Americans are quickly embracing EMV chip cards, just six months after the latest milestone in the migration timeline. While consumers increasingly dip their cards to pay in-store, progress has been made by both card issuers and merchants.

MasterCard provided an update on how its cardholders, partners and customers are adopting the safer, more secure EMV chip technology:

More than two-thirds – 67 percent – of U.S.-issued MasterCard-branded consumer credit cards now feature chips.

Wolters Kluwer has teamed with eOriginal^®, Inc., a provider of digital transaction management (DTM) solutions, to add eVaulting and eClosing capabilities to its Expere^® dynamic document solution to deliver end-to-end eClosing functionality for its banking customers. The integration will allow Expere users to utilize eOriginal’s extensible, plug and play digital mortgage platform.

Malauzai Software introduced the latest release of its mobile and Internet banking SmartApps™ for community financial institutions as part of its Mobile Only Experience™ (MOX) created to deliver consistency across all screens for consumers, businesses and branch employees. The latest enhancements include an updated design and user experience with expanded navigational tools, dynamic personalization and advanced money movement features.

Uphold, the cloud-based financial platform, is launching its services into India. Now, Uphold members - in any market - can instantly send money or make payments to anyone in India, redeemable directly through any Indian bank.

n the Internet Age when cross-border e-commerce is changing the landscape of world trade and economy, the international community has a historic mission to update global trade rules so that the trade regime can benefit more.

Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, on Wednesday proposed to build a fresh global e-commerce platform which could break down existing trade barriers and enable small traders to buy and sell across borders.

SS&C Technologies Holdings appoints Ron Tannenbaum as Managing Director of Business Development for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) in its Alternative Fund Services business, SS&C GlobeOp. He will be based in SS&C’s European headquarters in London and will report to Punit Satsangi, Managing Director, Head of Alternatives EMEA Business Development.

Mindtree joined Apigee’s Digital Partner Program. This collaboration with Apigee, a leading provider of application program interface (API) management software, enables Mindtree clients to transform their digital user experience quickly and seamlessly.

Markit is launching Markit │CTI Tax Solutions for the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) which identifies tax residency and performs due diligence on customer accounts. Barclays, Brown Brothers Harriman and other major industry participants supported the design and testing of the solution and have signed on for the service in order to meet their CRS requirements.

A  study, conducted by Apple subsidiary FileMaker, found 81 per cent of businesses are using custom apps to reduce the impact of inefficient tasks, with a further 74 per cent using the apps to increase team productivity.