Genesis, the global financial markets software firm, has been selected by StoneX (formerly known as INTL FCStone), to fully automate and digitise middle office workflows for its equities and fixed income trading business.

Mastercard and CleverCards have signed a strategic partnership to expand the usage of digital cards across Europe. The deal comes as CleverCards also joins Mastercard’s Fintech Express programme, propelling CleverCards to simplify the payments value chain across Europe to enable anyone, anywhere, anytime to be paid instantly by businesses.

Exberry (the exchange technology pioneer), Digital Asset (the creators of the open source Daml shared ledger development framework) and Baymarkets (the developer of the Clara clearing system) today announced the availability of cutting edge exchange infrastructure with central counterparty clearing functionality. This partnership will enable new digital asset marketplaces to launch on a fully-compliant, end-to-end exchange platform encompassing registry, custody, trading, matching and clearing services.

TreasurySpring, the London-based financial technology company that enables firms to minimise risk and maximise returns on excess cash balances, and Global Reach, a leading provider of foreign exchange and international payments, today announced that they have entered into a partnership to deliver seamless access to each other’s services for their clients.

Global analytics software provider FICO today released its analysis of UK card trends for December 2020, which presents a mixed picture of UK consumer financial stability. Some of the data suggests that credit card users are managing their finances prudently, but where there is already pressure on finances, the reliance on credit cards is increasing. 

MayStreet, the industry’s leading market data infrastructure provider, today announced the appointment of Manisha Kimmel as Chief Policy Officer.

Today, Bottomline and Strategic Treasurer release the results of the 2021 Treasury Fraud & Controls Survey. This is the 6^th annual survey between the long-time collaborators, whose research partnership also includes the annual B2B Payments Survey.  

Today, Windward, the Predictive Intelligence company applying AI to transform global maritime trade, and The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd. (MCB), the longest-standing and leading banking institution in Mauritius, announced a long-term, multi-year partnership to enhance MCB’s due diligence and monitoring processes linked to its commodity trade finance business.