Global industry association, nexo standards, has today announced that its latest version of the nexo Retailer Protocol has now been published by the ISO Registration Authority and the Cards and Related Retail Financial Services Standards Evaluation Group, becoming the official ISO 20022 CASP – Card Sa

InvestCloud, a platform for the development of financial digital, pre-integrated cloud solutions with $2 trillion+ in assets, today announced that Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE:WHG), a leading investment manager to institutional investors, private wealth clients and financial intermediaries, has chosen to utilize the company’s entire suite of products.

Fenergo, the leading provider of client lifecycle management (CLM) solutions for financial institutions, today announced that Luxoft, a DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) company has joined its partner eco-system and become a Global Platinum Partner.

Itiviti, a leading technology, and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, today announced that SMBC Nikko London Capital Markets, a full scope IFPRU investment firm, has successfully replaced Bloomberg’s SSEOMS platform with Itiviti’s multi-asset OMS for high touch trading in London and extended its offering using Itiviti’s Middle Office solution.

BidFX, an industry leading EMS designed for the 5 trillion daily FX market, is pleased to announce that Jump Liquidity, one of the world’s leading proprietary trading firms, providing bespoke liquidity to counterparties, has joined BidFX as their newest liquidity provider.

BidFX CRO, John McGrath, commented, “With the rapid expansion of BidFX we are happy to see Jump Liquidity join our EMS in response to high client demand. Their tailored liquidity will enrich the liquidity provision of our platform and provide a bespoke solution for many clients “.

The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU), the reference data specialists, today announced the launch of a cloud-based security reference data service to simplify and enable firms to meet the European Union’s Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) requirements.

A new independent survey by research firm Ovum on behalf of global analytic software firm FICO has found that most banks plan to integrate their fraud and financial crime compliance systems and activities, in response to new criminal threats and punishing fines.  Responses show that UK banks are more advanced in their progress and ambitions than most countries surveyed.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that it has published the European results for its retail banking survey, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), “A Whole New World: How technology is driving the evolution of intelligent banking in Europe”.

Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of technology and software as a service to accelerate digital transformation and payments modernization, today announced the launch of free RTP / instant payments processing on the cloud as a service. 

The capability to offer RTP is rapidly becoming the norm for large banks and an emerging necessity for smaller and mid-sized banks. Traditional implementation models, with their high costs and long project times, are also not suited to real-time payments. 

ECOMMPAY, a leading international online payment service provider and direct card acquirer, has partnered with online payments company Trustly to expand its online payment offering and strengthen its position in the European market.

Online banking payments are a popular way to pay in Europe, especially in the Baltics and the Nordics. The new partnership will allow consumers who shop with ECOMMPAY’s merchants to make safe online transactions directly from their bank account.