There is a lot of talk about blockchain.  A lot.  Loads.  But when you get past all the talk, what is actually happening with blockchain?  Answer: not enough.

From today, Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers will be able to download and start using Android Pay.

Android Pay enables users to seamlessly tap and pay with their Android devices at almost 460,000 payment terminals in UK shops, bringing together payment networks, banks and retailers to help customers pay simply and securely.

Infront, provider of modern terminals for global market data, analytics and trading, today announced the inclusion of indexes provided by the Freedom Index Company within the Infront terminal. With the integration, the independent Freedom indexes are made available for benchmarking on the Infront market data terminal combining flexibility, speed and cost efficiency.

inContact the leading provider of cloud contact center software and contact center optimization tools, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by NICE, the worldwide leading provider of software solutions that enable organizations to take the next best action in order to improve customer experience and business results, ensure compliance, fight financial crime, and safeguard people and assets. Under the terms of the agreement, inContact stockholders will receive $14.00 per share in cash.

 Tender Armor, a fraud prevention payments solution provider, launches CvvPlus, in Europe. CvvPlus is a new innovative real-time, dual-factor, out-of-band fraud prevention solution that authenticates cardholders conducting card-not-present (CNP) transactions. Utilising a rapid, low-cost deployment model, CvvPlus is available now for implementation across all financial institution (FI) demand accounts and card portfolios, supporting CNP and card-present purchases requiring a payment security code (such as a CVV2 or PIN).

 On 20 April 2016, 1,200 financial services professionals gathered at the Tobacco Dock in London for SWIFT’s annual Business Forum London (BFL). Focused on ‘Building the Future of Financial Services’, the event featured keynote presentations and interactive panel sessions, with live audience polling that addressed some of the key challenges facing the industry,  such as the application of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial services.

Clarient reports that Schroders Luxembourg has gone live on Clarient Entity Hub, a utility-based service designed to simplify client data and document management. The adoption of the service by a leading asset management firm builds upon the momentum Clarient has generated over the past year and brings the total number of users to more than 100.

Tryzens, the leading provider of retail and B2B digital commerce solutions has launched its Managed Service offering which provides its clients with a full spectrum of proactive monitoring and site maintenance. 

As the only Demandware Delivery and Support Certified Managed Service provider in the market, the ground-breaking Tryzens Managed Service will redefine the systems integration market for retailers to one that is focused on both reducing cost and increasing revenues.

 Unisys Corporation unveiled a collaboration with Sandstone Technology and Payment Card Technologies (PCT) to launch the Unisys, Sandstone and PCT (USP) digital banking platform. The new solution is designed to help financial institutions meet the changing needs of their customers by delivering secure digital banking services via multiple platforms including mobile devices, tablets and internet browsers.