Tradeteq, the trade finance distribution platform, has raised US$6.3mn of equity investment in seed extension funding round, led by ADV. The financing will be used for the expansion of Tradeteq’s platform, and for the release of new applications and data services. Several of Tradeteq’s existing investors also participated in the seed extension round.

FinTP-Instant is a new functionality of FinTP which connects back-office applications of a bank to an Instant Payments service offered by a third party, such as the Romanian ACH, TransFonD. This functionality retrieves payment messages in the format provided by these applications (database tables, message queues etc), converts them to the ISO 20022 standard and routes them to the Instant Payments System (IPS).

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced the launch of State Street Verus^SM, a mobile-first application that makes connections between news coverage and investors’ holdings through the application of big data, machine learning, natural language processing and human intelligence. Verus is designed to help investment professionals in the front office gain greater insights, mitigate risk, and generate alpha.

GoldenSource, the global provider of Enterprise Data Management, has announced that it has been selected by Jackson National Asset Management (JNAM) to provide a fully hosted and scalable data management platform.

Equiniti Group, the multinational specialist technology outsourcer providing non-discretionary payment and administration services, is delighted to announce that it has been selected as one of the Information Commissioner Office’s (“ICO”) partners for IT solutions.

Metapraxis, the leader in financial analytics technology, today announces that titan of tech, Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, has been appointed as an Advisor to the Board.

Concardis GmbH, a gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced it has achieved Oracle Validated Integration of Concardis Payment Gateway with Oracle Payment Interface 6.2. The Concardis Payment Gateway meets highest security requirements as it not only encrypts transaction data but also supports tokenization. In addition, the new solution supports automated reservation cancellation in case of card change or cash payment upon check-out. 

Global financial services firm will extend presence in Europe by adding new location in Ireland ahead of the UK’s planned withdrawal from the EU

Ministries for Business, Enterprise and Innovation as well as Financial Services and Insurance join IDA Ireland in welcoming DTCC’s move

P2 Energy Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Dale McMullin as Chief Technology Officer. McMullin brings a wealth of experience to P2, including deep knowledge around upstream oil and gas software.

Compuware today announced a product acquisition, enhancements to Topaz for Total Test, and a partnership that together dramatically improve the ability of large enterprises to embrace Agile and DevOps on their mainframes through the broader use of simplified, automated unit testing-which is essential for fast, safe and efficient development and deployment of new digital deliverables.