emerchantpay, a global payment service provider and acquirer, has announced a strategic partnership with Novalnet AG, a German-based pioneer in all-in-one global payment services.

The global broker OctaFX recently announced that it went swap-free in all countries where it operates. Now traders don't have to pay this type of fee if they leave their orders open overnight. But why did they pay it in the first place? Let's explore swap fees and why brokers charge them.

Consumer intelligence Talkwalker releases its latest report, 

Almost half of firms (44%) are planning to invest more in RegTech solutions in the next 12 months to cope with the growing pressure on the compliance function in this fast-moving and increasingly complicated regulatory and operational landscape. A further 41% expect to invest the same amount as the previous 12 months.

This investment is driving up the overall cost of compliance with almost all (90%) of financial services firms reporting increased compliance costs over the past five years. One in ten said costs have doubled.

ION Treasury, a global provider of treasury and risk management solutions for corporations, financial institutions, and central banks, announces that AVL List GmbH (AVL) has selected the ION ITS solution for its new treasury management system (TMS).

Temenos today announces that Arab Tunisian Bank, a leading bank in Tunisia and part of the Arab Bank Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, has gone live on Temenos open platform for composable banking.

Businesses today have more access to data than ever before. As they grapple with this vast amount of information, there are an array of tools to help companies make sense of it all. For leaders, this should mean they have ample opportunities to make data-driven decisions that optimise performance and supercharge business growth.  

90% of some of the UK’s largest organisations are struggling with a skills shortage and are unable to find talent with the appropriate skills to remain competitive, new research from HR, payroll and finance experts MHR International reveals. While the larger organisations are struggling more severely, the average UK business is suffering the same fate – four in five (79%) of businesses surveyed say that it is their biggest challenge.

Cloudflare, Inc., the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced several new capabilities for Cloudflare One, its Zero Trust SASE platform, making it the only cloud-native Zero Trust solution with a global network scale.

Moneyhub CEO Samantha Seaton has joined the Financial Data and Technology Association’s (FDATA’s) Global Board as a Non-Executive Director (NED).