MasterCard today announced the promotion of Tara Nathan to executive vice president of Public-Private Partnerships.

Nathan’s appointment comes as Ed Brandt, who has led the company’s Government Services and Solutions group since April 2012, announced his retirement after 10 years at MasterCard.

MasterCard today announced a partnership with Coin to bring MasterCard payments to a wide array of fitness bands, smart watches and other wearable devices.

This collaboration builds upon the MasterCard announcement in October introducing the Commerce for Every Device program to enable any consumer gadget, accessory or wearable to become a payment device.

Prepaid Financial Services (PFS), a leading e-money institution that specialises in prepaid card issuing and providing banking services via its in-house technology platform, today announced that it has extended its banking solution across the Eurozone.

PFS was one of the first e-money institutions in the UK to launch a 'Bank Lite' solution by assigning sort codes and account numbers to general purpose prepaid card accounts and has now expanded that offering to cover the Eurozone.

Suffolk County National Bank Selects Full Set of Fiserv Solutions to Enhance Customer Experience and Simplify Tech Environment

- Suffolk County National Bank will move to Premier core account processing platform and add multiple solutions, including digital banking capabilities, to support growth
- Technology enhancements will enable delivery of the superior customer experience required in a highly competitive market
- Replacement of multiple existing providers with Fiserv will allow the bank to simplify their technology environment

 Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced that  Prophet Capital Asset Management, a $2.3 billion structured credit hedge fund, has adopted Broadridge's integrated trading, portfolio management and operating platform.

Exaxe is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for theTechnology Provider of the Year award at the 2016 FStech Awards which will to take place in London on March 17th.

Exaxe has been shortlisted for this award as:

 Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) have officially announced a strategic cooperation. The two have agreed to form a jointly-operated venture to support private growth companies in Israel.

 Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has been positioned in the 'Leaders'  Quadrant in Gartner's December 2015 Magic Quadrant for Operational Risk Management Solutions for BWise, its leading Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) software.

The annual report evaluates the offerings of thirteen leading vendors in this space from around the globe. The companies were analyzed according to their 'completeness of vision' and 'ability to execute'.

GFT, the leading provider of advisory, business consulting, IT and software services has launched its commodities consensus computing prototype for clients, which demonstrates how it is possible to track physical commodities assets through the use of a distributed ledger-based business model.

Gem, a leading blockchain platform provider, announces today that it has closed $7.1 million in Series A funding, led by Pelion Venture Partners and participated in by KEC Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Digital Currency Group, RRE Ventures and more.

“We believe blockchain technology will transform how people and companies interact,” says Micah Winkelspecht, CEO and founder of Gem. “It will underpin entire industries and one day produce a blockchain economy that will form the underlying architecture of our daily lives.”