Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly finding applications in nearly every walk of life. Self-driving cars, social media networks, cyber security companies, and everything in between uses it. But a new report published by the SHERPA consortium – an EU project studying the impact of AI on ethics and human rights that F-Secure joined in 2018 – finds that while human attackers have access to machine learning techniques, they currently focus most of their efforts on manipulating existing AI systems for malicious purposes instead of creating new attacks that would use machine learning.

NeoXam, a leading provider of data management and transaction software solutions dedicated to the financial industry, has today announced a strategic new hire in the DACH region.

OpenWay has been recognized as ‘Best Solution Provider for Payment Systems in the Cloud’ at the PayTech Awards ceremony in London.

MSTS, a global B2B payment and credit solutions provider, and SCHERMER, a global B2B marketing agency, today announced their 4Business partnership. Together, the B2B payment systems and marketing leaders created 4Business to enable B2C brands to expand into the B2B market through customized solutions that deliver a streamlined, omni-channel B2B brand and buying experience.

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced that it extended the easy, efficient, and secure backup and recovery capabilities of Acronis Backup to SAP HANA data. Acronis’ innovative data imaging solution now seamlessly protects the entire database without requiring any deep knowledge or expertise in SAP HANA.

RiskFirst has appointed Torgeir “Tor” Helgevold as Principal Technical Architect as it extends its presence in the US with the establishment of a New York City software development office. Tor will head up the team, which will focus on product innovation and supporting RiskFirst’s drive to bring the benefits of leading-edge technology to asset managers.

TransferGo, one of the world’s fastest growing money transfer companies, today announced that it has launched an ‘extended hours’ service, enabling customers to make same-day international payments on weekends, with transactions taking as little as 30 minutes. Both its Today and Now services will become available during the weekend, between 10:00 and 18:00.

An industry first, the extended hours service will enable people to send money to Romania, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia upon launch, and it will soon open up to other markets including the UK and Poland.

 d1g1t Inc., the first provider of an enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics and risk management tools, today announced that it has received an additional CAD$3 million in strategic financing from Illuminate Financial Management as an extension of their Series A round bringing the total raised to over CAD$12 million. The funding will be used to accelerate product innovation for its industry-leading wealth advisory platform and further d1g1t’s commercial expansion into the United States market.

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM^®) solutions provider, today released a white paper to inform financial institutions of the regulatory pressures imposed on intraday liquidity requirements. This has now moved beyond reporting positions to actively managing and controlling intraday liquidity, all in an effort to reduce costs and increase profitability.

People who support themselves and their families with incomes from gig and hourly work often have to stitch together earnings from various sources to pay bills, budget for savings and manage financial emergencies.