Cryptocurrency awareness and ownership has continued to increase over the last six months, according to the latest findings from Coinbase, a global platform.

Its latest bi-annual analysis of UK consumers, carried out by Qualtrics on behalf of Coinbase, found that the proportion of people who own, or have previously owned, cryptocurrency has risen four percentage points over the last six months, meaning one in three (33%) have now purchased these assets. 

ION Markets, a global provider of trading platforms, analytics, and risk management solutions for capital markets, is pleased to announce that its JANUS Suite (by LIST, an ION company) won Best Risk Management Product at the Markets Choice Awards 2022. The annual awards, presented in New York yesterday, recognize important sectors of institutional trading and technology, namely, buy-side traders, sell-side execution desks, exchanges and trading platforms, incumbent technology providers, and emerging fintech firms.

Temenos, the cloud banking platform, today announced that more than 1,500 leaders from the world’s leading banks, fintechs, BaaS providers and Temenos partner ecosystem will come together at the Temenos Community Forum 2022 at the London Excel May 17-19. Registration is open, and an invitation can be requested here.

The Fair Trust, an ecosystem building a new-age financial platform, today announced the launch of the presale of The Fair Trust Token (TFT) through a Private Seed Round. The opportunity will be open for private investors and early TFT community members till the end of May 2022. Investors who wish to join The Fair Trust community can go to The Fair Trust website and make the investment. The company aims to raise $2 million through this round.

ZestMoney, India’s leading and fastest-growing EMI financing and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) network, today kicked off India’s biggest travel fest – #ZestTravelFest, a month-long event to power customers with convenience while planning their vacation. The fest is live on all major travel portals including MakeMyTrip, Yatra, Goibibo, EaseMyTrip, and many others, and customers can maximize their finances using ZestMoney. 

Mobile point-of-sale solutions (mPOS) are no longer ‘alternative’ payment solutions – even small vendors who aren’t using this technology, will soon lose out if they don’t adapt. The market is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of almost 20 percent between 2021 and 2027, with many merchants not only adding these solutions to their business, but even replacing their traditional POS systems with mobile terminals.

A bank’s applications drive the business. And as they evolve and grow, they expose more APIs causing the attack surface to grow as well. Cybercriminals are exploiting this phenomenon, attacking web applications and APIs with advanced methods that include SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and deploying automatic scripts known as “bots.” These attacks are damaging and costly, and the ability to secure applications has never been more critical.

Murex, the global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets, is pleased to announce a new version of the MX.3 platform has been deployed at EDF. Murex was closely supported in the project by its partner, Synechron, the systems integrator responsible for updating and maintaining the Murex platform.