Fintech is an emerging industry which centres the utilization of technology to improve activities in finance, it rivals conventional money related strategies. The essential objective is to replace or enhance the usage of financial services.

Disruption in the conventional banking and financial service space is igniting innovative trends, the trends to watch out for are listed below.

ValidSoft, a voice biometric and multi-factor authentication SaaS company today announced the appointment of Mac Parra as its Western US Regional Vice President. Mac holds a wealth of knowledge with over 20 years’ of sales experience in the technology and cyber security industries.

Prior to joining ValidSoft, Mac served as Sales Director for seven years with Accenture, followed by five years at Parasoft. Most recently he served as the Vice President of Sales for the US at GDPR Compliance company, NeuSoft.

PPRO , the cross-border e-payment specialist, in collaboration with Edgar, Dunn and Company, is today announcing PPRO’s new and improved Payment Almanac 2.0 is now available both online and in-print for PPRO’s customers and partners. The new and updated Almanac is the most complete guide to the complex and evolving world of local payment methods.

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure based on shared ledger and high performance technology, has hired five experienced professionals to lead its drive to re-engineer the FX market.

Post-trade FX is currently riddled with complex legacy systems and manual processes, creating unnecessary cost and risk across the market. The new hires bring a wealth of FX experience to the company and will play an important role in the rollout of Cobalt’s shared infrastructure which optimises risk management and slashes cost by up to 80%.

VSoft Corporation, a global leader in providing information and technology solutions for financial institutions, announced the launch of Wings, an all new, flexible and comprehensive core processing system built on advanced browser-based technologies.  

As part of the Token 2049 event, the Ethereum Supermeetup 2019 is the first of its kind held at the luxurious Kerry Hotel in Hongkong last March 13-14. People need to know what the future of Ethereum’s development would look like.

Token 2049 is one of the biggest crypto and blockchain conferences held in Hongkong. Several crypto companies and startups from various countries gathered together for this annual blockchain event.

Oulu-based IoT and product development company 

Finnish cyber security company F-Secure continues to receive market recognition for their solutions, with the current win being a first for the company. The latest accolade is the Professional User Rating: Security Solutions 2019 (PUR-S) Champion Award given for Radar by German research and analyst firm Techconsult. 

InstaReM, Asia’s only digital cross-border payments company with a global presence in over 50 countries, announced the close of its US$ 41 million Series C funding round in Singapore. The company’s spectacular growth has attracted an additional US$ 20 million investment in Series C round, led by Singapore-based Vertex Growth Fund (VGF) and supported by new investor, Atinum Investment, a leading Venture Capital investor from South Korea.

Lexmark International, Inc. a global imaging solutions leader, today announced that Premier League football club, Fulham FC has selected a solution from Lexmark and Workflow to create a stable and reliable print infrastructure to drive cost savings, improve security and reduce the club’s environmental footprint.

The Fulham FC administrative organisation sees a significant peak in print demand every two weeks when, Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage stadium plays host to up to 25,700 fans.