META announces the launch of META Finance, a strategic advice and solutions provider to leading financial institutions and software providers.

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, today announced the signing of an agreement in order to acquire Paymark, a leading New Zealand payment network, for a global consideration of NZD 190 million.

People all around the world use WhatsApp to connect with small businesses they care about — from online clothing companies in India to auto parts stores in Brazil. But WhatsApp was built for people and we want to improve the business experience. For example, by making it easier for businesses to respond to customers, separating customer and personal messages, and creating an official presence.

SunTec, which enables global financial services organisations to increase the lifetime value of their customer relationships through effective revenue management and customer experience orchestration, today, announced its partnership with Al Hilal Bank, one of the most progressive Islamic banks headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Through this partnership, SunTec will facilitate in analysing transactions flowing through the bank’s systems, computing taxes under the new mandate and invoicing of the newly introduced Value Added Tax for the bank.

Mooreland Partners, the leading independent investment bank providing M&A and private capital advisory services to the global technology industry, today announced that it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Hungary-based Balabit in its sale to leading Texas-based security software vendor One Identity, a Quest Software business. The transaction was publicly announced and closed on January 17, 2018. 

The financial services sector has been through tremendous adversity since the Great Recession. Institutions have emerged from the financial crisis only to find tougher regulations and constant threats from cyber attacks. In fact, these recent cyber attacks and data breaches are changing the way banks operate and view risk.

The enhanced Easy Trading Connect (ETC) blockchain prototype reduces time spent on processing documents and data from hours to minutes, and allows for a larger trading scope

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Shandong Bohi Industry Co., Ltd (Bohi), ING, Societe Generale and ABN Amro have successfully completed the first full agricultural commodity transaction using a blockchain platform.

Ant Financial today hosted the Ant Technology Exploration Conference (ATEC) in Silicon Valley, bringing together global partners and technology leaders to explore new innovations and technologies that further Ant Financial's mission of bringing the world equal opportunities. This was the first ATEC held outside of China, following the inaugural ATEC held in Hangzhou in October 2017.

There's no denying that the frequency and impact of data breaches are on the rise. Every year the record for the number of individuals affected by a breach rises, with 2017 surpassing 2016 quickly. There were more than 5,000 confirmed data breaches in 2017 with 7.8 billion records compromised, and that's just what we know about. This steady increase in data breaches clearly demonstrates how antiquated existing identification security is. Passwords and tokens simply aren't working.

International payments startup Flywire has made its fourth acquisition, bringing the Boston-based company’s global headcount to roughly 250.