Here William Newcomer, VP Strategy and Business Development, North America, for Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk and Reporting business, advises how banks could best prepare themselves (and their financial IT) for the upcoming Current Expected Credit Loss standard.

B-Hive adds another tech powerhouse to its partner list as they sign an associate partnership with Sentia, one of the leading companies for Managed Cloud-Services in North-Western Europe. Their partnership was announced at B-Hive’s FIN AND TONIC on Thursday.

Pelican, a global provider of AI-powered payments and financial crime compliance systems for banks and corporates, has launched a breakthrough sanctions self-learning module capable of delivering significant reductions in false positive rates (FPRs). Pelican Sanctions Self-Learning can be deployed as part of the Pelican watchlist filter, or can operate with any existing third-party sanctions screening application.

On December 6, Manila will welcome the second Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Philippines by Smile-Expo – the large event focused on DLT and crypto coins. The last year’s meeting has gathered 300 guests, 12 companies in the demozone and top speakers from top world companies.

Who will speak at the conference?

Fintech leader Avaloq and crypto-asset custody infrastructure specialist METACO* have entered into an innovation partnership with Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd, a Swiss bank, to implement their integrated crypto asset solution. The aim of this product innovation is to provide banks and wealth managers with a fully integrated solution for the management of client portfolios across all asset classes including cryptocurrencies. Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd, which is already an Avaloq client, aims to offer a cryptocurrency service to its clients in mid-2019.

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) announces a joint pilot with a leading airline to bring additional convenience and security to the traveler's experience via biometric boarding in Terminal 4 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

To usher in the new year, the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) is delighted to announce the addition of four payments leaders to its Advisory Board. This board is now composed of 16 experienced C-level executives from leading payments companies who all want to change the payments industry and ensure a profitable, sustainable payments ecosystem.

 Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) a leader in digital security, semiconductor and IP products and services, today announced that Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD), the largest bank in Brunei, has selected the