Blockchain was the hot topic of Sibos 2015. One certainty is that it will remain a topic of crucial interest to FinTech companies, financial institutions and the customers that they serve over the coming
year. Above all, Blockchain remains a wildcard. It may be that its greatest impact is outside the still slightly mysterious world of crypto currencies – as it is used to support the global financial infrastructure.

NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) business and the largest and broadest provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, and Matrix-Exzac, a leading global provider of financial crime prevention and compliance solutions and services, have announced a professional services partnership that will expand the geographical reach of NICE Actimize’s financial crime solutions, including anti-money laundering, enterprise fraud, enterprise risk case management and financial markets compliance solutions.