Passwords are really difficult to remember. What if you could just log in with your favourite picture instead?

Selected as one of ‘London’s hottest fintech companies’ by the Mayor of London’s promotional agency London and Partners, UK-based tech start-up PixelPin, is going to change the way we log in forever.

December 12, Slovenia to host a conference on cryptocurrencies and blockchain involving business, government and public organizations.

Among the invited speakers:

More voices in favor of bitcoin: co-founder of Apple and Prime Minister of Slovenia talk about cryptocurrency 

 Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published Shape Shifting: Accessing the Dark Post MiFID II research on how buy-side traders plan to trade in the dark once broker dark pools are no longer admissible. Today, 65% of respondents see buy-side crossing networks as their most effective venue for accessing the dark versus 20% who still prefer broker dark pools. 

 IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced the launch of a cross asset class registry of systematic internalisers (SIs) to help firms understand their trade reporting obligations under MiFID II.

Opus, the leading provider of global compliance and risk management solutions, today announced a partnership with Fenergo, the industry standard for Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions for investment, corporate and private banks. Together, the companies will offer seamless integration of risk relevant data into the Know Your Customer (KYC) process for a complete, end-to-end workflow. 

Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) has signed Finastra to support its digital transformation and bring new banking services to consumers and businesses in Libya. FusionBanking Essence Digital Channels and FusionBanking Essence Teller will power digital payments and transactions to support easier access to online and mobile financial services in the region.

Several of the STRANDS team recently traveled to Las Vegas to attend Money20/20– the world’s largest payment and financial services event. We had a great time connecting with market leaders, smart people, and other innovative companies like ourselves, making an impact on the FinTech ecosystem.

Although it was physically impossible to attend all sessions, we managed to pick out five nuggets of information that we found particularly interesting in the game-changing world of money. Ready? Let’s get started.

Libelium announces the integration of NEC on board of its Sensor Platform through the IoT Gateway Meshlium. This integration's announcement includes six new cloud platforms that join Libelium's IoT ecosystem, now comprising more than 100 partners.

Avelacom, a global provider of connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions, has launched a new point of presence (PoP) in the Australian Security Exchange’s (ASX) Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), Australia’s only data centre dedicated to the financial markets community. The initiative is designed to meet the rising needs of proprietary trading desks and brokerage firms to access Australian capital markets over a single, low-latency network that also connects trading venues in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and North America.