Today, OpenLink launched OpenLink Cloud, the world’s first and most comprehensive enterprise Cloud platform for trading and risk management.

Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, and Castlight, the leading financial capability company, have formed an alliance with Oakbrook Finance, the owners of consumer loan brand Likely Loans, to develop new products for the 2018 Open Banking initiative.

Kx Systems (Kx), a subsidiary of First Derivatives (FD) plc and provider of the industry-leading kdb+ time series database, and Vexata, the leader in high performance enterprise storage systems, announced record shattering results in independent testing by the Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC®).

Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces plans to expand in Europe with the appointment of Paul Phillips as Head of European Sales, and Paul Mundy as Product Manager, both based at Torstone’s London headquarters.

These senior appointments have been made in response to increased demand among Torstone’s client base who are required to enhance their post-trade processes to meet increasing regulatory requirements in the UK and Europe. 

Tradeweb Markets, a leading global provider of fixed income, derivatives and ETF marketplaces, announced that BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Societe Generale are among the latest clients to join Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan in selecting its Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) service. 

Recently, Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay, the world’s top payment solution providers have unveiled a standardized quick response code (QR) for payments in Thailand. This step enables the country’s transition to a cashless society that is aligned with the Bank of Thailand’s cashless agenda driven by innovation. 

Ancala Partners LLP (‘Ancala’), the independent mid-market infrastructure investment manager, and The Peel Group, one of the UK’s leading private real estate investment and infrastructure companies, today announced a joint venture to establish an independent multi-utility operator to be named Leep Utilities (‘Leep’).

FlexTrade (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced the rollout of FlexAlgoWheel, the next generation, data-driven interface to algo selection that incorporates real-time internal and external inputs as well as TCA to optimize the broker and algo selection process.

iMarket Communications, a premier telecommunications provider specializing in trader voice and data solutions for the financial, banking and energy industries, and GreenKey Technologies, creator of an artificial intelligence (AI) and voice-driven collaboration tool for financial market participants, today announced an interconnection partnership. 

One in five large businesses have fallen victim to cyber attacks in the past year, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), with bigger businesses more likely to be targeted than their smaller counterparts.