People who are thinking about switching their bank account can now determine their eligibility for a range of current accounts and overdrafts in less than two minutes across Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, without leaving a permanent footprint on their credit file.

The new online eligibility tool is the first of its kind to be offered by a UK bank and is mobile optimised to enable people to check their eligibility for accounts anywhere and at any time.

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced its appointment by S&P Dow Jones Indices, one of the world’s leading index providers, to provide end-of-day as well as terms and conditions data for the market’s first ever index that tracks debt of the S&P 500 companies.

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that Compass EMP, a Victory Capital investment franchise, will list three new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Compass EMP US Small Cap 500 Volatility Weighted Index ETF (Symbol: CSA), Compass EMP US Large Cap High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index ETF (Symbol: CDL) and Compass EMP US Small Cap High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index ETF (Symbol: CSB) on The Nasdaq Stock Market^®. The funds will begin trading today, July 8, 2015.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that U.S. Bank, the fifth largest bank in the United States, has selected Biller Advantage from Fiserv, which enables the bank’s business customers to provide electronic billing, presentment and payment (EBPP) options to their customers. Biller Advantage is a cost effective, easily configurable solution that brings comprehensive EBPP capabilities to businesses that send 2,000 or more bills per month.

Chase is enhancing its Chase LiquidSM reloadable card to allow customers to pay bills online as well as use Chase QuickPaySM to send money to other people, along with other enhancements.

Visa Europe has confirmed that it plans to cut its 5.3% stake in struggling UK mobile banking vendor Monitise.

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has announced that Toyo Securities, an independent securities company headquartered in Tokyo, has selected Fidessa as its new wholesale agency trading system. Fidessa's agency trading platform is currently used by six of the top eight domestic brokers in Japan, as well as by many of the country's mid-tier brokers.

Truphone, the mobile network operator without country borders, today announced the addition of five new emerging market business hubs, Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan to its Truphone World business package.

With the addition of the five countries, customers of Truphone World can take advantage of Truphone’s global network of 66 countries, made up of the biggest emerging markets, technology and business hubs.

 Adyen, the global payments technology company, today published its quarterly Mobile Payments Index (MPI), which tracks browser-based mobile payment data across Adyen’s global customer base.

·         The Index reveals that iPhone devices account for a massive 35.6% of all browser-based transactions made using mobile devices, and are now used for 10.2% of all global online transactions, up from 8.6% at the turn of the year.