Opus, the leading provider of global compliance and risk management solutions, announces the launch of Clarity KYC, its new Know Your Customer (KYC) workflow automation and risk intelligence solution. The product is aimed at financial services clients, providing a modern, easy-to-use SaaS solution that reduces the time and cost of client onboarding and improves the speed and accuracy of the customer due diligence process.

SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the partner of choice for businesses who demand more from payments technology, is cementing its US expansion by offering real-time ACH payments in partnership with Mazooma - the trusted source for verified bank payments in online sports betting and iGaming. Through Mazooma’s eCheck Select Payment Technology, SafeCharge aims to support both its US customers and its international customers wanting to roll out in the region.

ACA Technology Solutions, a division of ACA Compliance Group and a leading provider of investment management and regulatory compliance technology solutions, is marking a successful year of regulatory technology (“RegTech”) product innovation, global team expansion, and client growth in 2018.

Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced it is bringing its enterprise scale strengths to a new line of printers designed for the SMB market. The Lexmark Two Series is designed for micro-workgroups looking to simply and securely print, copy, fax and scan, all within a compact and easy-to-use device.

We’d like to provide a brief update on Alipay mini programs, which were launched in September 2018. With an increasingly diverse portfolio of services, a convenient user interface and low barriers to entry for merchants, Alipay mini programs have seen high user conversion and retention rates, underscoring Alipay’s position as the super-app for payment, lifestyle and commerce.

Turnkey open banking platform provider, Token.io, today announces that Gaurav Kohli has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

UK FinTech Week (UKFW) will launch across the country from April 29^th to May 3^rd 2019, with Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, set to speak at the flagship event – the Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS). 

The pilot of Scotland’s new Fintech Skills Academy initiative, announced in September last year, has been hailed as a success. An ‘Introduction to the Retail Card Payments Business’, run in a collaboration between Dunfermline payment specialist Renovite Technologies and Fife College, concluded on Friday.

A European Fintech Hub Report, published today by B-Hive, takes a deep dive into the European fintech scene in 2018. The report discusses the strengths of key European fintech hubs, the importance of collaboration and provides insight into the multiple opportunities that fintechs can tap into across Europe to further expand internationally.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that its annual Temenos Community Forum (TCF), will take place April 2-4 in The Hague, The Netherlands. At its flagship event, Temenos will be showcasing its cloud-native, cloud-agnostic new products: Temenos Infinity – a breakthrough digital front-office product – and Temenos T24 Transact – Temenos’ next-generation product in core banking.