Accuity, the leading provider of financial crime compliance, payments and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, announced new enhancements to its account screening and alert management platform, Firco Screening Insight – for accounts, including new data offerings, improved list management capabilities, and integration with third-party case management solutions.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader and part of the S&P 500® Index, today announced that its Global Asset Servicing Solution is now available on Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) and that a global tier-1 investment bank is in live operation with the solution and another global tier-1 bank is onboarding.

The current wave of AI (Artificial Intelligence) adoption in the private and public sector is predicted to make the job market like a game of musical chairs, as automation creates opportunities while taking other job ‘chairs’ away for good.

This is true in particular in the fast-moving financial services sector - a vital part of the world economy that is battling a tsunami of market pressures that include contending with increased competition from digital outsiders and an endless tightening of the compliance screw.

CGI (TSX: GIB.A)(NYSE: GIB) has been awarded a contract by National Bank of Canada (NBC) to implement All Payments (APS) as its payments hub solution. Under the agreement, NBC will deploy new technology in preparation for its adoption of Payments Canada regulatory changes. The modernized payments ecosystem will increase the bank’s straight-through processing (STP), improveoperational efficiencies and allow more flexibility in the bank’s product offering.

Form3, the leading provider of cloud-native API payments technology today announced the creation of its International Payments Business, a new initiative by Form3 to give financial institutions servicing consumers and SMEs access to low cost payments and FX services, utilising its API technology.

NatWest has agreed a strategic partnership with Featurespace to profile and monitor payments and account activity to prevent fraud and scams using Featurespace’s ARIC™ platform. The platform has the ability to detect and reduce third-party fraud losses and prevent overall fraud before the point of payment.

ConsenSys-backed Kaleido shares at SIBOS this week how leaders in financial services have moved past blockchain proofs of concept and pilots, and are achieving real results in production, powered by Kaleido’s blockchain business cloud.

Today, ConsenSys announced the launch of PegaSys Plus, the commercial distribution of its core Ethereum infrastructure. PegaSys is the protocol development team within ConsenSys that builds Ethereum tech for both the public-chain community and enterprises. Earlier this month, PegaSys was the first group building a mainnet Ethereum client to contribute its codebase to the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger, a global open-source initiative dedicated to advancing cross-industry blockchain technologies.

uPort, a digital identity platform anchored on the Ethereum blockchain, is excited to partner with Onfido, a global identity verification provider, and PwC, a leading professional services firm, to explore portability of consumer identities in the financial services sector in the United Kingdom and beyond.