Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, announced today the appointment of Michael Callahan as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Callahan joins the team with extensive sales and marketing experience, serving in senior leadership roles at companies such as McAfee, HP, and Juniper, and most recently as the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Cofense.

Commenting on US jobless claims coming in higher at 207,000, Dan Boardman-Weston, CIO at BRI Wealth Management, said: “Jobless claims came in at 207,000, 10,000 above consensus for the first week of January. Whilst this is a slight negative, it’s worth noting that they remain at historically low levels and continue to show significant strength in the US labour market. This is likely to add further impetus for the Fed to raise rates faster or sooner than the market had been expecting.

VERMEG, a specialized software house providing Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance and Digital solutions, and Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives markets, have partnered to assist financial institutions in complying with Initial Margin (IM) requirements for uncleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, exchange-traded derivatives (futures and options) and prime brokerage.

SMC Entertainment, Inc. (“SMC” or the “Company”) (OTC: SMCE) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Genesis Financial, Inc. (“Genesis”) - a fully integrated financial technology company with a full suite of digital financial services solutions, are pleased to provide shareholders with a summary of the Company’s fiscal 2021 completed milestones and fiscal 2022 planned activities and guidance.

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GreenBox POS (NASDAQ: GBOX) ("GreenBox", the "Company"), an innovative blockchain ledger fintech company, today announced that its board of directors approved a substantial increase in the funds allocated for the immediate repurchase of the Company’s common shares, in the initial sum of $10M. This comes after the company already repurchased approximately 800,000 shares in the second half of 2021.

Smart Engines is proud to announce its AI-driven SDK 1.9.0 release to coincide with the launch of three new demo applications for iOS: Smart Engines, Smart Code Engine, and Smart Document Engine.

Helen Norris joins BFS from British Business Bank to drive people strategy

International business financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Helen Norris as Chief People and Organisation Officer to drive forward its BFS 4.0 strategy, which aims to bring together people and technology to boost support for SMEs around the world. 

Built In just named trade surveillance firm to new list of Best Remote-First Companies

The Payments Council of India (PCI), the representative body of payment system participants in India, welcomed the RBI framework for facilitating small value digital payments in offline mode. The move will benefit the adoption of digital transactions in rural areas or where internet connectivity is erratic or unpredictable, and further provide impetus to offline digital payments.

Ransomware attacks in Q3 2021 more than doubled since Q1 2021, from 20% to 46%

Kroll, the world’s premier provider of services and digital products related to valuation, governance, risk and transparency, announces its inaugural Threat Landscape Report, revealing ransomware as the dominant threat type in Q3 2021.