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Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today its Brazilian subsidiary, Stellar Participações Ltda., has completed the previously announced acquisition of Ascenty, the leading data center

Nordea Bank Abp – Stock exchange release – Inside Information

Today, Cevian Capital announced a holding in Nordea Bank Abp corresponding to approximately 2.3 per cent of the total number of shares and votes. Cevian Capital also announced its intention to join the Nomination Board of Nordea Bank Abp.

Leading payments technology in Australia, Commonwealth Bank will become the first major bank to provide Alipay to customers in store.

Coconut, the current account combining banking and accounting, today launches its new limited company current accounts and invoicing tool. 

Larry Thompson, who served in a variety of senior-level roles at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), including General Counsel and, most recently, Vice Chairman of the firm, will retire at the end of this year after more than three decades at the company. 

MANY UK Businesses are risking penalties by failing to adhere to GDPR legislation. 

A survey of 1,002 UK workers in full or part-time employment, carried out by technology services provider Probrand.co.uk, has revealed that an incredible 64% of people admitted to having forwarded a customer email to their personal email account in the four months following the introduction of GDPR.

Thales and Gemalto announce today that they have received merger control Regulatory Clearances from both the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Mexican competition authority (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica), following Thales's commitment to divest its general purpose hardware security modules (GP HSM) business globally¹ to a suitable purchaser. This clearance is effective immediately. 

Finastra has appointed Eric Duffaut as President and Global Head of Field Operations. Based at Finastra’s London Headquarters, Duffaut will take responsibility for the company’s entire go-to-market organization including global sales, services and consultancy, as well as overseeing the Finastra partner ecosystem.

Just two years on from launch in January 2017, RegTek.Solutions, the provider of global regulatory reporting solutions, confirms its market-leading position with an extended client footprint, new and enhanced products and the addition of key hires.