Toronto-based Rakuten Kobo Inc., one of the world’s most innovative eReading companies, has selected Worldpay, a leader in global payments, to manage its online payment processing and acquiring in Canada. Rakuten Kobo had been working with Worldpay in the US, Europe and Japan, and will now benefit from the eCommerce provider’s broad range of payment solutions and global expertise in its home country. 

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Unity Bank Plc, located in Nigeria, has successfully implemented Corillian Online® from Fiserv to deliver a new retail online banking experience to its customers. Unity Bank Plc is one of Nigeria's leading retail banks with 238 business offices spread across the 36 States and Federal Capital Territory.

Linedata (NYSE Euronext: LIN), the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, is pleased to announce that Linedata Capitalstream, the Best-in-Class solution that provides leading financial institutions with the tools and services they need to automate multiple lines of business around the globe, has partnered with Meridian.

BANKS MUST MOVE FROM A PRODUCT-BASED PARADIGM TO ONE THAT PUTS THE CUSTOMER IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT.

Banks today are grappling with an overly simplistic understanding of their customers combined with a vastly complex product set with only very subtle differences, frequently unappreciated by customers. All of this comes at a significant cost in terms of operations, technology, and service.

The European Commission’s long-awaited official proposal for a one year extension to the MiFID II deadline is finally published today. In short, application dates will be pushed back by one year, with the official go-live date now set for Wednesday 3rd January 2018.

Markit, a leading global provider of financial information services, today announced it has acquired systems integration software developed by J.P. Morgan. Markit will make the software available to sellside and buyside institutions seeking to integrate with major systems used in the syndicated loan market, including agent servicing platforms and Markit’s trade settlement services.

Facilitating systems integration is an important step toward straight through processing of loan transactions and is expected to help the industry become more efficient in settling trades.

Apriva, the leading provider of secure end-to-end wireless transaction processing solutions, today announced it has completed EMV certification with Global Payments for Ingenico’s Telium2 terminals connecting through the Apriva Gateway. This full-featured certification includes the wireless iWL220 and iWL250, as well as the iCT220 and iCT250 countertop models. The certification spans all major card brands, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and U.S. Debit cards, and includes contactless transactions from Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

Vera and Richard Fleischman and Associates announced a partnership that will boost Vera’s advanced data security technology available to hedge funds, private equity firms, and asset managers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and beyond.

 Xignite, the leading provider of market data cloud solutions for financial services, today introduced Xignite CloudAlerts—a next-generation market data API that lets fintech developers alert  investors and users by automatically notifying them of real-time market events and conditions, such as price movements or volume breakouts.