The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) launched today its first Web Payments Working Group to help streamline the online "check-out" process and make payments easier and more secure on the Web.

 Bravura Solutions Pty Limited (Bravura) today announced that it has appointed Ian Wilkinson as Director of Project Management.

Wilkinson joins from IFDS where he was CIO for the Platforms division, and has previously held senior roles at GBST, Lifetime, Anite Group and IBM. He will assume responsibility for all new projects within Bravura and will report to Chief Operating Officer of EMEA Wealth Management, Harry Storer.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced it has been recognised as a ‘Market Leader’ by Ovum, an independent research firm, in its recent report Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting a Card Management System Platform, 2015–2016.   

HighRoads®, the industry leader in benefits plan management and compliance solutions, today announced an agreement to divest its employer technology division of HighRoads to Enrollment Advisors, a specialized benefits services firm based in Birmingha

Citi announces the release of the newly enhanced version of Citi Treasury Diagnostics (“CTD”), an award-winning, web-based benchmarking tool designed to help corporates assess their treasury and working capital practices against industry peers and best-in-class companies.

Fortex, Inc., one of the leading electronic communication network (ECN) trading platforms and Global Derivative Capital Markets NZ Limited (GDMFX), a New Zealand registered international broker-dealer, announced today that they have formed a technology partnership that will make Fortex's MT4 Web Trader solution available to GDMFX's worldwide clientele.

 Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) has hired three senior executives to its London office to expand the firm’s support for global financial institutions in key market-centers internationally.

 FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announce that it has produced EMEA specific guidelines on Execution Venue Analysis. These latest revisions focus on adding further clarity around Last Capacity and Liquidity flag definitions, as well as mandating all executing venues, including broker crossing and alternative trading systems, to supply valid Market Identifier Codes (MICs) on their executions.

Profile Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today the active support of leading industry conferences in the Asia Pacific region as well as the recruitment and engagement of dedicated and experienced personnel to overlook the market.

 Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that First Hawaiian Bank, the oldest and largest bank in Hawaii with $18.7 billion in assets, has selected a suite of digital banking, payments and personal financial management (PFM) capabilities from Fiserv. The integrated services will enable First Hawaiian Bank to keep pace with customer expectations for leading technology, provide a unified banking experience across channels and enhance digital customer engagement.