After an eventful two months of hosting blockchain meetups across Europe, Blockshow is bringing their journey to a close with the featured conference, BlockShow Europe 2018. For the main conference in Berlin (May 28-29), over 80 blockchain experts will share insights from their expertise on a wide range of blockchain and crypto related topics.

Sopra Steria has today announced a new application management contract with Co-op Insurance. The master service agreement (MSA) provides not just Co-op Insurance, but all members of the wider Co-op business, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, access to all of the skills and capabilities within Sopra Steria. The contract enables Co-op Insurance to maintain existing stability whilst providing support and development services for key existing business services.

GDPR outlines six principles that organizations need to abide by. These principles aren't new - they were already outlined in the 1995 directive, but GDPR has revised them slightly. We delve into each principle below: 

1. Lawfulness, fairness and transparency

Our last blog, on Legal Bases, falls within this principle. Controllers essentially need to ensure that the processing activity doesn't break the law and even if it is legal, it should be above board.

marcus evans will host the 2^nd Edition Digital Transformation in Wealth Management Conference on September 24-26, 2018 in San Francisco. This conference will provide wealth managers with practical tools for developing a consistent and firm-wide digital adoption strategy allowing them to expand their client base and offerings.

Splitit, the leading monthly payment solution, today announced the launch of its debit card installment payment offering in the US and Europe. 

As industry pressures continue to grow, financial services companies are seeking to accelerate their ability to meet increasing regulatory requirements and other business demands, such as CECL, FRTB, traded credit risk, ALM and liquidity, portfolio management and more.

Profile Software, an international, award-winning banking solutions provider, announced today that FMS.next, its leading Core Digital Banking platform, is now available in the cloud. 

Agama Technologies, the specialist in video service quality and customer experience, today announces the launch of a fully containerized solution for monitoring, analytics and customer insights. This new functionality will be showcased at TV Connect, Digital Transformation World, ANGACOM and IBC.

Mitek, a global leader in digital identity verification solutions, today announced that it is providing digital onboarding for BTCDirect customers. A leading bitcoin broker platform, BTCDirect has experienced rapid growth with up-to 3000 onboarding requests a day. To accommodate the surge in demand and meet increasingly stringent regulations, Mitek’s identity verification solutions are being used to onboard customers in as little as 10 minutes. 

Coupa Software, a leader in business spend management (BSM), today announced that experienced business executive Hiroyuki Okuma has joined the company as its Japan country manager where he will be responsible for driving strategy, brand awareness, sales execution, partner alliances, and customer success.