WorldRemit, the ‘WhatsApp of money’, today launches instant Mobile Money transfers to Sri Lanka.

PayPal today announced that they have teamed up with TransferTo, a global airtime remittance leader, to offer mobile airtime top-up in Canada. Without any transfer fees, Canadians can now use their PayPal account to instantly top-up prepaid mobile phones of their relatives and friends that are registered with over 400 carriers in more than 100 countries.

BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System payment solutions, together with Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) announces the launch of the National Switch of Palestine. The National Switch, based on SmartVista, is considered a cornerstone for the Electronic Retail Payments in Palestine.

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.