FIME announces that its French and Taiwanese test laboratories have become the first international centers to be accredited by UnionPay to perform card manufacturer certification testing. Global card manufacturers and personalization bureaus can now work with FIME to become an ‘authorized’ UnionPay vendor, enabling them to supply UnionPay’s global network of over 200 issuing banks.

 InvestCloud, the global cloud-based digital applet platform for financial services, announced the appointment of Graham Collier as the new Head of Technical Operations for Europe. In this role, Graham will oversee the development and roll-out of InvestCloud’s technology for European clients, showcasing his management, technical and operational skills, and will help implement service delivery to serve InvestCloud’s expanding European customer base. 

SharingAlpha, a user generated fund ratings and model portfolios platform, has recently launched an additional feature which enables Investment Advisors to run their own virtual Fund of Funds.

Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management today announces a new partnership with Mexico’s Proveedor Integral de Precios “PiP,” the leading independent price provider in Latin America, providing specialized pricing and risk services for valuation of wide range of financial instruments. 

Ripple, the global provider of financial settlement solutions, today announced the addition of seven financial institutions to its growing network.

Citizens Bank today announced the launch of 

Regulation AT forges ahead, this time with a Round 2 panel convened on June 10th at which the CFTC focused the discussion on five major sticking points: