Baker Hill, a leading provider of technology solutions for common loan origination, risk and relationship management, CECL compliance, and smart data analytics, announced open registration for Prosper 2019, the company’s three-day industry conference designed to inform and inspire attendees. Prosper will take place April 28-30 at the JW Marriott in Nashville, Tennessee.

Drawbridge Partners today announced that Nathan Ford has joined the cybersecurity consulting firm specializing in the needs of the financial services vertical, as partner.   

In this new role, Ford will be responsible for supporting the continued growth, team build out, and deepening client relationships across the West Coast & Midwest.  

 PrePay Solutions (PPS), Europe's leading digital banking and payments provider, is celebrating a successful ten-year partnership with Sainsburys.

Bitcoin and blockchain have the power to dramatically alter the way we deal with money. They function on principles that differ radically from what the traditional finance industry is used to. They work so differently, in fact, that many predict that Bitcoin and the blockchain technology it works on are to be the downfall of traditional banking.

But is there any truth to these claims?

Micro-insurance (i.e., small-premium insurance for low-income people) hasn't really caught on in the developing world. But two new initiatives will soon be offering micro-insurance (MI) with a twist: MI with blockchain and smart contracts Both involve crop insurance. When an extreme weather event strikes -- drought or a typhoon, say -- the small maize farmer in Kenya or the rice paddy farmer in Sri Lanka do not even need to submit a claim. Nor does the insurer send a claims adjuster. A claims payment is triggered automatically by a blockchain-enabled smart contract.

Novidea, the data-driven platform provider for the insurance industry, is pleased to announce that Ben Potts has joined the company as Managing Director UK, to spearhead the company's growth and expansion across the UK and EMEA region. Previously, Ben held various leadership and revenue-focused executive roles with Majesco, Xchanging and Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT).

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority to provide trade reporting services in Switzerland via DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service (GTR) in Europe. 

BOKIS, a Danish banking collective, and Nets, a market leader in the payments industry, have extended their existing agreement on handling payments with international cards. The agreement ensures that regional and nationwide banks in the BOKIS association, comprising 40% of the Danish payment card market, can continue to benefit from an efficient and stable card infrastructure.