Barclays Bank UK PLC, Barclays’ future ring-fenced bank, is pleased to announce that Avid Larizadeh Duggan, general partner at Google Ventures (GV), will be joining its new Board, subject to regulatory approval.

Avid, who was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016, has been heavily involved in tech ecosystem since 1998. Prior to GV, Avid co-founded Boticca, a global marketplace for independent brands of fashion accessories.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.  (NYSE:BR), the global leader in investor communications for banks, mutual funds and public companies, has partnered with Aite Group to publish a new report on the updated Shareholder Rights Directive, a European regulatory initiative designed to encourage shareholder engagement in listed companies in Europe and improve the transparency of related processes including proxy voting.

Duo Security, one of the world's fastest growing cybersecurity providers, today announced the launch of its Managed Service Provider (MSP) and invitation-only Security Solution Provider programme in the United Kingdom. Duo's formal partner programme, which launched in the U.S. earlier this year, expands to the UK as the company has quadrupled its overall EMEA customer count from 450 to nearly 1,900 in the past two years.

The explosion in big data, IoT devices and cloud technology has broadened the digital landscape, but the flipside is the soaring number of endpoints and challenges that arise from their management.

Gartner predicts that by 2020, we will see 20 billion of them, a traction fuelled largely by the increase in remote and mobile working and the trend for bringing your own devices (BYOD) to the workplace.  

Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi Government owned company, has acquired Verno Capital's private equity advisory unit to strengthen its internal investment and asset management capability across Russia and the CIS region. 

The transaction sees a number of Verno employees transfer to Mubadala, who will now have a complete focus on Mubadala's Russian portfolio and investment pipeline. This comes as Mubadala seeks to grow its Russia investment portfolio across multiple sectors.

Intellect Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), the transaction banking and technology specialist, has launched two whitepapers outlining its vision of “contextual banking” – which sees banks use contextual data to provide clients with automatic and tailored recommendations via a digital platform. The papers argue such an approach will bring customer service to unprecedented highs – providing simple, one-click solutions for cash management and payments optimization – while also cutting bank costs and opening up new revenue streams.

The Market Technology business of Nasdaq has won 'Best Central Counterparty Clearing Support Product of the Year' awarded by 

Nordea launches the first Nordic bank service via Facebook Messenger. Powered by Nets, it initially allows for payment of Norwegian bills via an e-invoice in Facebook Messenger – anytime and anywhere.

“Paying bills has never been a fun task,” says John Sætre, Head of Consumer Market Services, Nordea Norway. “Now, we are making it very easy for our customers to pay their bills via a platform that many of them are already active on.”

The service is fully automated and the payment is initiated via an online dialogue with a chatbot in Facebook Messenger.