New research by Maistro, the AI-driven B2B marketplace for services, has revealed that over half of UK companies (57%) think that upgrading their IT systems is a vital factor for improving efficiency and achieving their short term business objectives.

By comparison, only 37% of businesses based in Switzerland and 42% in France agreed when asked the same question, indicating that the UK feels it has further to go than its European counterparts when it comes to upgrading technology.  

World-leading biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™) announces its Biometric Software Platform for payments, named FPC-BEP, targeting payment cards, wearables and USB dongles. The platform has been tailored to optimize the performance of its small and power-efficient biometric sensors for payments, which include the FPC1300-series and T-Shape™ module.

RPA is becoming a large talking point, as the industry has already started to acknowledge the opportunities it presents. Considering the back office in energy and commodity trading firms largely consists of repetitive and menial manual labour tasks, it is a function that lends itself to the implementation of RPA. This gives rise to operational efficiency, as it cost-effectively completes the manual labour work, in turn freeing up the time of employees to focus on more engaging tasks that rely on human instinct.

Warsaw, Poland, February 19, 2019. For the second year in a row, IKO, the mobile app of the CEE financial industry giant PKO Bank Polski, took top spot in a global industry ranking of mobile apps of 100 worldwide banks.

The rapid pace of digital transformation has left many industries scrambling to find secure, convenient ways of establishing identity for digital services.The identity ecosystem has become fragmented and complex, with too many stop-gap solutions creating and propagating vulnerabilities and friction. 

LUXEMBOURG-domiciled and CSSF registered AIFM Block Asset Management has created its first blockchain multi-strategy certificate, just one year on from the launch of its successful blockchain/cryptocurrency fund of funds.

The open-ended tracker certificate is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Borse) and will track the performance of Block Asset Management’s blockchain and crypto fund, which invests in a carefully selected portfolio of blockchain and cryptocurrency investment funds.

With the help of full-service payment provider Concardis, Galeries Lafayette Berlin is simplifying its payment processes: for orders placed either by telephone or in writing, customers now receive an email with an integrated payment link so that they can settle their invoices. The link leads to a payment form, as is familiar from online shopping. Customers simply enter their payment information there and confirm the purchase. After the successful transaction, both the merchant and the customer automatically receive payment confirmation.

Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced the availability of Lexmark Cloud Services, a suite of cloud solutions designed to help businesses remove the IT burden of managing their printing infrastructure, and help partners save time and money by managing their customers’ devices remotely. The new offering has already received industry recognition, today named Outstanding Print Environment Management Solution by analysts at Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab.

Specialist RegTech provider Shield Financial Compliance (Shield FC) announces the cloud-enablement of its compliance platform. The Shield Cloud provides financial institutions with a full and flexible regulatory compliance solution, out of the box. 

Governor Software Ltd, an innovative governance and oversight solution provider, today announced that it has partnered with CastleHill Managed Risk Solutions to provide enhanced RSA Archer integration to its client base.