Tieto Cloud Based Payments solution is a Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology based solution that has been successfully certified by the leading global payments solutions company MasterCard.

Timico , cloud service provider in partnership with Datto , a business continuity solutions provider, reveals research findings that the effects of Ransomware attacks on finance companies cause substantial financial cost and immeasurable data loss. However, there is an alarming lack of awareness when it comes to being prepared, with over half of UK banking and insurance firms having no official Ransomware policy, to guide employees on what to do in the event of an attack.  

Misys has been awarded Business Superbrands status for 2017. This follows the latest review of the long-running annual survey, which has been identifying the UK’s leading business-to-business brands since 2001.

SAFA Bank, a new Islamic bank in Ramallah Palestine, has gone live on the Islamic version of Temenos’ T24 core banking system. The project was delivered by the vendor’s partner ITSS Global.

Temenos now markets the Islamic version of T24 as IslamicSuite.

SAFA Bank offers retail and corporate banking products and services in compliance with the Shari’ah principles.

Nidal Al Barghouti, GM of SAFA Bank, says Temenos offers “a best of breed Islamic banking solution, which is Shari’ah-compliant and flexible”.

GFT, the international provider of innovative IT solutions and services and a leading specialist in the financial sector, announces its participation once again in the Mobile World Congress, which will take place from 27 February to 1 March in Barcelona. In particular, GFT is one of the companies that will be based in ‘4 Years From Now’ (4YFN), the international gathering of tech entrepreneurs that will celebrate its fourth edition, which hopes to reach 20,000 attendees this year.

360T Group, Deutsche Börse Group’s powerhouse for FX and independent global provider of a multi-bank, multi-asset trading platform, continuous to invest in accelerating its strong growth path by making a high caliber addition to its Management.

Simon Jones has been appointed as Chief Growth Officer and will be a member of 360T’s Global Executive Board. He will be based in London and reports directly to Carlo Kölzer, Founder and CEO of 360T Group.

FIME is pleased to announce that its Global test tool has achieved AMEX Enabled accreditation* for cloud-based payment mobile application testing. This news expands FIME’s extensive portfolio of laboratory services and test tools for AMEX issuers and payment solution providers.

USA Technologies, Inc., together with Urban Airship, plans to demonstrate their collaboration supporting USAT’s MORE. Loyalty Program, and its planned integration with Apple Pay, at the Urban Airship exhibit at Mobile World Congress (MWC). Collectively, we will be showcasing enhanced consumer engagement capabilities and simplified enrollment processes.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), world’s leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has broken into the list of the Top 3 most valuable brands in the IT Services industry. Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation firm, held the assessment.

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the publication of a document detailing extensions to the FIX Protocol to meet the requirements of MiFID II and MiFIR. The FIX Global Technical Committee has approved these changes and these are now available to use within the industry.