Adyen, the payments company powering global commerce for Uber, Facebook and Netflix amongst others, today announced that it has added WeChat Pay to its portfolio of local payments methods. It’s the first major payment service provider to integrate WeChat Pay into its offering on a global scale – providing businesses with access to 400 million Chinese shoppers.

Liberum, a leading pan European investment bank signed a multi-year deal with Torstone Technology to use Inferno in July and went live last week, implementing a complete back office system within 4 months. Inferno will process Liberum’s post-trade flow, from trade capture through to settlement, accounting and reconciliation.

SEQR, a subsidiary of Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Seamless (STO:SEAM), is launching a peer-to-peer money transfer solution that enables users to instantly transfer money to each other regardless of where they are in the world. The service is now being rolled out for SEQR users in 14 countries.

The solution is automatically available for those who download SEQR.

Fujitsu  today announces the launch of Smart Origination, customer onboarding technology developed in unique partnership with ImageWare Systems, 

Peter Schenck has joined Northern Trust Asset Management as a Senior Liquidity Specialist, a new role focused on expanding delivery of leading liquidity management solutions to institutional clients.

A 26-year investment management industry veteran, Schenck joins from BlackRock, where he was a Director in the cash management group specializing in working with institutional investors. Based in Chicago, Schenck will focus on creating customized investment solutions for large clients in the corporate, insurance and not-for-profit segments.

Teton Advisors announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Keeley Asset Management Corp. (“KAMCO”), a pioneer in small and mid-cap value investing founded by John L. Keeley, Jr. in 1982. At closing, the acquired business will be renamed Keeley Teton Advisors, LLC (“Keeley Teton”), and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Teton Advisors, Inc. The newly formed Keeley Teton will maintain staffing and operational continuity in Chicago. The combined firms will create a $4 billion AUM active asset management organization.

In November 2016, financial compliance, payment and cloud solutions provider EastNets will be organizing two important international events. The two events will address the evolving rules, regulations and technology affecting compliance in the financial industry. The first is scheduled at London’s Devonshire Terrace, on the 17^th of November, and the second will follow on November 22^nd at the Byblos restaurant in New York City.