With robo-advisors receiving so much press as of late, it makes sense to listen to what one authoritative, unbiased voice is saying on the technology and its future.

Synechron Inc., a global consulting and technology services provider specializing in the financial services market, has today announced the acquisition of Cityfront Group, a systems integrator for capital markets platforms such as Murex, Calypso and Summit. The acquisition expands Synechron’s existing global systems integration business, which offers the market a unique combination of end-to-end services that includes business and technology consulting, and systems integration.

Object Trading, a provider of global, multi-asset trading infrastructure, announced today that it is the first vendor providing market access to the ASX to have conformed to the upgraded ASX 24 (futures) New Trading Platform (NTP) from Cinnober, due to go live in early 2017.  ASX 24 market participants need to connect to the NTP in order to continue trading.  Clients using Object Trading’s Direct Market Access (DMA) Platform can adapt to the NTP upgrade with ease.

The Competition and Marketing Authority (CMA)’s “Open Banking Revolution” promises challenger banks a golden opportunity to steal business from their more established competitors, thanks to their supposedly more modern approach to technology and customer services. However, challenger banks are missing an open goal by making the same customer service mistakes as the old guard, GMC Software has warned. While challenger banks focus on customer service and offering modern services such as mobile apps, their services have been delivered in a fragmented manner.

Thomson Reuters announced the appointment of Kristin Peck to the company’s Board of Directors effective immediately.

“Kristin's strategic and innovative business model experience has focused on global markets and deep customer interactions,” said David Thomson, chairman of Thomson Reuters. “Her passion for talent and leadership development bodes well for our future. We surely welcome Kristin's perspective to our boardroom.”  

 Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, today announces new details of its expanded software integration with MATLAB™.

Chase has signed a multiyear agreement for Best Buy to accept Chase Pay in its stores, on BestBuy.com and in the Best Buy app, the company announced today.

Best Buy joins a host of merchants in signing up to accept Chase Pay, which gives Chase customers an easy, secure and rewarding way to pay for purchases. Best Buy is a leading provider of technology products, services and solutions to consumers and small business owners.

Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, announced that Santander Bank, N.A. has signed a contract to implement Black Knight's LoanSphere Empower loan origination system to support originations of first and second mortgages. Santander Bank is consolidating the origination technologies for its retail, wholesale and home equity channels onto the Empower platform in an effort to improve quality, efficiency and risk management.

Speakerbus, the specialist provider of critical voice solutions for financial, emergency and command sectors, has signed an agreement with Westcon-Comstor, the value-added technology distributor of category-leading solutions in security, collaboration, networking and data center, to distribute Speakerbus’ offerings in the North American region. This new contract expands on the recent Westcon-Comstor EMEA partnership announced in March. 

Dell EMC announced the new Dell EMC™ DSSD™ D5™ Rack-Scale Flash solution leveraging Dell EMC PowerEdge™ R730 servers. This optimal solution for SAS applications delivers game-changing performance for SAS 9 analytics, enabling customers to take full advantage of new innovative offerings from the SAS portfolio.