Equiniti, the FTSE 250 fintech and regulatory services business, is delighted to launch its new bereavement services brand, Equiniti Benefactor. Equiniti Benefactor has a specialised team of experts who provide account closure and estate administration services to a range of regulated, corporate clients.

SmartStream has joined the Middle East COO Conclave in Financial Services as the Platinum Sponsor. The event, which is organized by Alpha One Events, is scheduled on May 7 & 8’ 2018 at the Habtoor Grand Resort, Autograph Collection in Dubai, UAE. Pritesh Kotecha who is Senior Vice President for Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia with SmartStream will be Chairing the conference.

Vermeg, a European banking and insurance software solutions leader, has acquired Lombard Risk, the leading global provider of integrated regulatory reporting and collateral management solutions.

This move is a key milestone in Vermeg’s ambitious strategy to create a leading force in financial services solutions, via a powerful combination of organic and external growth. Lombard Risk will rapidly expand Vermeg Group’s geographical footprint and product lines into fast growing areas including collateral management and regulatory risk solutions.

Pendo Systems is delighted to announce the release of Version 4.0 of the highly successful Pendo Machine Learning Platform (PMLP). The new release enables firms to significantly enhance overall productivity and improve business performance, whilst always keeping the core business user requirements front and foremost. Version 4.0 incorporates a number of new capabilities including a significantly improved Machine Learning toolset which accelerates time to implementation as well as offering the ability to tackle more complex Machine Learning processing challenges.

Device and application security specialist Trustonic today announces that its technology is now being integrated by the world’s fourth largest smartphone manufacturer, OPPO. Headquartered in China and with a significant international presence in over 20 countries, OPPO will use the Trustonic Secure Platform (TSP) to enhance the security and privacy of its devices, unlock security enhanced experiences on services such as Alipay and WeChat Pay and support Google’s increasingly demanding mandate for hardware security in devices to underpin Android versions M and above.

With immediate effect, CSI Group has acquired 100% of the shareholding of Niu Solutions, a leading provider of agile, flexible and secure cloud solutions to regulated industries.  

Specialising in the financial services market, Niu Solutions works with established businesses going on the journey to the cloud as well as high velocity start-ups born on the cloud.  Their strong portfolio of managed cloud services has enabled them to support the growth of their clients and respond to their changing needs. 

At ITB Berlin (7-11 March 2018), leading global travel technology provider, CodeGen, will be showcasing TravelBox, its powerful reservation system, alongside new artificial intelligence led solutions.

Mobile World Congress - Starting from March, TIM, the leading provider of mobile and fixed telecommunication services in Italy, in partnership with Cisco will offer "TIM Safe WEB", a highly secure platform service, integrated in the TIM network, able to safeguard small business users from malware, such as ramsomware, phishing, and other malicious cybersecurity activities.

Mobile network operators are facing strong pressures to evolve their businesses and operations for profitable growth and differentiation. Explosive demand for bandwidth persists, while ARPU pressures mount due to competition and limited service innovation. Addressing these challenges requires industry innovation focused on delivering new revenue-generating services based on a more flexible and agile service delivery environment, while reducing Capex and Opex.