Strands, a leading provider of business financial management technology, today announced the findings from its SME Banking: Intelligence - Not Applied, a study of over 200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and banks serving over 1.3m SMEs. The study reveals SME’s current and future business banking requirements, and how close banks are to meeting those needs.

Intelligence - Not Applied

Financial IT interviews Anatoly Kvitnitsky, VP of Growth of Trulioo at PayExpo Europe 2017.

TCF National Bank (TCF Bank), a subsidiary of TCF Financial Corporation (TCF) (NYSE: TCF), today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rubicon Mortgage Advisors, LLC (Rubicon), a residential mortgage lender with offices in Minnesota and North Dakota and licenses to operate in South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado and California. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close before the end of the calendar year. Rubicon’s 34 employees are expected to join TCF Bank following the closing of the agreement.

The international central securities depository (ICSD) Clearstream is about to launch its service to support the cross-border bond trading and settlement scheme “Bond Connect”, linking the China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM) with the world. 

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has supplied Emirates NBD, a leading Middle East banking group, with Gemalto Mobile Suite that offers robust security and an enhanced end user experience across all its digital channels. 

Today, Simple Token officially announced final details of its upcoming public token sale, which opens on November 14, 2017. Additionally, the company announced relationships with a number of world-renown individuals and organizations, which will serve in both support and advisorial roles to the company. Advisors hail from the blockchain, consumer Internet and corporate environments and are based in key locations worldwide.

Creating a Best-in-Class Platform, Token Sale and Simple Token Ecosystem

Billions of new Internet of Things (IoT) devices are expected before 2020[​1] but the majority of these do not require the full capabilities of 4G cellular networks. Emerging Low-Power Wide-Area wireless technologies, including LTE-M and NB-IoT, allow devices to efficiently connect to existing 4G networks. Gemalto's LTE Cat M1 I​oT module is now certified by Verizon.

Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC (Kestra PWS), a registered investment advisor subsidiary of Kestra Financial, Inc., that supports independent advisor teams nationwide, announces the addition of White Cap Wealth Management (White Cap).

Based in Provo, Utah, the advisory team at White Cap Wealth Management oversees approximately $150 million in assets and is led by David Johnston, President, and KC Johnston, Chief Financial Officer.

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today reveal that 90% of consumers lack confidence in the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This comes as more than two-thirds of consumers and almost 80% of organizations support governments getting involved in setting IoT security​.