FIS™ (NYSE:FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, has unveiled the industry’s first test solution that focuses on automated application testing for physical ATMs. FIS ATM TestBench helps banks and ATM service operators shorten test cycles, increase efficiency and safeguard a hard-earned brand reputation.

 Arcserve, LLC, the market’s first provider of simple, unified data protection for cloud, virtual and physical environments, today announced the new release of Arcserve^® Unified Data Protection (UDP) to deliver continuous availability and unmatched simplicity from within a multi-platform solution set.

 INDATA, a leading industry provider of software, technology and services for buy-side firms delivered via its iPM Epic platform, today announced that it has launched a Compliance-as-a-Service offering which includes a global shareholder disclosure service leveraging legal content from aosphere LLP, an affiliate of leading international legal practice, Allen & Overy LLP.

 SmartStream Technologies, the Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM^®) specialist, today announced that Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.(Nikko Asset Management) has implemented SmartStream’s TLM OnDemand as its cloud-based reconciliations solution.

“In light of today’s news about the move to negative rates by the Central Bank of Japan, it has been suggested that the BoJ is protecting banks from the effect of negative rates on holding deposits by providing a tiering of subsidy against central bank reserves. The suggestion being that the more cash that’s held centrally, the lower the rate will go.

The bank is working with Digital Asset Holdings, the firm set up by its former head of commodities Blythe Masters, to address liquidity matches in its loan funds.

Misys, the leading financial software company, announces today that it has appointed Rob Binns as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr Binns joins Misys from HP Inc where he was Head of Treasury and Investor Relations. He joined Hewlett-Packard in 2007 from Mercury Interactive and has held a number of senior finance positions in the company including VP Software Field Operations and VP Investor Relations before being appointed Vice President and CFO, HP Software in 2014.

Bravura Solutions Pty Limited (Bravura) has today unveiled Sonata CPPI, a new module within its award winning Sonata solution. The fully integrated, global module enables financial services organisations to offer individualised and flexible portfolio protection products including individualised time invariant portfolio protection (iTIPP). Sonata CPPI users can offset the risk of providing protection with a third party risk management provider. Barclays is the first bank to offer this service to clients. 

 Horizon Software today announced the launch of its new certified gateway to Borsa İstanbul.