Profile Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today the successful implementation of RiskAvert, its advanced regulatory capital calculation, liquidity risk and XBRL validation and reporting platform, at IBG (Investment Bank of Greece) and the successful completion of the recent XBRL submission exercise to the Bank of Greece (EBA Reporting framework 2.7.0.1).

Digital money transfer company Azimo has added 10 new countries to its service for customers in Nordic countries. 

With new EU regulations coming into place next September, Mastercard is predicting a significant increase in the use of biometric technology to authenticate who is paying.

The aftershocks following TSB’s high profile IT meltdown in April are still being felt. What started as a long-planned IT migration quickly escalated into a crisis as customers got locked out of their accounts, saw incorrect balances or even accounts belonging to other customers.

Switzerland’s stock exchange – owned and managed by SIX – today announced that it is building a fully integrated trading, settlement and custody infrastructure for digital assets. SIX is regulated as an operator of Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) by Swiss Authorities, FINMA and the Swiss National Bank, and intends that the planned ‘digital asset ecosystem’ –SIX Digital Exchange (“SDX”) – will enjoy the same standard of oversight and regulation.

Technology is changing the transport sector when it comes to high-speed trains and electric buses. But, we’ve still to see the same digital transformation when it comes to improving daily commuting for millions of passengers. Especially for those in London, there’s no escape from the headlines when it comes to transport, particularly trains and buses. “Train torture”, “Stranded passengers”, “Chaos”, “Disruptions”…you get the picture.

Business continuity and disaster recovery provider, Databarracks has been named winner of the Barclays Developing Resilience Award at the Business in the Community’s 2018 Annual Responsible Business Gala in London, attended by nearly 1000 business leaders and influencers and hosted by Sir Lenny Henry.

The finance sector is facing a multitude of challenges right now. MiFID II has hit at the same time as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and has required firms to overhaul significant areas of their operations, staffing and technology.  

Altaro, today announced a significant adoption at a leading global hosting company Beeks Financial Cloud, managing 7000 virtual machines (VMs) with Altaro’s VM Backup solution. Beeks Financial Cloud has made savings of more than 80% on its data stored globally, thanks to the exceptional augmented deduplication technology in Altaro VM Backup.

ITRS Group, the leading provider of real-time monitoring and IT operations analytics to financial services firms, has announced a partnership with Apica, industry leaders in performance monitoring for enterprise business.