A research report from financial performance management and business intelligence consultancy, MHR Analytics shows that finance teams want to be in control of their own digital and data futures, rather than being led by IT or external consultants.

TS Imagine, the cloud-based multi-asset Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) provider and IHS Markit have announced their partnership whereby the OEMS TradeSmart platform, in combination with IHS Markit’s live evaluated bond pricing data, which is globally recognized as a leading-edge source of live market intelligence, will provide real time insights into the global fixed income bond market. A top five German asset manager has become the first end client of the combined solution.

Gilded, a new-age wealth-tech app offering long-term savings through fractional investment was launched today. Gilded makes it easier for users to start small by purchasing as little as 1 gram of gold through the app. Gilded will offer its Indian customers savings of up to 7-10% when compared to published Indian gold prices, by cutting out the middlemen and sourcing gold directly from Swiss refineries and storing it in Swiss vaults.

A safer, more secure and private way to pay with iPhone and Apple Watch

Global payments service provider SumUp today brings its UK-based customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps SumUp merchants avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash — and uses the power of iPhone to protect every transaction.

Today every business must be a digital business.  The pandemic has accelerated technology investments as companies seek to find new ways to thrive in the digital economy, which now runs on personalised customer connections. 

Colt Technology Services has today announced it will collaborate with IBM to help customers adopt an edge computing strategy designed to enable them to move data and applications seamlessly across hybrid cloud environments, from private data centres to the edge.

ikigai, the first UK app to bring together everyday banking and wealth management, today brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that

• Nearly four fifths (78%) of UK compliance professionals predict more anti-money laundering (AML) regulation is on the way as a direct result of leaving the EU
• UK firms overwhelmingly support opting out of 6MLD, but are taking it as a sign the UK plans to diverge and create its own AML regulatory framework

Specialist RegTech provider Shield today announces a new and enhanced version of its powerful end-to-end communications compliance platform. The new version provides powerful enhancements including additional Alert Transparency information, additional management options, and a new Segregation of Duty layer.