Today, leading cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer has announced the launch of the bitFlyer app across Europe and the USA. The app, available for free on both iOS and Android, will allow users to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Monacoin (MONA) and Lisk (LSK).

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions with operations in Costa Rica since 2004, will bring together local developers to create technology for a cause during its sixth annual Programathon®. The event, which takes place October 26-27, is expected to include over 100 developers who will compete to develop a mobile app to benefit the nonprofit Fundación DEHVI.

Regarded as the backbone of Germany’s economy, German Mittelstand companies are known for their economic robustness and for holding a longstanding historical record of business. It is not just their medium-sized market-capitalization between EUR 5 and 100 million that brands these companies as “Mittelstand” but also the incorporation of a constitutive ideology to sustain the business for generations to come.

There is no doubt that the biometrics system has become one of the most popular security solutions. Before, you may only see the use of biometrics security system in offices, and commercial properties. Today, even phones, gadgets, and other mobile devices are now equipped with biometrics technology. Manufacturers and developers even modified specific features for facial and iris recognition, fingerprint scans, and vascular pattern recognition. They are now more efficient and more accurate.

Financial IT speaks with Silvia Ghita, Senior Marketing Manager, EMEA, Jumio at Sibos 2019 about biometrics and authentication

Quantifi, a provider of risk, analytics and trading solutions, today announced that it has been selected by Axiom Alternative Investments (Axiom), a leading investment boutique, to support the launch of its new credit fund.  The long/short fund invests in credit instruments and aims to captur

Standard Chartered will offer clients an extensive range of cash management services out of London and Frankfurt covering the UK and Eurozone countries, following investment in a new cash management infrastructure.

The infrastructure is scheduled for completion in mid-2020, and in addition to existing high- value clearing, transactional FX and pooling services the bank currently offers, it is developing  additional services including: virtual accounts, enhanced pooling and liquidity services, API capabilities, low-value clearing and UK Faster Payments.