On Friday, December 8, B-Hive and Stockholm Fintech Hub signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow them to collaborate and cooperate through areas of mutual interest.

Fabian Vandenreydt, Executive Chairman of B-Hive, signed the MoU alongside Matthew Argent, CEO and Founder of Stockholm Fintech Hub, which states that both hubs mutually agree on the expediency of further cooperation in several areas, including a mutual exchange of trends, research and more.

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For 60 years now the IAEA has been working for the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear power globally, supporting its members worldwide in establishing the highest safety standards for operating nuclear power plants. Today, this also includes effective contingency planning for managing cyber-attacks. The attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant with the Stuxnet malware in 2010 illustrated that nuclear facilities are the target of cyber-attacks and that these attacks can lead to physical damage. 

Fidessa group plc today announced that R.J. O'Brien has signed a global agreement to distribute Fidessa's award-winning futures and options workstation in order to meet demand from its institutional clients, initially in the UK and Europe.

Crédit Agricole Payment Services and Wirecard announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to enter into exclusive negotiations to conclude a partnership to offer an innovative and differentiated service offering based on a high-performance technology in the field of electronic payment acceptance and acquiring.

Digital banking is growing in popularity with 53% of consumers using or willing to move to an online or mobile only bank — 27% have moved already, while 26% are considering the switch. This is according to research commissioned by Relay42, the leading data management platform (DMP) company that empowers marketers to orchestrate customer journeys. 

Stress tests approached in the right way can play an important strategic role and contribute to a bank’s business performance. That’s according to Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting experts from across EMEA, APAC and North Americas. Here Sarfaraz Ahmed, Xavier Dubois, Bart Everaert, and Jeroen Van Doorsselaere) explain for Financial IT how devising the right technology infrastructure can ensure stress tests are used strategically.

Aeon Bank Ltd., a Japanese new style bank, has announced that they had introduced a whole new biometrics authentication system to their ATMs and teller windows, which allows the customers to do any bank transactions without using a bank card nor entering PIN number. 

Nanopay Corporation, a real-time payment platform that provides instant settlement across a variety of currencies, is announcing a new solution to enable international trading partners to easily and securely process B2B payments between bank accounts.