MediConnect, the developer of a framework blockchain solution to trace and manage prescription medication, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Nelson, an IT development expert with over 25 years of experience in the IT sector and more recently in the blockchain industry, as Head of Engineering at MediConnect.

VERMEG, the software services specialist, which provides core technology for managing compliance, regulatory requirements and digital transformation across the banking, wealth management and insurance sectors, has appointed Paul Thomas as UK General Manager.

Paul joins with more than 20 years’ experience in the FinTech and RegTech industry having worked at organisations such as Misys, ION Trading and most recently AxiomSL.

Plato Partnership announced today that it will be extending sponsorship for a further three annual London-based AIR Summit events.

Initially launched in 2014 in the United States, AIR Summit provides a forum for up-and-coming fintech firms to connect and demonstrate their products to investment managers, traders and other market participants. AIR Summit - London 1.0, sponsored by Plato Partnership, was the first AIR Summit event that took place outside of the US.

Identitii Limited (Identitii, Company) (ASX:ID8), the FinTech reducing last mile payment hold ups for banks and corporates, announces it has signed a new licence agreement (Agreement) to provide its Overlay+ platform to HSBC Bank Australia Limited (HSBC Australia).

Global data ingestion and transformation software provider Xceptor, is launching its new podcast  ‘Unleash Your Data’. The podcast will run in seasons, starting with this year’s Sibos themes of digitisation, data-driven relationships and the impact of new technologies.

Episodes will include a broad range of themes from machine learning and natural language processing, blockchain, the data challenges that simply can’t be ignored, digital transformation and regulation, to name a few.

Reiterating what the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai had said, “AI may become more profound than fire or electricity.” Artificial Intelligence, in all probabilities, is becoming an economic arsenal for most countries around the world today, including the West Asian country that sits on the Arabian Peninsula. Yes, we’re talking about Qatar, the country with one of the richest economies in the world. With a blueprint already in place to set the nation in the right direction, Qatar has joined the AI revolution among other leading countries of the world.

ETHIX by ITS offers a technology solution for the effective delivery of all Islamic banking instruments such as Murabaha, Financing Ijarah, Tawarruq, Salam, Istisnaa and more. The ETHIX Islamic Finance and Microfinance modules facilitate:

The Establishment of finance according to the Shariaa workflow

Instalment Payments

Rescheduling  of instalments

Payoffs

Roll Over Deals

Early Payments

Inventory Management

Neptune Networks Ltd. (Neptune), today announced the release of their composite product, working in collaboration with CME Group, to provide clients access to a higher quality representation of the market.

Trustly, the leading online banking payments company, announces today the appointment of Louise Nylén as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

The CMO position is a newly established role which entails overall responsibility for Trustly’s marketing and brand-related activities. Louise Nylén will report to the CEO, be part of the management team and play an important role in driving Trustly’s growth towards becoming the next-generation global payments network.

Fnality International (Fnality), delivering the means of payments on-chain for tomorrow’s financial markets, is pleased to announce key additions to the senior management and advisory team. Gary Chu joins as General Counsel and Adam Clarke as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with Daniel Heller joining as Head of Regulatory Affairs.

Prior to joining Fnality, Gary was Legal Counsel and an Executive Director at UBS and a key participant in the consortium of financial institutions who created the Utility Settlement Coin (USC) Project which led to the establishment of Fnality.