Can’t stop, won’t stop

Dash Financial Technologies, the industry’s leading capital markets technology and execution provider, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eRoom Securities, LLC.

Predicting the future of any industry is not just about picking which technologies will go mainstream, it's about understanding how humans will respond to that technology. People let technology drive their decisions and the future of their organisations. However, I believe we put too much emphasis on how technology will change, and not enough on how the customer will change. Here are the top seven trends in human behaviour change that I expect to see very soon….

Squirro, the augmented intelligence solutions provider, has today announced the launch of a new suite of applications that aim to transform elements of insurance, from underwriting and submission-handling, to improved lead generation and deeper customer insight. 

MUFG Europe, the European subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Group, has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX software to manage a number of regulatory and risk reporting obligations for its Dutch and German business lines, including AnaCredit and Interest Rate Risk in The Banking Book (IRRBB).

Today, Instantor, the fast-growing Swedish FinTech that makes tough calls easy within credit risk management, releases the eBook The Rise of Onboarding Abandonment Rates. How to Adapt to Shifting Consumer Demands and Reduce Application Abandonment Rates for Your Business.

Every day, the number of digital currencies is growing - the market is booming. Nevertheless, cryptocurrencies have not yet arrived in the mindset of the general public. One more reason to offer an user-friendly payment platform for digital currencies for everyone. The blockchain technology-based web wallet Payger provides an easy, fast and easy way to integrate digital currencies like Bitcoin or Dash into everyday life.

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading technology company has announced an expansion of its strategic relationship with Barclays. In addition to HCL being named as Barclays’ preferred partner for IT infrastructure services, the two companies will commit to building the partnership globally, with particular opportunities regarding digital workplace services.

Here William Newcomer, VP Strategy and Business Development, North America, for Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk and Reporting business, advises how banks could best prepare themselves (and their financial IT) for the upcoming Current Expected Credit Loss standard.