This morning, we reported Mastercard’s financial results for the third quarter of 2018. We are pleased to deliver another very strong quarter, delivering EPS growth of 36 percent versus last year.

Data Protection World Forum is delighted to announce OneTrust is sponsoring its 2018 Keynote Conference, which will host a wealth of speakers who have a proven track record in delivering critical advice and information on data protection and privacy. Taking place six months after the implementation of GDPR, the event is aimed to help educate, inspire and offer practical tips and advice, with some of the world’s largest organisations in attendance.

Banks and merchants are experiencing unprecedented change. And while this presents significant opportunities, it also requires stakeholders to overcome a range of challenges to ensure the pieces of its strategic puzzle are all in the right place. 

BitGo is a blockchain software company that offers secure storage of digital currency for institutional investors. BitGo technology provides solutions to its most difficult security, compliance, and custodial problems related to blockchain-based currencies, allowing the integration of digital currency into the global financial system. The list of BitGo’s customers includes world’s largest crypto exchanges and financial institutions, conducting over $10 billion transactions monthly.  

Cinnober, a global independent provider of exchange and clearing technology, announce today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company the patent Risk Assessment US 9,959,574 originally filed in 2011.

Full-service payment provider Concardis now offers hotel operators an interface between its solution for the hotel and restaurant industry – Concardis Payment Gateway (CPG) – and the hotel management software solution from Infor. Through the connection with Infor Hospitality, the Eschborn-based payment service provider further cements its position as the preferred payment partner for the hotel industry: Integrated solutions for automated processes are in high demand among customers.

iPipeline – a leading provider of next-generation solutions and services to the life and pensions market – today announces that Mortgage Advice Bureau has adopted their protection sales support tool, PreQuo and their award-winning protection sourcing solution, SolutionBuilder.

Lee Murphy, the founder of cloud accounting software Pandle (www.pandle.co.uk), an accountant and tech entrepreneur, said: “Brexit is bearing down on us, whether it is next March or drifts off to later in the year, and there were some good measures to make sure the most flexible and successful sections of the economy are able to fire on all cylinders to offset any temporary shock to the economy from leaving.”

Welcome boosts for innovation and smaller businesses

An interview with Erik Zhang, Founder of NEO

Financial IT: How long will it take to implement the NEO Smart Economy project? What do you see as being its major pillars?

Erik Zhang (EZ): There’s no concrete schedule for implementing the NEO Smart Economy, as it’s a daring and grand project. It is a continuous progress that requires unremitting efforts.