Fintech leader Avaloq and crypto-asset custody infrastructure specialist METACO* have entered into an innovation partnership with Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd, a Swiss bank, to implement their integrated crypto asset solution. The aim of this product innovation is to provide banks and wealth managers with a fully integrated solution for the management of client portfolios across all asset classes including cryptocurrencies. Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd, which is already an Avaloq client, aims to offer a cryptocurrency service to its clients in mid-2019.

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) announces a joint pilot with a leading airline to bring additional convenience and security to the traveler's experience via biometric boarding in Terminal 4 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

To usher in the new year, the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) is delighted to announce the addition of four payments leaders to its Advisory Board. This board is now composed of 16 experienced C-level executives from leading payments companies who all want to change the payments industry and ensure a profitable, sustainable payments ecosystem.

 Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) a leader in digital security, semiconductor and IP products and services, today announced that Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD), the largest bank in Brunei, has selected the 

Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business has formed a strategic partnership with CRMNEXT in the U.S.

Path Solutions, the Fintech solution provider for Islamic finance, today announced that the International Development Bank for Investment and Finance (“IDB”) in Iraq has successfully completed the upgrade of its core banking system to the new Path Solutions’ core, digital platform and echannels of iMAL R14, as of 30^th September.