As the Bank of Mauritius (BOM) embarks on an ambitious journey to make reporting by banks in the region more timely, accurate and consistent, it has also opted for XBRL as the ideal reporting taxonomy.

The mission features two key milestones -

EXIN and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd are joining forces for the development of ICT professionals based on the e-Competence Framework (e-CF). This partnership, signed in Beijing, is a breakthrough for Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, and EXIN, a leading international certification institute in the ICT domain, opening up a new route for the development of ICT competences.
 

Despite being one of the most highly regulated industries, UK Financial Services organisations could be taking risks by circumventing the IT team when it comes to public cloud deployments across the business, a new study from EMC, VCE and VMware today reveals.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. has signed a three-year extension for the Unified Wealth Platform from Fiserv. A Fiserv client for over 14 years, Schwab utilizes the Unified Wealth Platform from Fiserv for portfolio management, accounting, trading and model-portfolio capabilities for its managed accounts platform across its separately managed account (SMA) and mutual fund advisory (MFA) programs.

AIM Software, a global software provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions for financial and securities institutions worldwide, today announced the appointment of Ian Grow as Director of Sales for the North American Market.

Based in Washington, DC, Ian Grow will report to Vienna-based Chief Commercial Officer Josef Sommeregger. Grow will play a key role in supporting and expanding the AIM Software's customer portfolio in North America, leveraging AIM Software's success in the region.

Worldline, European market leader in payment and transactional services, will continue to manage comdirect’s credit card processing for a further seven years.

Emerging Markets Payments (EMP), the leading electronic payments processing company in Africa and the Middle East, is pleased to announce that it is now working with Premier Bank, its first customer in Somalia.

Sageworks, a financial information company that provides credit risk management solutions to financial institutions, today announced it will debut a major time-saving enhancement as part of the Sageworks solutions available to banks and credit unions.