Advantech, a global leader in embedded computing and IoT technology, is collaborating with Microsoft to serve customers with an integrated IoT Solution that works with Windows 10 IoT and Microsoft Azure, combined with Advantech’s technical support to ensure connectivity and device compatibility. The IoT solution is a versatile and comprehensive IoT infrastructure platform providing flexible application resources and building blocks that let system integrators and users build and scale custom IoT applications.

Informatica, the world’s No. 1 provider of data management solutions, today announced that Graeme Thompson has joined Informatica as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO), reporting to Doug Barnett, executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Thompson comes to Informatica from Oracle Corporation where he was vice president, global it end user services.

After two years of intensive collaboration, two dozen financial institutions led by UBS, Credit Suisse and Julius Baer together with fundinfo AG have agreed on publishing the openfunds standard, version 1.0, on www.openfunds.org.

 OpenLink, the global leader in trading and risk management solutions for the financial services, corporate, energy, and commodities industries, today reported that the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka (FHLBank Topeka) has selected its debt and derivatives solution as part of the bank’s drive to streamline its technology landscape and improve operational efficiency.

The UK has had a long weekend considering the consequences of the Brexit.

Chris Skinner has had a long weekend considering the consequences on London, the banking industry, Fintech and more … and I have to say that I’m quietly positive.  I don’t think we’re going to see the meltdown the doomsayers are rumour mongering, and I don’t think we’re going to see the end of passporting our bank services across Europe.

Instead I see two scenarios most likely to play out.

Scenario One

Xerox and Carl C. Icahn announced today that they have entered into an agreement under which Jonathan Christodoro has been appointed to the Xerox board of directors effective immediately. Mr. Christodoro will also join the board’s corporate governance committee and finance committee. With the addition, the Xerox board is now comprised of nine directors. Additional details regarding the agreement will be included in a Form 8-K to be filed by Xerox later today.

 Gemalto supplies VTB24 with its Ezio Mobile Protector smartphone-based secure software app solution, which provides secure generation of One Time Passwords (OTPs) for validation of remote banking transactions via a convenient application running on the customers' mobile device. VTB24 is a key player in the Russian banking services market and this implementation was made in cooperation with Russian IT integrator CompuTel.