release of Certificate Manager (CCM) 6.0, which includes advanced features and enhanced automation capabilities to provide enterprises vendor migration flexibility, the ability to enroll any SSL from a single user interface and one-click key replacement for stronger keys migration.

Business information provider IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) today announced that Partners Group, the EUR62 billion global private markets investment manager, has selected thinkFolio as its cross-asset order management and portfolio modelling system.

The ai Corporation (ai), an FCA approved expert in payments, fraud and risk management, today announced the launch of its next generation fuel card solution, EazyFuel.

ai’s EazyFuel is set to revolutionise the global retail industry’s use of fuel cards, by bringing together ai’s global, cloud-based, omni-channel (B2C and B2B) payment processing gateway, fraud and risk management capability, and its rules-based, advanced restrictions, to fuel payments for the first time.