Blockchain, the leading provider of cryptocurrency products and creator of the world’s most popular crypto wallet, is launching The PIT, the first microsecond-latency crypto exchange. The institutional-grade platform fills the void for a
reliable, fast, and liquid marketplace where all investors can trade crypto fairly. After extensive, the custom “Mercury” matching engine delivers speeds a quantum faster than any other crypto exchange.

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), the global leader in seamless payment, has launched TravelHub, a solution built to connect travel companies with Ingenico’s global end-to-end payment processing capabilities and regional gateways across Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Path Solutions, the global Islamic banking software company, today announced that Jaiz Bank Plc., Nigeria’s premier non-interest (Islamic) bank has successfully upgraded its Islamic core banking platform iMAL R14.1 version. The upgrade is to enable innovation that will meet evolving customers’ needs as it expands into new markets.

Dolfin, an independent and agile wealth management platform, has appointed Richard Webb as Head of Technology. In the newly created role, Webb will oversee Dolfin’s technology and infrastructure strategy and lead the development of its digital wealth management offering.

The securities servicing industry may be near a tipping point in adopting Application Program Interfaces, or APIs, as firms pursue improved efficiency and new business models.

A new report published today by SWIFT and the Boston Consulting Group found that API interest is rapidly growing in the post-trade area. Over the course of 2018 alone, awareness of APIs among asset managers increased 26 percentage points to 72%, according to a BCG survey. The growing commercial interest is driving more pilot schemes and use cases, particularly between asset managers and their custodians.

The FCA annual report is out and it’s not just Brexit under the microscope. As expected, operational resilience continues to be an area of concern, building on the issues raised in their business plan of 2019/2020 in April. It’s clearly an area they feel deserves more attention. And it’s not just the FCA, other regulators have all raised similar such as European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF); and Central Bank of Ireland (CBI).

With Thales’s new Gemalto Digital ID Wallet, governments will issue a secure digital version of official documents including identity cards, health cards and dri

Positive Technologies has today announced that researchers Leigh-Anne Galloway and Timur Yunusov have discovered flaws that allow hackers to bypass the payment limits on Visa contactless cards. Positive Technologies tested the attack with five major UK banks, successfully bypassing the UK contactless verification limit of £30 on all tested Visa cards, irrespective of the card terminal. The researchers also found that this attack is possible with cards and terminals outside of the UK.

Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), a global provider of lending and leasing, and asset management technology, data and services, announced that Copper Street Capital LLP, a leading UK-based global alternative investment firm, selected Linedata’s comprehensive portfolio management and compliance solution, Linedata Global Hedge. Implementing Linedata’s solution empowers Copper Street to capitalize on new business opportunities, through access to real-time data, optimized operations and strategic oversight of its investment process.