LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, today announced two new London-based hires for its EMEA Client Service Team: James Pearson and Abdullah Al Nasiri. Pearson will serve as a Technical Implementation Analyst, while Al Nasiri will serve as a Client Services Analyst.

CREALOGIX has been announced as a member of the new 2020 cohort of the Fintech Power 50, an exclusive annual programme working with 40 of the most innovative Fintech companies and 10 of the most trusted industry thought leaders that are judged as having the biggest impact in the broad fintech ecosystem worldwide.

Buguroo is a step ahead of fraudsters. By protecting the user from login to logout with zero impact on their experience, we ensure that our proprietary behavioral biometrics technology delivers the most comprehensive online fraud prevention solution for the financial industry.

Digitalization leaves nothing untouched, especially security. As threats evolve, and privacy and security become a primary concern for consumers and service providers, stronger authentication is becoming part of our everyday lives. As we seek the death of insecure and cumbersome PINs and passwords, our smartphones are coming to the forefront because of the multi-factor authentication services that they enable.

Today, Nets, a leader in the payments industry, announces its acquisition of Finnish software developer Poplatek, together with its spin-off company Poplapay that provides payment terminal services in Finland. The acquisitions will further strengthen Nets’ group-wide payment application capabilities and offerings within payment terminal services.

Koine, the provider of segregated, institutional custody and settlement services for digital assets, has retained US Capital Global Securities as its lead financial advisor on a $50 million equity raise.

Koine will utilise the $50 million equity financing to diversify its service offerings and acquire additional regulatory permissions to support its strategic international growth.

NORD/LB Luxembourg S.A. Covered Bond Bank (CBB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of German Landesbank NORD/LB, has successfully completed the migration of three group international branches – New York, Singapore and Shanghai – to the Avaloq Banking Suite. This project builds on an established ten-year relationship between Avaloq and NORD/LB CBB which selected Avaloq as a strategic partner in 2010 to support its wholesale and financial markets businesses.

British business leaders do not believe their organisations are fully up to speed with developing technologies - with only around half (53%) saying they are fully utilising their technology advantage to win business, run efficient systems and attract the best talent, according to new research from ThoughtWorks. 

Colt Technology Services has today announced it has completed a fibre densification project in and around the city of London, adding 110 kilometres of new fibre in the city in which the company was founded.

Open Banking Expo has donated a percentage of its ticket sales from its London event to The Money Charity.

The event organisers entered a partnership with Nationwide’s Open Banking for Good challenge and The Money Charity in 2019 to support the latest fintech innovations helping the UK solve financial capability problems. A total of £1,180 has been donated.

Open Banking Expo London took place on 13 November 2019 and brought together more than 500 innovators, disruptors and visionaries who are shaping the future of Open Banking.