Headquartered in Florence, Mass., Florence Bank is a mutually owned savings bank operating nine branch locations throughout the Pioneer Valley region. 

Florence Bank has been meeting the personal and business banking needs of its community since 1873. Using the Advisor for Relationship Lending solution customers and loan officers alike will now experience a faster, more streamlined approval process. The bank now has additional tools to grow its commercial lending portfolio, minimize risk and enhance regulatory compliance. 

With the launch of CreditWise, Capital One is the first major bank to offer a credit monitoring tool - free of charge - to everyone, even people that don’t have a product with Capital One. Capital One’s new CreditWise is available in the Apple App Store and online at www.capitalone.com/creditwise.

essDOCS' flaghsip offering - CargoDocs - provides a holistic paperless trade solution enabling the creation and management of original electronic Bills of Lading & supporting documents, speeding up processes such as presentation to banks under trade finance instruments including eUCP Letters of Credit, Documentary Collections and Bank Payment Obligations. Proven to deliver significant value to the entire supply chain, CargoDocs enables importers, exporters, traders, ship operators and banks to streamline processes, reduce working capital needs and risk, while improving collaboration, co

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, today announced that it hasstrengthened its sales and marketing team in France to pursue further expansion in this high-priority market.

Aktia Bank has selected Accuity’s Global WatchList® to provide regulatory sanctions and other compliance data covering people (PEPS), companies, vessels, goods, countries and payment information. The Finnish bank’s decision to implement Accuity’s comprehensive data solution was driven by two objectives: proactive compliance with regulatory requirements to identify sanctioned entities; together with a need to improve the efficiency of Aktia Bank’s core banking systems to provide a faster service to its growing community of online banking customers.

A proposed new law is currently making its way through the Brussels/Strasbourg law-making factory to delay the introduction of MiFID II. There is little doubt that the industry will breathe a sigh of relief when the delay is finally confirmed.

 BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT), the global unified communication software as a service (UCaaS) leader, announced that Vodafone Germany has selected BroadSoft's UC-One(R) to power its new cloud-based UC services. Vodafone One Net Business is a scalable UC solution for small-medium businesses (SMB) designed specifically to support their current and future growth needs.

Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a BNY Mellon company and leading provider of financial services technology, today announced that they have been selected by Federated Investors, Inc. to implement a portfolio management solution comprised of data management, investment accounting and performance measurement. The integrated solutions will help enable Federated to achieve an investment book of record (IBOR).

The Advisory Board supports the Corporate Financial Supply Chain Innovations Event in Greater Copenhagen April 26-27, 2016.

Ullink, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced its expansion into mainland China by partnering with two local businesses to establish a new entity based in Shanghai.