Provenir announced today the expansion of its risk analytics and decisioning platform to include a microservices capability.

This empowers engineering and risk professionals to collaboratively create and implement risk processes, exposing them as REST APIs, which may include; risk models, scorecards, predictive analytics, machine learning algorithms and data integrations.

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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), announced today the successful completion of a pilot with Natixis and Societe Generale which leverages blockchain technology to enhance the operational efficiency and auditability of bilateral repurchase, or repo, agreements. 

The main Spanish banking, energy and telecommunications companies, among other sectors, have established Alastria, the world's first regulated national network based on blockchain. This non-profit consortium was presented today simultaneously in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Malaga.

Recording the execution decision maker is a new requirement under MiFID II. Working out how to populate that field turns out to be trickier than expected.

RSA, a global cybersecurity leader delivering Business-Driven Security™ solutions, unveiled new products to help address many of the challenges related to compliance with data protection regulations like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

New RSA Archer offerings around Data Governance and Privacy Program Management can be paired with RSA NetWitness® to help speed breach response, and RSA SecurID® to deliver identity and data access assurance to further continuous compliance capabilities.

Accuity, the global financial crime compliance, payments and KYC solutions provider, today announces the release of the Bankers Almanac Global Payments Web Service 2.0. With faster performance, new types of reference information, and increased security, this enhanced solution helps clients to process payments with greater accuracy and automation.

Calligo, a leading global cloud solution provider, is excited to announce that it has purchased Canadian cloud services provider 3 Peaks Inc.  
 
The acquisition of the Burlington Ontario and Vancouver BC based business, which has clients right across Canada and the USA, is an important step in Calligo’s ongoing growth strategy which includes expansion into North America.  
 

The SIX Securities Services team were in high spirits as Sibos kicked off in Toronto yesterday.

With industry analysts forecasting unprecedented change for the Financial Services and Insurance (FSI) industry over the next three years,^[1] companies need a highly flexible, open and secure communications foundation with which they can confidently embrace the future.