UK organisations are concerned about their abilities to keep pace with the persistent rise of new cyber security challenges. This follows new data from business continuity and disaster recovery provider, Databarracks, revealing only 56 per cent of UK firms believe they have sufficient cyber security skills in-house to deal with threats against their business.

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO), a leading provider of secure, experience-driven digital banking solutions for community-focused financial institutions, has announced an agreement to acquire San Mateo, California-based Cloud Lending, Inc., a privately-held SaaS company that provides an integrated end-to-end lending and leasing platform.

Equiniti, the UKs leading provider of share registration services and employee share schemes is delighted to announce the provision of a new digital solution in response to MiFID II’s regulatory challenges.

Dynamics Inc. and GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd. today announced plans to introduce the first battery-powered, interactive debit and cash cards to the Japanese market in 2019. 

Krung Thai Bank (KTB) today announced a partnership with Plug and Play, a global startup accelerator and corporate innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley.  KTB will be a Founding Anchor Partner of Plug and Play's Fintech program in Singapore in order to partner, pilot, and collaborate with emerging Fintech startups. This will allow KTB to develop new products and technologies for the finance sector. 

BillingTree®, the leading payment technology provider, today announced Jason Hiland has been appointed Vice President of Sales and Business Development for ARM and Financial Services.

 MoneyGram, a leading global money transfer and payment services company, is excited to announce that the MoneyGram Foundation and U.S.-based, nonprofit organization Simon Says Give®, have set a new Guinness World Record for stuffing the most backpacks with school supplies in eight hours! More than 1,000 volunteers stuffed 8,000 backpacks during the Simon Says Give High Five for Supplies® event at Mall of America. The backpacks will be given to children in need in Minnesota.

One of the world’s fastest-growing altcoins, Electroneum (ETN), which has more than two million users who mine and transfer the cryptocurrency through their mobile phones, is trading in five new markets for the first time after it was listed on a top cryptocurrency exchange.

AIB is making our customers’ lives easier and eliminating pinch points for them. The latest upgrade to the AIB Mobile Banking App, which has just launched, now allows new customers to join AIB and open their Personal Current Account by using just their smartphone and their passport from the comfort of their home from 7am to 11pm, 7 days a week.