Moody’s Corporation has acquired full ownership of Korea Investors Service (KIS), a leading provider of domestic credit ratings in Korea.

Founded in 1985, KIS serves the domestic capital markets in Korea with credit ratings, research and other services. KIS has been a majority-owned affiliate of Moody’s Investors Service since 2001.

“Moody’s and KIS have had a long-standing and productive partnership, and this deal further solidifies our presence in this important market,” said Robert Fauber, President of Moody’s Investors Service.

As financial institutions look to enhance their branch experiences for customers, Source Technologies, a leading provider of integrated solutions for managing financial transactions and other secure business processes, announced enhancements to its Personal Teller Machine, which now includes proximity sensing and the ability to pre-stage transactions.

The IFX Forum today announced the results of its recent Open Banking APIs Summit event, held June 21-23 at the U.S. Bank facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This special meeting of the Forum's Architecture Committee was convened to seek a standardized way to address the growing impetus for banks to provide more open access to their data, in place of proprietary APIs being developed by financial institutions and vendors.

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you may have noticed the rise of Pokémon Go.  It’s been in the news everywhere, mainly because kids seem to be gathering in places they shouldn’t.  Equally, the game has been responsible for everything from finding dead bodies to resurrecting other ones.

Citizens Financial Group announced the appointment of Mary Ellen Baker as Head of Business Services effective August 8, 2016. Baker will report to Chairman and CEO Bruce Van Saun and serve on Citizens’ Executive Committee. Baker succeeds David Bowerman, who is returning to the United Kingdom after serving 34 years with The Royal Bank of Scotland, plc (RBS) and Citizens.

Metamako, the leading specialist in deterministic network devices for the world’s financial institutions, announced today that it has secured as a client the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), one of the world’s leading financial market exchanges.

Horizon Bancorp announced the completion of the acquisition of LaPorte Bancorp and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The LaPorte Savings Bank, of LaPorte, Indiana, effective July 18, 2016. LaPorte Bancorp was merged into Horizon immediately followed by the merger of The LaPorte Savings Bank into Horizon Bank.

Elavon, a leading global payments provider and subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp (USB: NYSE), and Capital Bank Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CBF), a leading southeastern regional bank, have signed an expanded multi-year agreement for payment processing that enhances a relationship that began in December 2005.

ISGN Corporation™, a leading provider of award-winning technology solutions to the U.S. mortgage industry, today announced it has hired two mortgage industry experts, naming Destinee Pratt as senior vice president of Servicing Technologies and Chris Anderson as executive vice president of Sales.