Today’s connected world has seen technical and legislative developments increasingly put pressure on financial organisations to improve their data strategies. The sheer volume of unstructured data being created is reaching exorbitant heights.

On September 9, payment processor ECommPay celebrated the grand opening of its first Asian office, conveniently located in [Marina Bay Financial Centre, Singapore]. As a global commercial centre, Singapore is ideally situated at the heart of Asian e-Commerce, attracting companies and specialists from around the world. The Singapore branch office is yet another step in the company's targeted expansion, providing current and prospective clients with increased international coverage.

Global Risk Technologies, a global specialist in comprehensive chargeback prevention and chargeback mitigation, and Inform GmbH, a world-class provider of risk management and fraud prevention software, today announced a unique strategic partnership that will provide merchants and acquirers in Europe and the United States with the first ever end-to-end chargeback prevention solution equipped to deal with rising CNP chargeback rates and remain compliant according to the most recent regulatory changes.

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has launched NetGuardians and TeamMate systems to further enhance its capacity to protect customers' data and militate against risks.

The systems were implemented by SOFGEN, a leading global banking technology consulting company which is part of the giant TechMahindra group of companies.

Mindtree, a leading digital transformation and technology services company today launched a state-of-the-art Global Learning & Delivery Center at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. The facility, named Mindtree Kalinga, was inaugurated by Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha.

 OpenLink, the global leader in trading and risk management solutions to the energy, commodities, corporate, and financial services industries, has been recognized as a top provider of treasury management systems (TMS) by bobsguide.

OpenLink is one of only five providers found to offer complete functionality out of the 60 included in the review. The findings have been published in the bobsguide Buyer’s Guide to Treasury Management Systems 2015/2016.

SWIFT announces today that Barclays and Navigators have successfully used the MyStandards Readiness Portal, a collaborative standards management platform that eases the client on-boarding process for financial institutions and their customers.

The MyStandards Readiness Portal allows users to test their messages against specifications and prove their ability to reach certain quality and straight-through processing rates, helping to improve the speed and accuracy of on-boarding processes.

 Accuity, the leading global provider of Payments, KYC, Risk and Compliance solutions, opened a new office in Frankfurt in August 2015 to serve its rapidly expanding client base in the Deutschland, Austria & Switzerland region.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Mark Wetjen as Managing Director with responsibility for leading the firm’s global public policy function and related business and legal activities. Mr. Wetjen will join DTCC on September 28, 2015, and will be based in Washington, D.C.