A review of 39,000 data points, across 657 sites and 14 merchant categories shows that merchants are getting worse, not better, when it comes to optimizing their sites for mobile checkout, leaving as much as $152 billion dollars on the table.

“Of course, that $152 billion is not lost forever,” says BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier, “they are just lost to other merchants who are better able to accommodate a mobile shopper.”

NZX is pleased to advise it has successfully transitioned to a shortened T+2 settlement cycle for all trades executed on its cash markets effective today, Monday 7 March 2016.

The B2 Group, provider of financial systems integration solutions announced today, its advanced Multi-Bank Integrator™ automated banking platform for corporate cash and treasury management will now integrate with a number of African banks.

NCR Corporation, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, today announced that it has customized the first ever financial kiosk solution in Taiwan for E.Sun Bank - “E.Sun iPayment Kiosk” - which includes bill payment, statement printing, and notes exchange to ease counter queues. The bank also selected NCR APTRA Connections software to run on the kiosk and a fleet of newly purchased NCR SelfServ ATMs to provide personalized ATM transactions and customized ATM advertisements to promote customer experiences and deliver targeted marketing programs.

Nasdaq Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that Lauri Rosendahl has been appointed President of Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Stockholm.

Lauri Rosendahl has been with Nasdaq since 2009 as Senior Vice President and President of Nasdaq Helsinki.

“Lauri’s over 25 years of experience in the financial markets coupled with an exceptional leadership and management track record will serve Stockholm well as we continue to lead today’s dynamic exchange environment,” said Hans-Ole Jochumsen, President of Nasdaq.

Trayport, a leading provider of energy trading solutions to traders, brokers and exchanges worldwide, announced today that ARAX Commodities (ARAXCo) have chosen Trayport’s GlobalVision Broker Trading System (BTS) for trading power and agricultural softs in markets across central / south east Europe and the Middle East.

ARAXCo, a newly formed commodity brokerage, was established to present new trading opportunities to participants in new emerging markets across commodities.

Tough competition, stringent security requirements and a business environment that demands instant results means that the financial industry has never been more reliant on safe, infallible software to support its success. From back-office applications with records loaded with highly-confidential information to smart, customer-facing apps, leading financial institutions must ensure their software systems are not only innovative, but efficient, secure and failsafe, to ensure they get things right.

IdentityMind Global, pioneer in digital identities for risk management and digital commerce, announced today a partnership with award-winning ONPEX, The Online Payment Exchange. The partnership will offer ONPEX and IdentityMind Global clients a single integration to manage credit card payments, fraud prevention, risk management and anti-money laundering compliance.